Beaver Creek, Yukon
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| Coordinates: 62°23′7″N 140°53′35″W / 62.38528°N 140.89306°WCoordinates: 62°23′7″N 140°53′35″W / 62.38528°N 140.89306°W | |
| Country |  Canada |
| Territory |  Yukon |
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| • Total | 27.14 km2 (10.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 662 m (2,172 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 88 |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| Canadian Postal code | Y0B 1A0 |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
Beaver Creek is a community in Yukon, Canada.
Located at Kilometre 1,934 (historical mile 1,202) of the Alaska Highway, close to the Alaska-Yukon border, it is Canada's westernmost community. The community's main employers are a Canada Border Services port, the White River First Nation and a number of tourist lodges.
Beaver Creek has a population of approximately 100 individuals and is the home of the White River First Nation. The First Nation is made up of Upper Tanana speaking people whose traditional territory extends from the Donjek River into neighbouring Alaska, and Athapaskan Northern Tutchone speaking people whose traditional territories included the lower Stewart River and the area south of the Yukon River on the White and Donjek River drainages.
In addition to the Alaska Highway, the community is served by the Beaver Creek Airport.
[edit] Climate
Like most of the Yukon, Beaver Creek has a subarctic climate. It is situated at an elevation of approximately 762 metres (2,500 ft). Beaver Creek experiences annual temperature average daily highs of 20 °C (68 °F) in July and average daily lows of −32 °C (−26 °F) in January. Record high temperature was 35 °C (95 °F) in September 2000 and the lowest was around −60.0 °C (−76.0 °F) in January 1981. Beaver Creek has an average annual snowfall of 123 cm (48.5 in) and 296 mm (11.7 in) of rainfall.
The airstrip at Snag, 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of Beaver Creek, experienced the lowest ever temperature measured in North America (excluding Greenland), −63.0 °C (−81.4 °F) on February 3, 1947.
| Climate data for Beaver Creek | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 4.0 (39.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
10.0 (50.0) |
22.0 (71.6) |
29.0 (84.2) |
32.8 (91.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.1 (88.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
7.8 (46.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
32.8 (91.0) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −22 (−7.6) |
−14.4 (6.1) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
5.8 (42.4) |
13.0 (55.4) |
18.7 (65.7) |
20.4 (68.7) |
17.9 (64.2) |
11.2 (52.2) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−14.8 (5.4) |
−20.1 (−4.2) |
0.9 (33.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −26.9 (−16.4) |
−21.4 (−6.5) |
−12.9 (8.8) |
−1.7 (28.9) |
6.2 (43.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
11.2 (52.2) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−19.9 (−3.8) |
−24.8 (−12.6) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −31.8 (−25.2) |
−28.4 (−19.1) |
−21.9 (−7.4) |
−9.1 (15.6) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
5.0 (41.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−12.1 (10.2) |
−25 (−13.0) |
−29.6 (−21.3) |
−12 (10) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −55 (−67.0) |
−52 (−61.6) |
−48 (−54.4) |
−35 (−31.0) |
−13.5 (7.7) |
−7 (19.4) |
−2 (28.4) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−26 (−15) |
−37.2 (−35.0) |
−46.5 (−51.7) |
−52.8 (−63.0) |
−55 (−67.0) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 13.5 (0.531) |
12.6 (0.496) |
11.8 (0.465) |
11.7 (0.461) |
37.3 (1.469) |
74.2 (2.921) |
97.2 (3.827) |
63.2 (2.488) |
35.7 (1.406) |
27.2 (1.071) |
18.2 (0.717) |
13.8 (0.543) |
416.3 (16.39) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
1.3 (0.051) |
13.5 (0.531) |
74.1 (2.917) |
97.2 (3.827) |
62.2 (2.449) |
26.8 (1.055) |
2.7 (0.106) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
295.7 (11.642) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 13.8 (5.43) |
12.6 (4.96) |
12.3 (4.84) |
11.0 (4.33) |
5.9 (2.32) |
0.1 (0.04) |
0.0 (0) |
1.0 (0.39) |
9.3 (3.66) |
25.1 (9.88) |
18.7 (7.36) |
13.3 (5.24) |
123.1 (48.46) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 6.3 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 9.2 | 14.2 | 17.1 | 13.5 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 106.6 |
| Avg. rainy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.52 | 7.6 | 14.2 | 17.1 | 13.3 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 61.2 |
| Avg. snowy days | 6.3 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.04 | 0.0 | 0.19 | 1.9 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 45.8 |
| Source: 1971-2000 Environment Canada[1] | |||||||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Environment Canada—Canadian Climate Normals 1971–2000. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
[edit] External links
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