Average Snowfall for Nunavut in March

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The tables below list monthly averages for snowfall during March at hamlets and settlements in Nunavut, Canada.

The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.2 centimetres (0.08 inches) this month. The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1971 to 2000.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the territory: Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Nunavut.

Southern Nunavut

Communities here are in the Kivalliq Region. Baker Lake and Rankin Inlet are west of Hudson Bay, while Coral Harbour is on Southampton Island.

March snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centimetres
13 Baker Lake   3.3   8
  8 Coral Harbour   4.2 11
  9 Rankin Inlet   5.1 13

Eastern Nunavut

This section covers Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula.

Total amount of snow in March on average
Days Place Inches Centimetres
16 Cape Dorset 10.1 26
10 Cape Dyer 14.1 36
  4 Cape Hooper   3.1   8
  7 Clyde River   3.3   8
  4 Dewar Lakes   2.8   7
  8 Hall Beach   3.9 10
11 Igloolik   6.1 15
13 Iqaluit 10.0 25
  6 Nanisivik   2.5   6
  8 Pond Inlet   4.0 10
  3 Qikiqtarjuaq   2.2   6


Western Nunavut

Known as the Kitikmeot Region, these places are on Nunavut's northern mainland and Victoria Island.

Average total snowfall in March
Days Place Inches Centimetres
  8 Cambridge Bay   2.9   7
  3 Clinton Point   2.0   5
11 Kugluktuk   6.3 16
  3 Lady Franklin Point   1.7   4
  9 Lupin   4.4 11

Northern Nunavut

Resolute is located on Cornwallis Island. Eureka is farther north, on the west side of Ellesmere Island. Alert, on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island is Canada's northernmost weather station.

Average March snowfall
Days Place Inches Centimetres
  8 Alert   3.2   8
  4 Eureka   1.2   3
  7 Resolute   2.8   7
Reference

Environment Canada. National Climate Data and Information Archive. Canadian Climate Normals or Averages 1971-2000.

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