Climate
| Climate data for Alert | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high Humidex | 0 | 0 | −2.4 | −1.1 | 6.6 | 18.1 | 19.4 | 23.8 | 8.4 | 3.9 | −1.1 | 1.4 | 23.8 |
| Record high °C (°F) | 0.0 (32) |
1.1 (34) |
−2.2 (28) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
7.8 (46) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.0 (68) |
19.5 (67.1) |
11.2 (52.2) |
4.4 (39.9) |
0.6 (33.1) |
3.2 (37.8) |
20.0 (68) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −28.8 (−19.8) |
−29.8 (−21.6) |
−28.7 (−19.7) |
−20.5 (−4.9) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
3.3 (37.9) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−15.8 (3.6) |
−22.8 (−9) |
−26.4 (−15.5) |
−14.7 (5.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −32.4 (−26.3) |
−33.4 (−28.1) |
−32.4 (−26.3) |
−24.4 (−11.9) |
−11.8 (10.8) |
−0.8 (30.6) |
3.3 (37.9) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−9.2 (15.4) |
−19.4 (−2.9) |
−26.4 (−15.5) |
−30.1 (−22.2) |
−18.0 (−0.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −35.9 (−32.6) |
−37.0 (−34.6) |
−36.1 (−33) |
−28.2 (−18.8) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
0.7 (33.3) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
−12.2 (10) |
−22.8 (−9) |
−30.0 (−22) |
−33.7 (−28.7) |
−21.3 (−6.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −48.9 (−56) |
−50.0 (−58) |
−49.4 (−56.9) |
−45.6 (−50.1) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
−13.9 (7) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−15.0 (5) |
−28.2 (−18.8) |
−39.4 (−38.9) |
−43.5 (−46.3) |
−46.1 (−51) |
−50.0 (−58) |
| Wind chill | −64.7 | −60.5 | −59.5 | −56.8 | −40.8 | −21.1 | −10.3 | −19.2 | −36.9 | −49.4 | −53.7 | −57.3 | −64.7 |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 6.8 (0.268) |
6.3 (0.248) |
7.0 (0.276) |
10.3 (0.406) |
11.0 (0.433) |
11.1 (0.437) |
27.8 (1.094) |
21.2 (0.835) |
23.4 (0.921) |
12.3 (0.484) |
9.7 (0.382) |
6.8 (0.268) |
153.8 (6.055) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.8 (0.031) |
11.1 (0.437) |
4.0 (0.157) |
0.1 (0.004) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
16.1 (0.634) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 8.5 (3.35) |
7.5 (2.95) |
8.1 (3.19) |
11.7 (4.61) |
16.6 (6.54) |
12.3 (4.84) |
17.3 (6.81) |
18.0 (7.09) |
33.6 (13.23) |
18.0 (7.09) |
13.1 (5.16) |
8.7 (3.43) |
173.3 (68.23) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 105.5 |
| Avg. rainy days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.93 | 6 | 3 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 |
| Avg. snowy days | 8.8 | 7.8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 8.2 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 103.5 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | absent | absent | insufficient data | 377 | 415.1 | 308.5 | insufficient data | 238.0 | 91.3 | absent | absent | absent | 1,723 |
| Source #1: 1971–2000 Environment Canada | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: Sunshine data from 1961–1990 Environment Canada | |||||||||||||
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