Canada · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Cambridge Bay.

July leads for comfortable weather in Cambridge Bay: typically 13.2°C by day, 5.4°C at night, with 31 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortJuly
Typical high13.2°C
Typical low5.4°C
Rain in July31 mm
Comfort

July

July · August · June

44climate match
Beach

July

July · January · February

6climate match
Outdoors

July

July · August · June

67climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against July’s 44days reach only -26.7°C, 51° 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
5-26.7° / -33.5°
Feb
5-28.3° / -35.1°
Mar
5-25.2° / -33°
Apr
5-15.9° / -24.6°
May
5-5.2° / -12.4°
Jun
136.1° / 0.1°
Jul
4413.2° / 5.4°
Aug
3610.9° / 4.6°
Sep
52.8° / -1.4°
Oct
5-5.6° / -11.2°
Nov
5-17° / -24.3°
Dec
5-23.8° / -30.8°
Monthly climate evidence for Cambridge Bay — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 13 km away
MonthDayNightRainWet daysSeaDaylightComfortCoverage
January-26.7°C-33.5°C5 mm1-1.6°C1 h 365Good coverage
February-28.3°C-35.1°C5 mm2-1.6°C7 h 165Good coverage
March-25.2°C-33°C10 mm3.4-1.6°C11 h 175Good coverage
April-15.9°C-24.6°C15 mm4.1-1.6°C15 h 455Good coverage
May-5.2°C-12.4°C8 mm1.6-1.3°C21 h 095Good coverage
June6.1°C0.1°C17 mm4.2-0.6°C24 h13Good coverage
July13.2°C5.4°C31 mm60.2°C24 h44Good coverage
August10.9°C4.6°C22 mm5.12.6°C17 h 4836Good coverage
September2.8°C-1.4°C20 mm4.81.5°C13 h 085Good coverage
October-5.6°C-11.2°C10 mm3.2-0.5°C8 h 535Good coverage
November-17°C-24.3°C7 mm2.1-1.4°C4 h 025Good coverage
December-23.8°C-30.8°C6 mm1.9-1.6°Cnone5Good coverage
Records at CAMBRIDGE BAY GSN, 2002–2025
MonthRecord highRecord lowWettest dayWettest / driest monthYears
January-7.2°C18 Jan 2009-44.5°C26 Jan 20115 mm7 Jan 201527 mm2025 · driest 0 mm in 201123
February-9.8°C3 Feb 2012-44.7°C23 Feb 20043 mm9 Feb 202530 mm2025 · driest 0 mm in 201323
March-4.1°C21 Mar 2006-45.8°C8 Mar 201711 mm31 Mar 201729 mm2012 · driest 0 mm in 201123
April-0.6°C14 Apr 2010-41.8°C1 Apr 200822 mm17 Apr 2015107 mm2012 · driest 0 mm in 201123
May8.8°C31 May 2025-29.2°C2 May 201324 mm3 May 201128 mm2011 · driest 1 mm in 202423
June23.1°C30 Jun 2007-12.2°C1 Jun 201817 mm18 Jun 201644 mm2016 · driest 1 mm in 201223
July24.8°C10 Jul 2016-8.2°C12 Jul 201834 mm17 Jul 201484 mm2014 · driest 3 mm in 202323
August23.3°C9 Aug 2006-1.5°C30 Aug 201313 mm19 Aug 200746 mm2018 · driest 3 mm in 202523
September16.2°C3 Sep 2010-13.5°C29 Sep 200535 mm27 Sep 202459 mm2024 · driest 7 mm in 201221
October5.7°C6 Oct 2008-26.5°C31 Oct 20046 mm17 Oct 202126 mm2021 · driest 2 mm in 201321
November-0.5°C1 Nov 2014-43.9°C28 Nov 20047 mm19 Nov 201521 mm2020 · driest 1 mm in 200822
December-3.3°C19 Dec 2010-43.7°C31 Dec 20086 mm14 Dec 201119 mm2024 · driest 0 mm in 201223
Typical days per month at CAMBRIDGE BAY GSN, 1991–2020
MonthDays 25°C+Frost nightsHeavy rain (10 mm+)Snow days
January0310<1
February0280<1
March031<11
April030<11
May030<11
June013<1<1
July0<1<10
August0<1<10
September019<12
October03102
November02902
December0310<1
How often, not how much — every day in CAMBRIDGE BAY GSN’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
MonthWarm & dry daysWet daysWashoutsWeek with 3+ wet daysDaytime mean has ranged
January0%5%0%4%-29.6–-23.7°C
February0%9%0%10%-32.0–-23.9°C
March0%10%<1%6%-28.9–-21.3°C
April0%13%<1%8%-18.4–-13.8°C
May0%5%<1%1%-7.3–-1.3°C
June<1%13%<1%9%3.9–8.9°C
July3%19%2%17%10.7–15.7°C
August3%16%<1%10%8.4–12.8°C
September0%17%1%13%0.9–4.4°C
October0%12%0%7%-7.8–-0.9°C
November0%7%0%4%-19.3–-12.9°C
December0%6%0%3%-26.2–-20.2°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.

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity
GeoNames 5913698
NOAA station
CA002400602 · CAMBRIDGE BAY GSN
Station distance
3.5 km from the place centre
Climate period
1991–2020
Minimum month coverage
17 usable years
Daylight
Calculated from latitude 69.11°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature
NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 13 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.

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