Photo: Patricia · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns have cooler summers than Pond Inlet
In January the night’s low is typically −35.5°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in almost every Canadian town. Some 48°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Plan for rain or snow on about 49 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Pond Inlet station, 0.3 km south.
A year in Pond Inlet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Pond Inlet’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Nunavut beside it.
What a year in Pond Inlet feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
288 frost days and under 1 days above 20°C a year
On about 169 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Rain and melted snow: about 195 mm a year
August brings the most rain and snow; January, the least. 4th wettest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Nunavut.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 121 cm of snow a year
From August to June snow is likely; October is the peak, at about 29 cm. 3rd snowiest of 4 towns of 2,500+ in Nunavut.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Pond Inlet
78% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. Homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Pond Inlet’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 38 frost-free days, roughly 30 June to 9 August.
Summer nights stay cool here: no month pairs 17–27°C afternoons with 8°C nights.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 196 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Pond Inlet’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pond Inlet
Pond Inlet is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 0.3 km south |
| Station altitude | 62 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −48.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 22.3°C |
| Average wind | 9.4 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Igloolik, 395 km |
How Pond Inlet compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Nunavut.
Pond Inlet weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −28.9°C | −35.5°C | −32.2°C | 5 mm | 5 cm |
| February | −29.7°C | −36.5°C | −33.1°C | 6 mm | 4 cm |
| March | −25.7°C | −33.4°C | −29.4°C | 13 mm | 8 cm |
| April | −16.6°C | −25.1°C | −20.9°C | 12 mm | 14 cm |
| May | −4.3°C | −11.9°C | −8.1°C | 10 mm | 15 cm |
| June | 5.9°C | 0.0°C | 3.0°C | 16 mm | 3 cm |
| July | 11.1°C | 3.2°C | 7.2°C | 31 mm | under 1 cm |
| August | 8.7°C | 2.3°C | 5.6°C | 40 mm | 3 cm |
| September | 1.8°C | −3.3°C | −0.7°C | 18 mm | 11 cm |
| October | −5.5°C | −11.5°C | −8.5°C | 24 mm | 29 cm |
| November | −16.6°C | −23.8°C | −20.3°C | 11 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −23.6°C | −30.5°C | −27.2°C | 10 mm | 16 cm |
| Year | −10.3°C | −17.2°C | −13.7°C | 195 mm | 121 cm |
A March here can run from −48.0°C to 0.7°C
Two years in three, November’s average falls within 3.5°C of its normal of −20.3°C; June keeps to within 1.2°C.
Where Pond Inlet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Pond Inlet, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Pond Inlet’s climate
How warm does Pond Inlet get in summer?
Expect highs near 11.1°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Pond Inlet get in winter?
Lows sink to −36.5°C on an average February night.
How much rain and snow does Pond Inlet get?
Count on roughly 195 mm a year, heaviest in August (40 mm) and lightest in January (5 mm).
Are these figures for Pond Inlet itself?
Yes, from ECCC’s station within Pond Inlet’s boundary.
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