Average Sunshine in Nunavut for November

The tables below give November averages for the number of sunny days and hours of sunshine at places in Nunavut.

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

Each place has three measures of sunshine. The number for % Sun is the usual percentage of daylight hours with bright sunshine.

Hours gives the total hours of bright sunshine that's normal this month. Days statistics are for the typical number of days in November with any amount of measurable sunshine. All the data are averages for the years 1981 to 2010.

Southern Nunavut

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

Total November sunshine
% Sun Place Hours Days
22 Baker Lake 44 12
24 Coral Harbour 48 15

Eastern Nunavut

This section covers Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula.

Average amount of sunshine in November
% Sun Place Hours Days
9 Cape Dorset 18 8
5 Igloolik 6 4
18 Iqaluit 36 14
0 Pond Inlet 0 0

Western Nunavut

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

November sunshine averages
% Sun Place Hours Days
14 Cambridge Bay 18 7
13 Kugluktuk 20 9

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.

Total average sunshine for November
% Sun Place Hours Days
0 Alert 0 0
0 Eureka 0 0
4 Resolute 1 0
Reference

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.

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