Climate
| Climate data for Coral Harbour Airport | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Humidex | -0.6 | -2.2 | -0.5 | 4.4 | 8.9 | 22.8 | 32.8 | 30.1 | 19.9 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 32.8 |
| Record high °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
0.0 (32.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
26.1 (79.0) |
20.6 (69.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
1.1 (34.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
28.0 (82.4) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −25.8 (−14.4) |
−25.9 (−14.6) |
−20.8 (−5.4) |
−11.3 (11.7) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
6.3 (43.3) |
13.9 (57.0) |
11.4 (52.5) |
4.1 (39.4) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−12.8 (9.0) |
−21.6 (−6.9) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −30 (−22.0) |
−30 (−22.0) |
−25.7 (−14.3) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−6.8 (19.8) |
2.8 (37.0) |
9.3 (48.7) |
7.3 (45.1) |
1.1 (34.0) |
−7.3 (18.9) |
−17.1 (1.2) |
−25.8 (−14.4) |
−11.6 (11.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −34.1 (−29.4) |
−34.1 (−29.4) |
−30.5 (−22.9) |
−22 (−7.6) |
−10.9 (12.4) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
4.6 (40.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
−2 (28.4) |
−10.7 (12.7) |
−21.4 (−6.5) |
−29.9 (−21.8) |
−15.7 (3.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −52.8 (−63.0) |
−51.4 (−60.5) |
−49.4 (−56.9) |
−39.4 (−38.9) |
−31.1 (−24.0) |
−15.6 (3.9) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−17.2 (1.0) |
−34.4 (−29.9) |
−40.6 (−41.1) |
−48.9 (−56.0) |
−52.8 (−63.0) |
| Wind chill | −69.5 | −69.3 | −64.3 | −55.1 | −39.7 | −23.2 | −8.2 | −11.8 | −23.7 | −43.7 | −54.8 | −64.2 | −69.5 |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 7.6 (0.299) |
6.6 (0.26) |
10.3 (0.406) |
17.3 (0.681) |
16.6 (0.654) |
28.0 (1.102) |
38.4 (1.512) |
51.3 (2.02) |
41.4 (1.63) |
36.0 (1.417) |
19.5 (0.768) |
12.7 (0.5) |
285.7 (11.248) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.1 (0.004) |
2.5 (0.098) |
20.7 (0.815) |
38.4 (1.512) |
50.5 (1.988) |
31.3 (1.232) |
11.3 (0.445) |
0.4 (0.016) |
0.0 (0) |
155.2 (6.11) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 7.8 (3.07) |
6.9 (2.72) |
10.6 (4.17) |
17.6 (6.93) |
14.4 (5.67) |
7.4 (2.91) |
0.0 (0) |
0.8 (0.31) |
9.7 (3.82) |
25.5 (10.04) |
19.9 (7.83) |
12.9 (5.08) |
133.5 (52.56) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 7.4 | 6.1 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 11.6 | 9.2 | 115.7 |
| Avg. rainy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.14 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 7.0 | 2.6 | 0.41 | 0.03 | 40.8 |
| Avg. snowy days | 7.5 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 0.38 | 4.5 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 9.3 | 80.1 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 41.1 | 110.6 | 187.7 | 248.3 | 262.4 | 272.7 | 294.2 | 227.0 | 110.3 | 79.8 | 52.8 | 19.6 | 1,906.5 |
| Source: 1971-2000 Environment Canada | |||||||||||||
Throughout December 2010 and early January 2011, Nunavut, northern Quebec and western Greenland set many high temperature records. In Coral Harbour, a high of 3.3 °C (37.9 °F) in mid-December broke the old record of 1.7 °C (35.1 °F) set in 1963. The daily minimum temperature on January 6, 2011, was about 30 °C (54 °F) warmer than normal. The unusual warmth was due largely to an unseasonal area of high pressure over Greenland, and very negative values of the Arctic oscillation and North Atlantic oscillation. Mostly in the 21st century, the conditions have combined to produce an Arctic dipole anomaly that brings warm air to the Arctic regions and cold air to the continents.
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