Iqaluit Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Iqaluit

This first table lists monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.2 centimetres (0.08 inches).

Average total snowfall and days with fresh snow in Iqaluit

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
12.2	January	8.6	22
11.6	February	8.3	21
12.7	March	8.5	22
13.4	April	12.4	32
12.0	May	10.9	28
3.9	June	3.6	9
0.1	July	0.0	0
0.5	August	0.3	1
7.2	September	5.2	13
13.7	October	11.6	29
13.8	November	11.7	30
12.3	December	9.2	23
113.5	Year	90.3	229

When Iqaluit Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of autumn for Iqaluit usually arrives in September, but can show up as early as August.

The season's last snowfall typically happens in May or June although in some years a late snow lands in July.

Iqaluit can receive fresh snow any month of the year.

How Many Snowstorms Iqaluit Gets

Most days of snowfall in Iqaluit leave less than five centimetres (2 inches) of fresh snow on the ground. For 13 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least five cm.

Big snowstorms of over ten cm a day normally occur three or four times a year. But major blizzards that dump 25 cm or more in one day are rare events that happen just once a decade.

Number of days per month and year on average in Iqaluit with a total snowfall of at least 5, 10 or 20 centimetres

	5 cm 2.0 inches	10 cm 3.9 inches	25 cm 9.8 inches
January	1.2	0.3	0.0
February	0.8	0.4	0.1
March	1.2	0.3	0.0
April	2.1	0.6	0.0
May	1.7	0.3	0.0
June	0.5	0.3	0.0
August	0.1	0.0	0.0
September	0.6	0.4	0.0
October	2.1	0.2	0.0
November	1.7	0.4	0.0
December	1.2	0.2	0.0
Year	13.2	3.5	0.1

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Iqaluit

For 248 days, about two-thirds of the year, Iqaluit has at least a centimetre of snow on the ground. In mid-winter the snowpack averages around 24 cm deep. The snow is usually at its deepest near the end of March and in April.

Average total days per month and year in Iqaluit with snow depth of at least 1, 5, 10 or 20 cm on the ground

1 cm 0.4 inches	5 cm 2.0 inches		10 cm 3.9 inches	20 cm 7.9 inches
30.9	30.9	January	30.5	20.7
28.2	28.2	February	28.2	20.1
31.0	31.0	March	30.9	22.8
30.0	29.9	April	27.9	24.8
29.1	27.3	May	23.2	15.8
10.0	5.5	June	3.1	1.1
2.7	0.3	September	0.1	0.0
24.6	14.2	October	5.9	0.9
30.0	29.1	November	23.4	5.1
31.0	31.0	December	30.4	13.3
247.5	227.5	Year	203.5	124.6