Climate in Coral Harbour · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Few Canadian towns have colder winter nights than Coral Harbour

High summer brings afternoon highs near 14.8°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than almost every Canadian town. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 49°C. The furnace earns its keep from August to June, the months that average under 10°C.

July afternoons: cooler than almost every Canadian town

January nights: colder than almost every Canadian town

Rain and snow a year: drier than almost every Canadian town

1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Coral Harbour station, 11 km north-west.

July high

14.8°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−33.2°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

329 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

A year in Coral Harbour at a glance

Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.

Jan−25°C−33°C

Feb−26°C−34°CColdest nights

Mar−20°C−30°C

Apr−11°C−21°C

May−3°C−10°C

Jun7°C0°C

Jul15°C6°CWarmest

Aug12°C4°CWettest

Sep5°C−1°C

Oct−3°C−9°C

Nov now−11°C−20°C

Dec−19°C−28°C

What stands out about Coral Harbour’s climate

Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nunavut beside it.

Colder than almost every Canadian townJanuary nights average −33.2°C; February is colder still. 3rd mildest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Nunavut.Cooler than almost every Canadian townJuly afternoons average 14.8°C, the warmest of the year. 3rd warmest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Nunavut.A wider year than almost every Canadian townFrom January nights to July afternoons, the year spans 48.0°C.

A normal year

What a year in Coral Harbour feels like

Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.

Winter

−23°C / −32°C

61 mm of rain and snow

Spring

−11°C / −20°C

67 mm of rain and snow

Summer

11°C / 3°C

105 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season

Autumn

−3°C / −10°C

95 mm of rain and snow

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Best months to be outsideNo month has highs of 17°C or more with nights of 8°C or more: summers here are cool.

Rain & snow

Rain and melted snow: about 329 mm a year

August is the wettest month and February the driest. 2nd wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Nunavut. On about 79 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.

329 mm

Rain and snow a year

Drier than almost every Canadian town

129 mm

Of it as rain alone (39%)

50 mm

August, the wettest month

18 mm

February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

50 mm

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Rain alone by month

Millimetres

49 mm

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ECCC’s Coral Harbour normals leave precipitation out; the figures here come from Naujaat/Repulse Bay, 300 km away.

Living here

Living with Coral Harbour’s climate

Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.

Get outside

Summer nights stay cool here: no month pairs 17–27°C afternoons with 8°C nights.

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 186 days a year.

Storms and extremes

A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Coral Harbour’s hazards page looks at those.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: Coral Harbour

Coral Harbour is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.

Distance from the town	11 km north-west
Station altitude	62 m
Completeness	meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule
WMO standard normals	No
Precipitation from	Naujaat/Repulse Bay, 300 km
Snowfall from	No location within 100 km
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−47.6°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	28.0°C
Average wind	18.1 km/h on average, most often from the north
Next-nearest location	Naujaat/Repulse Bay, 300 km

Compared with other towns

How Coral Harbour compares

Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Nunavut.

July afternoons14.8°C

Coral HarbourMedian Canadian town

12°C16°C20°C24°C

Cooler than almost every Canadian town3rd warmest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Nunavut

January nights−33.2°C

Coral HarbourMedian Canadian town

−35°C−30°C−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C

Colder than almost every Canadian town3rd mildest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Nunavut

Rain and snow a year329 mm

Coral HarbourMedian Canadian town

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Drier than almost every Canadian town2nd wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Nunavut

Month by month

Coral Harbour weather by month

Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.

Month	High	Low	Mean	Rain & snow
January	−24.9°C	−33.2°C	−29.0°C	22 mm
February	−25.6°C	−33.7°C	−29.7°C	18 mm
March	−20.2°C	−29.7°C	−24.9°C	22 mm
April	−11.0°C	−21.1°C	−16.1°C	27 mm
May	−2.5°C	−9.6°C	−6.0°C	19 mm
June	6.9°C	0.1°C	3.5°C	25 mm
July	14.8°C	5.6°C	10.2°C	31 mm
August	12.1°C	4.2°C	8.2°C	50 mm
September	4.8°C	−0.8°C	2.0°C	36 mm
October	−2.5°C	−8.6°C	−5.5°C	32 mm
November	−11.2°C	−19.8°C	−15.5°C	28 mm
December	−19.2°C	−27.6°C	−23.4°C	21 mm
Year	−6.5°C	−14.5°C	−10.5°C	329 mm

Year to year

December: −46.8°C at its coldest, 3.4°C at its warmest

The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 3.4°C from −29.7°C. August moves least, typically by 0.9°C.

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Sources

Where Coral Harbour’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Coral Harbour, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
Not on this page: snowfall (no location within 100 km publishes a full year of it), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and an altitude correction.

Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Questions about Coral Harbour’s climate

How warm does Coral Harbour get in summer?

Expect highs near 14.8°C in July, the hottest month on average.

How cold does Coral Harbour get in winter?

The year’s coldest nights belong to February, at about −33.7°C.

How much rain and snow does Coral Harbour get?

The yearly total is about 329 mm. August gets 50 mm, the most of any month; February gets 18 mm, the least.

Are these figures for Coral Harbour itself?

Yes. They were measured in Coral Harbour, at ECCC’s own station there.

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Coral Harbour →

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).