Earth Science 7-Whitehorse, Canada
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Latitude Longitude:60.7° N 135.1° W [1]
Elevation: 2306 meters [2]
Large Body of Water: Pacific Ocean[3]
Contents
climate
Cities with similar climate : Earth Science 7-Fairbanks, Alaska
climate zone
Cfb (subarctic) on the Koppen Climate Chart [4]
average temperature
Whitehorse Temperature Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg. Temperature -18.7 -13.1 -7.1 0.3 6.6 1.6 14 12.3 12.3 0.7 -10 -15.9
Avg. Max Temp. 6 17 29 42 55 65 69 65 54 40 20 11
Ang. Min Temp. -10 -1 8 23 33 41 46 43 36 26 7 -4
average precipitation
Whitehorse Precipitation Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Precipitation (in.) 0.67 0.47 0.48 0.33 0.57 1.23 1.52 1.55 1.39 0.91 0.74 0.74
Days with Prec. 11.0 8.6 7.2 5.1 7.4 10.6 13.4 12.6 11.8 11.5 11.6 11.7
Monthly Snowfall 9.33 6.61 5.87 3.15 0.94 0.2 0 0.39 2.01 7.44 10.75 10.39
"Factors that Regulate the Climate"
Whitehorse is has a longitude of 60 N and latitude 135 W. This places it in the northern region making it cold. Whitehorse is not near any major bodies of water but it is a little near the Pacific ocean creating a little cool air from the west. Also, Whitehorse is on a river. Whitehorse has many mountains ares creating a ton of precipitation.
Whitehorse is east of the Pacific ocean. This makes Whithorse have the prevailing winds from the west. Whitehorse is not very near much water. It is east of a big mountain range so the moisture in the air had already fallen before it reaches Whitehorse. Whithehorse has some winds though from the more north parts of the Pacific. Whitehorse has a high and low pressure gradient.
"Geology"
[7] Whitehorse sits on the North American Plate. In this city, there have been a ton of gold discoveries, and other mines. The city is rich in metamorphic rock. The difference in these two is the west and the east. The east has weakly metamorphosed rock, all around, including many in creeks and valleys. The west has more metamorphic rock. It has mostly quartz rich, clastic rocks. There is also mafic rocks in these areas. There is gold mixed with quartz veins in these mafic rocks. Overall Whitehorse is a metamorphic area with quartz, gold, and mafic igneous rocks.
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- ↑ http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Whitehorse,%20Canada&wuSelect=WEATHER/">
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- ↑ http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climateData/dailydata_e.html?StationID=1617">
- ↑ http://www.grc.k12.nf.ca/climatecanada/whitehorse.htm">
- ↑ http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Pages/Bulletin105.aspx">
