A screenshot of a Facebook post from Yellowknife North MLA Cory Vanthuyne following snow on September 5, 2018.
A brief flurry in the early morning hours resulted in a dusting of Facebook posts by around 7am.
The development suggests fall will follow summer as the second successive season to be mislaid.
However, snow in early September is not without precedent.
September 5 in 1964 produced more than six centimetres of snow, Environment Canada records from Yellowknife Airport's weather station suggest.
By comparison, only three days this past winter saw more snow than that.
Last year, Yellowknife residents had until October 13 before the first snow of the season. In 2016, it was October 2.
Not since 1982, when Yellowknife somehow managed to achieve a centimetre of snow on the afternoon of August 23, has the city received snow this early.
Yellowknife's record for the latest snow in the season is June 20, on which day 30 mm of snow fell in 1967. In 1979, almost 16 cm fell over two days at the end of May.
Another fail title...just look at the stats for Yellowknife for May, June, July, and August for 2018.
May: There were significantly more days that both the highs and lows were above the corresponding averages.
June: There were significantly more days that both the highs and lows were above the corresponding averages.
July: There were more days in which the highs were above the average, the lows about the same overall.
August: Overall it could be argued that both highs and low were somewhat below average.
So overall...yes indeed Yellowknife did have a summer.