Summit Camp climate

Name: Summit Camp
Address: Greenland Ice Sheet, Greenland

Greenland · Greenland Ice Sheet · 72.580° N, 38.459° W

Köppen EFice capPolar & alpine

Atop the 3,200 m ice sheet: permanently frozen, no month above 0 C, brutal cold and near-zero liquid 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, 15°F / -9°C

Coldest month

January, -42°F / -41°C

Annual swing

57°F / 32°C

Wettest month

August

Driest month

December

Rain per year

0.1" / 2 mm

Snow per year

45.0" / 1142 mm

Elevation

10525 ft / 3208 m

Time zone

America/Nuuk

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	-30 / -35	-42 / -41	0.01 / 0	2.1 / 53	73%	16.0 / 25.7	93%
February	-31 / -35	-42 / -41	0.00 / 0	1.9 / 49	74%	15.0 / 24.1	93%
March	-28 / -33	-40 / -40	0.01 / 0	2.1 / 55	73%	14.3 / 23.0	92%
April	-11 / -24	-24 / -31	0.01 / 0	3.3 / 84	77%	14.7 / 23.7	84%
May	-4 / -20	-15 / -26	0.01 / 0	3.8 / 97	78%	10.8 / 17.4	70%
June	8 / -13	-2 / -19	0.01 / 0	5.8 / 147	84%	11.5 / 18.5	80%
July	15 / -9	6 / -14	0.01 / 0	4.2 / 107	87%	9.8 / 15.8	84%
August	9 / -13	-1 / -18	0.01 / 0	6.4 / 164	85%	10.4 / 16.7	82%
September	-6 / -21	-17 / -27	0.00 / 0	5.3 / 135	81%	11.8 / 19.0	87%
October	-14 / -25	-25 / -31	0.00 / 0	4.9 / 125	79%	13.1 / 21.1	89%
November	-21 / -29	-33 / -36	0.00 / 0	3.3 / 83	75%	14.9 / 24.0	93%
December	-29 / -34	-40 / -40	0.00 / 0	1.8 / 44	74%	13.5 / 21.7	88%

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