Canada · 1991–2020 normal

Kinngait in
October.

Typical October weather in Kinngait: -0.8°C by day, -4.9°C at night, 40 mm of rain over 8.6 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-0.8°C
Typical low-4.9°C
Rain40 mm
Wet days8.6

Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 41). Daylight is calculated as 9 h 34 from latitude 64.23°. Open-water sea temperature is 0.6°C (13 km from the place centre).

Event window

Long northern nights in October

At 64.2° the calculated mid-month daylight is 9 h 34. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in October. Typical nights are -4.9°C.

Event window

Frost-level nights in October

The measured night-time normal is -4.9°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 · 22 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.