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Yellowknife Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Yellowknife

Northwest Territories, Canada

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Wed 07
Jun		09:00

S
S

 12 / 17 mph 48 / 42°F 82% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 12%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

SSE
SSE

 9 / 15 mph 44 / 39°F 94% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 92%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.05 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.05 In
15:00

NE
NE

 5 / 7 mph 45 / 43°F 92% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 97%
Mid level cloud: 83%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.03 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.03 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

 9 / 14 mph 50 / 46°F 83% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 47%
Mid level cloud: 46%
High level cloud: 33%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
67%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
21:00

W
W

 8 / 14 mph 56 / 53°F 69% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 23%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
23%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Thu 08
Jun		00:00

NW
NW

 19 / 35 mph 53 / 48°F 65% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
9%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

NW
NW

 14 / 27 mph 47 / 42°F 73% 1012 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 20%
High level cloud: 4%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
20%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

NW
NW

 9 / 15 mph 46 / 41°F 76% 1014 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 60%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

NW
NW

 8 / 11 mph 53 / 49°F 63% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 8%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

NW
NW

 8 / 11 mph 61 / 59°F 50% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 5%
High level cloud: 6%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
4%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

W
W

 7 / 10 mph 66 / 64°F 42% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
8%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

WSW
WSW

 10 / 14 mph 65 / 64°F 42% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 7%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
6%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

SW
SW

 7 / 11 mph 63 / 61°F 47% 1015 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 0%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: high
0%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Yellowknife:

Reviewing the forecast for Yellowknife Over the next 7 days and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 18°C, with a high for the week of 26°C expected on the evening of Saturday 10th. The mean minimum temperature will be 8°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Monday 12th at 3°C. The week will have mixed overhead conditions with some days dry and some seeing a significant amount of rain. Current predictions suggest Monday 12th will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 13.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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Day

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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image � it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure