Canada · 1991–2020 normal
Rankin Inlet in
February.
Typical February weather in Rankin Inlet: -26°C by day, -33.2°C at night, 9 mm of rain over 2.5 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-26°C
Typical low-33.2°C
Rain9 mm
Wet days2.5
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 52). Daylight is calculated as 8 h 36 from latitude 62.81°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.3°C (13 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in February
At 62.8° the calculated mid-month daylight is 8 h 36. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in February. Typical nights are -33.2°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in February
The measured night-time normal is -33.2°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 6116548
- NOAA station
- CA002303401 · RANKIN INLET A
- Station distance
- 1.8 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.