Average Yearly Precipitation in Nunavut

The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at hamlets and settlements across Nunavut, Canada. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of precipitation.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches). The annual amount of precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010.

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.

Average yearly precipitation
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
107	Baker Lake	10.7	272
125	Coral Harbour	11.9	303
122	Rankin Inlet	12.2	310

Eastern Nunavut

This section covers Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula.

Annual averages for rainfall plus snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
184	Cape Dorset	16.5	419
141	Cape Dyer	22.3	566
95	Cape Hooper	9.5	241
86	Dewar Lakes	9.6	243
116	Hall Beach	8.5	215
89	Igloolik	8.8	222
152	Iqaluit	15.9	404
107	Nanisivik	10.7	271
87	Pond Inlet	7.4	189
72	Qikiqtarjuaq	8.0	203

Western Nunavut

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

Average amount of rain and snow a year
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
110	Cambridge Bay	5.6	142
123	Kugluktuk	9.7	247
142	Lupin	11.8	298

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 annual precipitation
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
106	Alert	6.2	158
68	Eureka	3.1	79
109	Resolute	6.3	161

Average Annual Precipitation for Nunavut

Southern Nunavut

Eastern Nunavut

Western Nunavut

Northern Nunavut

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