Canada · 1991–2020 normal

Cambridge Bay in
January.

Typical January weather in Cambridge Bay: -26.7°C by day, -33.5°C at night, 5 mm of rain over 1 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-26.7°C
Typical low-33.5°C
Rain5 mm
Wet days1

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 44). Daylight is calculated as 1 h 36 from latitude 69.11°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.6°C (13 km from the place centre).

Event window

Long northern nights in January

At 69.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 1 h 36. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -33.5°C.

Event window

Frost-level nights in January

The measured night-time normal is -33.5°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 5913698
NOAA station
CA002400602 · CAMBRIDGE BAY GSN
Station distance
3.5 km from the place centre
Coverage
Good coverage · 18 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.