Canada · 1991–2020 normal
Pangnirtung in
December.
Typical December weather in Pangnirtung: -13.6°C by day, -19.8°C at night, 15 mm of rain over 3.6 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-13.6°C
Typical low-19.8°C
Rain15 mm
Wet days3.6
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 40). Daylight is calculated as 2 h 45 from latitude 66.15°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.0°C (19 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 66.1° the calculated mid-month daylight is 2 h 45. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -19.8°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -19.8°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 6096551
- NOAA station
- CA002403049 · PANGNIRTUNG
- Station distance
- 0.9 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Good coverage · 23 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.