Resolute climate
Canada · Arctic Archipelago · 74.697° N, 94.830° W
Köppen ETtundraPolar & alpine
One of Canada's coldest, northernmost communities: polar desert, frozen most of the year.
Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.
What the year looks like
Average high Average low
Rain Snowfall
At a glance
Monthly climate normals
| Month | High °F/°C | Low °F/°C | Rain in/mm | Snow in/mm | Humidity | Wind mph/km/h | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -16 / -26 | -25 / -32 | 0.00 / 0 | 1.5 / 38 | 68% | 10.6 / 17.1 | 66% |
| February | -18 / -28 | -27 / -33 | 0.00 / 0 | 0.6 / 15 | 66% | 11.5 / 18.5 | 71% |
| March | -9 / -23 | -20 / -29 | 0.01 / 0 | 2.8 / 71 | 71% | 11.8 / 19.0 | 79% |
| April | 4 / -15 | -8 / -22 | 0.01 / 0 | 3.9 / 98 | 75% | 10.6 / 17.1 | 73% |
| May | 23 / -5 | 15 / -10 | 0.01 / 0 | 4.3 / 109 | 79% | 11.3 / 18.2 | 81% |
| June | 37 / 3 | 32 / 0 | 0.58 / 15 | 4.7 / 118 | 88% | 10.8 / 17.4 | 85% |
| July | 46 / 8 | 38 / 3 | 0.89 / 23 | 0.7 / 17 | 88% | 10.3 / 16.6 | 76% |
| August | 41 / 5 | 34 / 1 | 1.44 / 37 | 1.7 / 43 | 89% | 11.2 / 18.0 | 83% |
| September | 31 / -1 | 25 / -4 | 0.24 / 6 | 5.1 / 129 | 84% | 10.8 / 17.4 | 87% |
| October | 21 / -6 | 13 / -10 | 0.02 / 1 | 11.5 / 293 | 83% | 12.3 / 19.8 | 89% |
| November | 0 / -18 | -9 / -23 | 0.01 / 0 | 3.4 / 85 | 75% | 10.8 / 17.4 | 79% |
| December | -7 / -21 | -17 / -27 | 0.00 / 0 | 3.2 / 82 | 73% | 12.0 / 19.3 | 77% |
Could you have placed Resolute from those graphs alone?
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Nearby
- Eureka · 389 mi · polar desert
- Alert · 678 mi · ice-cap/polar desert
- Yellowknife · 968 mi · subarctic
- Iqaluit · 977 mi · tundra
- Ilulissat · 981 mi · tundra
- Summit Camp · 1,065 mi · ice cap
Other tundra places (ET)
- Barentsburg · Norway (Svalbard, Russian settlement)
- Cairngorm summit (Ben Macdui area) · United Kingdom
- Dikson · Russia
- Grytviken · South Georgia (UK)
- Hammerfest · Norway
- Ilulissat · Greenland