Climate Tuktut Nogait , N. W. T. 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tuktut Nogait , N. W. T. (CXTN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June			0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December			0	0	0	0
Average

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June			0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December			0	0	0	0
Average

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-21.3	-24	-20	-25	-21	-23
February	-23.2	-18	-26	-27	-25	-25
March	-18.3	-18	-18	-19	-19	-20
April	-11.2		-8	-11	-12	-12
May	0.2		4	2	-1	-2
June	7.5		13	11	11	10
July	11.4		22	18	15	13
August	9.1		11	14	11	13
September	4.1		6	5	6	4
October	-5.6		-2	-5	-2	-6
November	-14.2		-11	-12	-13	-16
December	-20.9		-14	-22	-25	-21
Average	-8.0	-21.9	-4.7	-6.7	-7.9	-7.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	-28.3	-30	-26	-32	-27	-29
February	-31.9	-26	-32	-34	-35	-31
March	-26.2	-26	-25	-27	-28	-29
April	-19.2		-17	-20	-19	-19
May	-6.1		-2	-4	-9	-9
June	1.6		5	3	3	2
July	5.2		13	9	6	5
August	3.0		5	5	3	5
September	-2.7		1	0	0	-2
October	-10.8		-6	-10	-6	-9
November	-20.3		-17	-18	-20	-21
December	-26.1		-20	-28	-30	-28
Average	-15.4	-28.6	-11.9	-13.5	-14.6	-14.3

40th lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June			0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December			0	0	0	0
Average

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.5	19	3	11	6	8
February	9.0	9	4	10	10	7
March	11.1	11	10	8	10	15
April	9.3		8	9	11	13
May	11.4		12	15	8	12
June			0	0	0	0
July	8.6		9	9	8	10
August	10.1		11	10	10	9
September	10.8		11	10	12	11
October	11.9		15	12	11	14
November	10.5		12	14	10	12
December			0	0	0	0
Average	10.4	11.0	10.0	10.6	10.0	11.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	180°	153°	224°	179°	196°
February	203°	218°	217°	254°	209°
March	180°	195°	222°	184°	230°
April		180°	215°	219°	209°
May		187°	169°	158°	199°
June		360°	360°	360°	360°
July		151°	238°	286°	220°
August		252°	223°	238°	204°
September		174°	162°	156°	203°
October		247°	184°	168°	224°
November		155°	194°	178°	228°
December		360°	360°	360°	360°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.