Old Town, Northwest Territories Weather
Old Town, Northwest Territories — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, ECCC alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast, soil and crop conditions for Old Town.
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About Old Town, Northwest Territories
Old Town is a subdivision in Northwest Territories, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Old Town is located at 62.4644°N, 114.3500°W. It observes Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6). Postal code area: X1A.
Old Town clings to the rocky perimeter of Great Slave Lake, a settlement defined by the harsh, crystalline clarity of northern light. It lies 1.6 km north-east of Yellowknife, NT (from Yellowknife, NT: bearing 41°T), and is situated 6.3 km north-north-west of Dettah. The terrain rises toward Tin Can Hill, where the sparse, resilient vegetation mirrors the rugged character of the shoreline. Here, the air holds a metallic sharpness, and the sun at dusk stretches long, indigo shadows across the Precambrian granite, turning the water of Great Slave Lake into a sheet of hammered silver. Gold once defined the ambition of the region, and the echoes of that industry linger in the weathered architecture and narrow, winding paths of Old Town. While the Yellowknife River flows steadily about 6 km away, the local economy has shifted from the frantic extraction of the earth to a quiet, seasonal endurance. Nearby, Parc territorial Fred Henne offers a sanctuary of boreal stillness about 4 km away, providing a stark contrast to the persistent, industrious spirit of the residents. Life here proceeds with a watchful awareness of the elements, where the cold demands a particular kind of vigilance and the vast, open horizon creates a singular, profound sense of solitude.
Live animated radar for Old Town and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-19 GEOCOLOR — Canada / Northern U.S. sector. Auto-refreshes every 10 minutes on page reload. Frames the whole country from Newfoundland to the BC coast, plus adjacent Pacific and Atlantic storm approaches.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 · Public domain · Sector code can (Canada / Northern U.S.) · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Old Town, Northwest Territories |
| Coordinates | 62.464404°N, 114.349951°W |
| Timezone | Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6) |
| Postal FSA | X1A |
| Area Code | 867 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Old Town, Northwest Territories Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Town, Northwest Territories, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Old Town includes coordinates 62.464404°N, 114.349951°W. Postal FSA: X1A. Telephone area code: 867. Timezone: Mountain Time (UTC−7 / −6).
Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.