Canada · 1991–2020 normal
Arviat in
January.
Typical January weather in Arviat: -24.8°C by day, -32.4°C at night, 7 mm of rain over 2.2 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-24.8°C
Typical low-32.4°C
Rain7 mm
Wet days2.2
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 53). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 21 from latitude 61.11°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.3°C (10 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 61.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 21. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -32.4°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -32.4°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5887448
- NOAA station
- CA002300MKF · ARVIAT A
- Station distance
- 1.1 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 19 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.