Hillcrest, Yukon Weather
Hillcrest, Yukon — 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 Hillcrest.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Hillcrest.
About Hillcrest, Yukon
Hillcrest is a community in Yukon, Canada. It is classified as a town. Hillcrest is located at 60.7125°N, 135.0903°W. It observes Yukon Time — no DST (UTC−7). Postal code area: Y1A.
Hillcrest sits as a quiet observer upon the slopes, positioned beneath the watchful presence of Haeckel Hill. It lies 2.3 km south-west of Whitehorse, YT (from Whitehorse, YT: bearing 235°T), and is situated 9.3 km south-south-east of Crestview. The Yukon River carves a path through the valley floor, its currents carrying the chill of northern snowmelt past the edges of Hillcrest. Only two kilometers away, the stillness of Ice Lake offers a counterpoint to the movement of the water, its surface often mirroring the vast, pale sky of the subarctic. Here, the light at dusk holds a strange, lingering quality, stretching shadows long against the earth until the landscape seems to hold its breath. The air carries a crisp, thin clarity that defines the terrain, grounding the houses firmly against the rugged incline. Development in Hillcrest emerged as a response to the need for housing near the expanding administrative and industrial hubs of the territory. The local economy persists through a mix of public service and small-scale enterprise, maintaining a pace that values the necessities of life in a northern climate. Residents move through their days with a practical focus, respecting the demands of a geography where the winter dark requires resilience and the summer sun invites endless movement. Even amidst the routine of modern work, the proximity to the wilderness ensures that the habits of life remain responsive to the wind and the changing weight of the snow.
Live animated radar for Hillcrest 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 | Hillcrest, Yukon |
| Coordinates | 60.7125°N, 135.09028°W |
| Timezone | Yukon Time — no DST (UTC−7) |
| Postal FSA | Y1A |
| Area Code | 867 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Hillcrest, Yukon Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hillcrest, Yukon, 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 Hillcrest includes coordinates 60.712500°N, 135.090280°W. Postal FSA: Y1A. Telephone area code: 867. Timezone: Yukon Time — no DST (UTC−7).
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.