| Frances Lake | |
|---|---|
  Frances Lake | |
| Location | Yukon |
| Coordinates | 61°20′22″N129°34′21″W / 61.33944°N 129.57250°W [1] |
| Basin countries | Canada |
Frances Lake is a lake of Yukon, Canada. It is the largest lake in southeast Yukon. Several rivers and creeks flow into Frances Lake, forming extensive deltas. The lake and surrounding area was featured in Anton Money's 1975 autobiographical book This Was the North and one of the creeks is named Money Creek after this early settler to the area.
Hour Lake, at an altitude of 890 m (2,920 ft), is a weather station located approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) to the south of Frances Lake. [3] The region, typically for the Yukon, has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) characterised by short, mild summers and long, frigid winters, although there is much greater precipitation and snowfall than more northerly parts of the Territory due to being closer to Pacific Ocean moisture.
| Climate data for Hour Lake, Yukon (altitude 890 m (2,920 ft)), 1994-2013, extremes 1982-2014 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 11 (52) | 10 (50) | 15 (59) | 19 (67) | 31 (88) | 33 (91) | 33 (91) | 33 (91) | 24 (75) | 18 (64) | 9 (49) | 8 (46) | 33 (91) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | −1.8 (28.7) | 1.4 (34.5) | 6.4 (43.6) | 14.2 (57.5) | 21.9 (71.4) | 27.3 (81.2) | 27.7 (81.9) | 26.4 (79.5) | 18.1 (64.6) | 10.8 (51.4) | 1.4 (34.5) | −0.7 (30.8) | 29.2 (84.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −15.1 (4.9) | −9.1 (15.6) | −3.1 (26.4) | 5.7 (42.3) | 13.0 (55.4) | 19.3 (66.8) | 20.8 (69.4) | 18.3 (65.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 2.4 (36.4) | −9.5 (14.9) | −13.2 (8.3) | 3.4 (38.2) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −20.2 (−4.4) | −15.7 (3.8) | −11.3 (11.7) | −1.8 (28.7) | 5.9 (42.6) | 11.9 (53.4) | 13.6 (56.4) | 11.5 (52.7) | 6.2 (43.2) | −1.6 (29.2) | −14.2 (6.4) | −18.4 (−1.1) | −2.8 (26.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −27.1 (−16.7) | −22.3 (−8.2) | −19.4 (−2.9) | −9.4 (15.1) | −1.3 (29.7) | 4.4 (40.0) | 6.4 (43.5) | 4.6 (40.3) | 0.8 (33.4) | −5.5 (22.1) | −19.0 (−2.2) | −24.1 (−11.4) | −9.3 (15.2) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −45.0 (−49.0) | −38.4 (−37.2) | −36.8 (−34.3) | −24.3 (−11.8) | −9.0 (15.8) | −2.1 (28.2) | 0.6 (33.0) | −2.1 (28.3) | −6.9 (19.5) | −19.7 (−3.4) | −33.9 (−29.1) | −39.5 (−39.1) | −46.7 (−52.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −51 (−60) | −48 (−54) | −45 (−49) | −35 (−31) | −22 (−8) | −4 (24) | −2 (28) | −4 (24) | −20 (−4) | −36 (−33) | −47 (−53) | −50 (−58) | −51 (−60) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 40 (1.59) | 29 (1.14) | 28 (1.12) | 21 (0.81) | 35 (1.39) | 59 (2.34) | 67 (2.64) | 67 (2.62) | 55 (2.15) | 40 (1.59) | 46 (1.83) | 47 (1.85) | 534 (21.07) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 40 (15.6) | 29 (11.4) | 28 (11.2) | 14 (5.6) | 7.1 (2.8) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 3.0 (1.2) | 28 (11.2) | 45 (17.6) | 45 (17.7) | 239.1 (94.3) |
| Source: XMACIS2 (normals, extremes & precip/snow) [4] | |||||||||||||
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