Canada · 1991–2020 normal
Kinngait in
December.
Typical December weather in Kinngait: -13.7°C by day, -20.7°C at night, 24 mm of rain over 7.2 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-13.7°C
Typical low-20.7°C
Rain24 mm
Wet days7.2
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 41). Daylight is calculated as 4 h 09 from latitude 64.23°. Open-water sea temperature is -0.3°C (13 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 64.2° the calculated mid-month daylight is 4 h 09. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -20.7°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -20.7°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5915732
- NOAA station
- CA002400635 · CAPE DORSET A
- Station distance
- 0.5 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 21 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.