Earth Science 7-Whitehorse, Canada

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Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

Earth Science 7- Cities


Latitude Longitude:60.7° N 135.1° W [1]

Elevation: 2306 meters [2]

Large Body of Water: Pacific Ocean[3]

  1. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Whitehorse,%20Canada&wuSelect=WEATHER/">
  2. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Whitehorse,%20Canada&wuSelect=WEATHER/">
  3. http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Whitehorse,%20Canada&wuSelect=WEATHER/">

climate

climate zone

Cfb (subarctic) on the Kopen Climate Chart


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 int he 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.