Editing Yukon (section)

===Climate===
[[File:Yukon Köppen.svg|thumb|[[Köppen climate classification|Köppen climate types]] in Yukon]]
{{See also|Climate change in the Arctic}}
While the average winter temperature in the Yukon is mild by Canadian arctic standards, no other place in North America gets as cold as the Yukon during extreme cold snaps. The temperature has dropped down to {{convert|-60|C|0}} three times, 1947, 1952, and 1968. The most extreme cold snap occurred in February 1947 when the abandoned town of [[Snag, Yukon|Snag]] dropped down to {{convert|-63.0|C|1}}.<ref name="Men of Snag">{{cite web |url=http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/events/life-80.htm |title=Life at Minus 80: The Men of Snag |publisher=The Weather Doctor |access-date=December 19, 2014}}</ref>

Unlike most of Canada where the most extreme heat waves occur in July, August, and even September, the Yukon's extreme heat tends to occur in June and even May. The Yukon has recorded {{convert|36|C|0}} three times. The first time was in June 1969 when [[Mayo, Yukon|Mayo]] recorded a temperature of {{convert|36.1|C|0}}. 14 years later this record was almost beaten when [[Forty Mile, Yukon|Forty Mile]] recorded {{convert|36|C|0}} in May 1983. The old record was finally broken 21 years later in June 2004 when the Mayo Road weather station, located just northwest of [[Whitehorse, Yukon|Whitehorse]], recorded a temperature of {{convert|36.5|C|1}}.<ref name="Historical Climate Data">{{cite web |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/index_e.html |title=National Climate Data and Information Archive |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada |access-date=December 19, 2014}}</ref>
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|+Average daily maximum and minimum temperatures for selected locations in Yukon<ref name="Historical Climate Data" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.yukoncommunities.yk.ca/whitehorse/geography-climate |title=Whitehorse – Geography and Climate |website=www.yukoncommunities.yk.ca |access-date=October 6, 2019 |archive-date=October 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006093056/http://www.yukoncommunities.yk.ca/whitehorse/geography-climate |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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!City
!July average high
!July average low
!January average high
!January average low
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| [[Whitehorse, Yukon|Whitehorse]] || {{convert|21|C|F}} || {{convert|8|C|F}} || {{convert|-11|C|F}} || {{convert|-19|C|F}}
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| [[Dawson City]] || {{convert|23|C|F}} || {{convert|8|C|F}} || {{convert|-22|C|F}} || {{convert|-30|C|F}}
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| [[Old Crow, Yukon|Old Crow]] || {{convert|20|C|F}} || {{convert|9|C|F}} || {{convert|-25|C|F}} || {{convert|-34|C|F}}
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