Eureka climate

Name: Eureka
Address: High Arctic (Ellesmere Island, Nunavut), Canada

Canada · High Arctic (Ellesmere Island, Nunavut) · 79.989° N, 85.941° W

Köppen EFpolar desertPolar & alpine

Weather station in a polar oasis: one of the driest, coldest places anywhere, almost no precipitation.

Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 58°F / 15°C

Coldest month

February, -31°F / -35°C

Annual swing

89°F / 49°C

Wettest month

August

Driest month

February

Rain per year

1.4" / 36 mm

Snow per year

19.2" / 487 mm

Elevation

26 ft / 8 m

Time zone

America/Atikokan

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	-22 / -30	-29 / -34	0.00 / 0	0.6 / 15	80%	2.6 / 4.2	68%
February	-23 / -30	-31 / -35	0.00 / 0	0.3 / 7	80%	2.9 / 4.7	71%
March	-15 / -26	-25 / -32	0.00 / 0	0.8 / 19	78%	3.1 / 5.0	71%
April	5 / -15	-9 / -23	0.01 / 0	1.3 / 32	75%	3.0 / 4.8	66%
May	25 / -4	17 / -8	0.01 / 0	2.0 / 52	78%	3.7 / 6.0	61%
June	45 / 7	38 / 3	0.26 / 7	2.7 / 68	66%	4.9 / 7.9	67%
July	58 / 15	49 / 9	0.51 / 13	1.1 / 27	57%	4.7 / 7.6	60%
August	48 / 9	39 / 4	0.56 / 14	2.2 / 56	73%	4.2 / 6.8	71%
September	29 / -2	22 / -6	0.06 / 2	3.9 / 98	84%	3.2 / 5.1	75%
October	9 / -13	1 / -17	0.00 / 0	2.5 / 65	84%	2.8 / 4.5	74%
November	-11 / -24	-19 / -28	0.00 / 0	0.9 / 24	80%	2.7 / 4.3	68%
December	-12 / -25	-21 / -30	0.00 / 0	1.0 / 24	79%	2.9 / 4.7	65%

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