Yellowknife has very cold winters and mild to warm summers. The average temperature in January is around −27 °C (−17 °F) and 17 °C(63 °F) in July. The lowest temperature ever recorded in Yellowknife was −51.2 °C (−60 °F) on 31 January 1947, and the highest was32.5 °C (90 °F) on 16 July 1989
