Puvirnituq sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for July heat
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −27.2°C. Frost is common: about 241 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in almost every Canadian town. August is the wettest month, February the driest. Plan for rain or snow on about 88 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Puvirnituq has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Inukjuak, 181 km south, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Puvirnituq at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Puvirnituq’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Puvirnituq feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 241 frosts and 13 warm days a year
From September to June frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 98 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 413 mm a year
514th wettest of 514 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Inukjuak publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from Kinngait/Cape Dorset, 467 km away.
Heating a home in Puvirnituq
79% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to June.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. In heating terms, homes need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Puvirnituq’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
No month here brings highs of 17–27°C together with nights of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 140 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Puvirnituq’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Inukjuak
ECCC builds the Inukjuak normals from 4 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 181 km south |
| Station altitude | 25 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Kinngait/Cape Dorset, 467 km |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 30.0°C |
| Average wind | 20.4 km/h on average, most often from the north-east |
| Next-nearest location | Kinngait/Cape Dorset, 467 km |
How Puvirnituq 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 Quebec.
Puvirnituq weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −19.9°C | −27.2°C | −23.5°C | 19 mm |
| February | −21.1°C | −29.5°C | −25.4°C | 17 mm |
| March | −15.4°C | −24.6°C | −19.8°C | 26 mm |
| April | −6.6°C | −15.3°C | −10.9°C | 26 mm |
| May | 1.8°C | −4.8°C | −1.5°C | 28 mm |
| June | 10.3°C | 1.3°C | 5.8°C | 33 mm |
| July | 15.9°C | 6.9°C | 11.4°C | 39 mm |
| August | 14.3°C | 7.1°C | 10.7°C | 57 mm |
| September | 8.8°C | 3.4°C | 6.1°C | 53 mm |
| October | 3.0°C | −1.7°C | 0.7°C | 48 mm |
| November | −3.2°C | −9.6°C | −6.4°C | 37 mm |
| December | −11.6°C | −18.9°C | −15.3°C | 30 mm |
| Year | −2.0°C | −9.4°C | −5.7°C | 413 mm |
May: −20.9°C at its coldest, 26.8°C at its warmest
Year to year, December varies most (a standard deviation of 3.4°C around −15.3°C) and September least (1.2°C).
Where Puvirnituq’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Inukjuak, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: a snowfall figure (none within 100 km), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Puvirnituq’s climate
How warm does Puvirnituq get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 15.9°C.
How cold does Puvirnituq get in winter?
Deep winter means February, when nights average −29.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Puvirnituq get?
The yearly total is about 413 mm. August gets 57 mm, the most of any month; February gets 17 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Puvirnituq itself?
Not really: Inukjuak, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Puvirnituq.
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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).