Photo: Velatrix · CC0Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Kangiqsualujjuaq
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 18.1°C. Expect the most rain and snow in September and the least in April. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in almost every Canadian town. Heating does most of its work from September to June, in months below 10°C on average.
Every figure here comes from Kuujjuaq, 158 km south-west; ECCC has no normals closer to Kangiqsualujjuaq, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Kangiqsualujjuaq at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kangiqsualujjuaq’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Kangiqsualujjuaq feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
239 frost days and 25 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to June, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 94 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
578 mm of precipitation in a typical year
513th wettest of 514 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec. On about 117 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Kangiqsualujjuaq
81% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to June.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. By this count, homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Kangiqsualujjuaq’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plant out after about 15 June; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 12 September, leaving roughly 88 days without frost.
Even midsummer nights fall below 8°C on average, so no month meets the mild-day rule of 17–27°C by day.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 130 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
About 2 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Kangiqsualujjuaq’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kuujjuaq
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Kuujjuaq are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 158 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 40 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −49.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.1°C |
| Average wind | 13.9 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Nain, 349 km |
How Kangiqsualujjuaq compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Kangiqsualujjuaq weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −18.9°C | −27.7°C | −23.3°C | 31 mm |
| February | −18.1°C | −28.0°C | −23.1°C | 29 mm |
| March | −11.3°C | −22.5°C | −16.9°C | 32 mm |
| April | −3.2°C | −13.4°C | −8.4°C | 27 mm |
| May | 5.7°C | −3.3°C | 1.2°C | 32 mm |
| June | 13.2°C | 2.4°C | 7.8°C | 51 mm |
| July | 18.1°C | 6.9°C | 12.5°C | 75 mm |
| August | 16.8°C | 6.6°C | 11.8°C | 76 mm |
| September | 10.6°C | 2.8°C | 6.7°C | 88 mm |
| October | 3.8°C | −2.1°C | 0.8°C | 57 mm |
| November | −3.9°C | −10.5°C | −7.2°C | 44 mm |
| December | −12.2°C | −20.2°C | −16.2°C | 37 mm |
| Year | 0.1°C | −9.1°C | −4.5°C | 578 mm |
December varies most from one year to the next (4.1°C), July least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in January: a low of −49.8°C in 1991 and a high of 3.7°C in 2011.
Where Kangiqsualujjuaq’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Kuujjuaq from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Kangiqsualujjuaq’s climate
How warm does Kangiqsualujjuaq get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 18.1°C.
How cold does Kangiqsualujjuaq get in winter?
A typical February night falls to −28.0°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Kangiqsualujjuaq get?
Measured as water, a year brings 578 mm: 88 mm in September, the wettest month, and 27 mm in April, the driest.
Are these figures for Kangiqsualujjuaq itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Kuujjuaq, a long way from Kangiqsualujjuaq.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kangiqsualujjuaq →
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).