Canada · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Arviat.

July leads for comfortable weather in Arviat: typically 15.2°C by day, 7.2°C at night, with 41 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortJuly
Typical high15.2°C
Typical low7.2°C
Rain in July41 mm
Comfort

July

July · August · June

53climate match
Beach

July

July · August · January

16climate match
Outdoors

July

July · August · June

76climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against July’s 53days reach only -24.8°C, 49° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan
5-24.8° / -32.4°
Feb
5-24.1° / -31.8°
Mar
5-17.7° / -27°
Apr
5-8.8° / -18.3°
May
5-0.8° / -7.1°
Jun
228.4° / 1.3°
Jul
5315.2° / 7.2°
Aug
4514.2° / 7.5°
Sep
167.5° / 2.3°
Oct
5-0.4° / -5.4°
Nov
5-11.2° / -18.9°
Dec
5-19.4° / -26.9°
Monthly climate evidence for Arviat — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 10 km away
MonthDayNightRainWet daysSeaDaylightComfortCoverage
January-24.8°C-32.4°C7 mm2.2-1.3°C6 h 215Good coverage
February-24.1°C-31.8°C4 mm1.4-1.4°C8 h 525Good coverage
March-17.7°C-27°C9 mm2.8-1.4°C11 h 315Good coverage
April-8.8°C-18.3°C17 mm3.4-1.2°C14 h 335Good coverage
May-0.8°C-7.1°C16 mm3.6-0.7°C17 h 225Good coverage
June8.4°C1.3°C26 mm5.21.0°C19 h 1522Good coverage
July15.2°C7.2°C41 mm6.15.3°C18 h 2753Good coverage
August14.2°C7.5°C60 mm9.67.7°C15 h 4845Good coverage
September7.5°C2.3°C46 mm8.56.3°C12 h 4716Good coverage
October-0.4°C-5.4°C25 mm6.72.8°C9 h 535Good coverage
November-11.2°C-18.9°C11 mm4-0.3°C7 h 085Good coverage
December-19.4°C-26.9°C8 mm2.9-1.2°C5 h 325Good coverage
Records at ARVIAT A, 1973–2012
MonthRecord highRecord lowWettest dayWettest / driest monthYears
January-1.5°C28 Jan 2000-48.3°C19 Jan 197521 mm20 Jan 201048 mm1985 · driest 0 mm in 197427
February-1.5°C17 Feb 1998-47.0°C28 Feb 20037 mm20 Feb 199818 mm1985 · driest 0 mm in 201027
March12.2°C7 Mar 2010-41.5°C5 Mar 199511 mm10 Mar 198531 mm1985 · driest 0 mm in 197528
April4.0°C24 Apr 2000-36.7°C7 Apr 197335 mm12 Apr 2010129 mm2010 · driest 0 mm in 197528
May14.5°C26 May 2001-26.7°C2 May 197427 mm2 May 200648 mm1988 · driest 0 mm in 201027
June25.5°C17 Jun 1999-11.0°C1 Jun 200225 mm4 Jun 200656 mm1987 · driest 1 mm in 199128
July33.9°C22 Jul 1973-4.0°C3 Jul 199236 mm24 Jul 200871 mm2008 · driest 0 mm in 197328
August30.0°C12 Aug 1991-0.6°C18 Aug 197438 mm7 Aug 1995100 mm1995 · driest 15 mm in 199127
September23.0°C2 Sep 1994-8.3°C30 Sep 197431 mm20 Sep 200486 mm2005 · driest 0 mm in 198428
October15.0°C3 Oct 2010-26.0°C31 Oct 198639 mm23 Oct 198884 mm1988 · driest 0 mm in 197427
November2.0°C2 Nov 2010-34.0°C11 Nov 198620 mm25 Nov 198565 mm1985 · driest 0 mm in 200827
December0.0°C17 Dec 2010-42.5°C30 Dec 199615 mm5 Dec 199344 mm1985 · driest 0 mm in 200827
Typical days per month at ARVIAT A, 1991–2020
MonthDays 25°C+Frost nightsHeavy rain (10 mm+)Snow days
January030<15
February02806
March03108
April029<16
May027<15
June<110<1<1
July1<1<10
August<1<120
September0911
October026<18
November029<19
December030<17
How often, not how much — every day in ARVIAT A’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
MonthWarm & dry daysWet daysWashoutsWeek with 3+ wet daysDaytime mean has ranged
January0%8%<1%4%-32.2–-20.3°C
February0%6%0%4%-27.6–-20.1°C
March0%9%<1%5%-22.7–-14.0°C
April0%11%<1%6%-11.8–-5.0°C
May0%10%<1%7%-3.2–1.7°C
June3%18%3%16%4.8–10.0°C
July17%18%3%17%13.3–17.0°C
August8%30%5%35%12.2–15.2°C
September<1%25%4%25%4.8–9.2°C
October0%20%1%18%-3.4–1.7°C
November0%14%<1%13%-16.2–-7.5°C
December0%11%<1%7%-24.7–-14.9°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1986Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 21-year average. Warmest: 2010. Coolest: 2004.2010

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity
GeoNames 5887448
NOAA station
CA002300MKF · ARVIAT A
Station distance
1.1 km from the place centre
Climate period
1991–2020
Minimum month coverage
18 usable years
Daylight
Calculated from latitude 61.11°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature
NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 10 km from the place centre. A sheltered bay can run warmer than the open sea it is measured from.
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

These places read the same station, so their numbers are identical — distance from ARVIAT A is what differs

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