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Iqaluit Weather Forecast

Temperature, wind, rain and more for Iqaluit

Northwest Territories, Canada

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Sat 24
Jan		00:00

N
N

 4 / 9 mph -3 / -12°F 81% 994 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
17%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

ESE
ESE

 13 / 27 mph 8 / -8°F 76% 995 mb
Low level cloud: 77%
Mid level cloud: 8%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
82%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

NE
NE

 3 / 7 mph -5 / -13°F 96% 998 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

NNW
NNW

 2 / 4 mph 2 / -3°F 92% 997 mb
Low level cloud: 31%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 22%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

NW
NW

 2 / 2 mph 13 / 10°F 93% 998 mb
Low level cloud: 56%
Mid level cloud: 99%
High level cloud: 73%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
99%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

NW
NW

 5 / 6 mph 14 / 6°F 95% 998 mb
Low level cloud: 62%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.02 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.02 In
18:00

NW
NW

 15 / 17 mph 17 / 2°F 90% 998 mb
Low level cloud: 64%
Mid level cloud: 80%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.01 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.01 In
21:00

NW
NW

 19 / 22 mph 14 / -4°F 87% 997 mb
Low level cloud: 26%
Mid level cloud: 78%
High level cloud: 20%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Sun 25
Jan		15:00

NW
NW

 7 / 15 mph 12 / 1°F 84% 999 mb
Low level cloud: 10%
Mid level cloud: 93%
High level cloud: 100%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

NW
NW

 3 / 6 mph 3 / -4°F 85% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 22%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
21%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

NNW
NNW

 8 / 16 mph 5 / -8°F 84% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 73%
High level cloud: 49%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
74%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
The 7 day weather forecast summary for Iqaluit:

Over the next 7 days the Iqaluit forecast suggests the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -14°C, with a high for the week of -8°C expected on the afternoon of Monday 26th. The mean minimum temperature will be -23°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Sunday 1st at -29°C. Expect the coming week to remain predominantly dry. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

The day label given represents the local day relative to the local time for the location you are looking at.
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Day

This time is corrected for local time zones and where possible for daylight saving times.
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Local Time

The wind direction we use on this page is the direction the wind is coming from, given in a 16 point compass format.
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Dir

This refers to the sustained average wind speed, normally averaged over a period of 10 minutes for up to 3 hrs.
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Speed/
Gust

Temperature from our forecast perspective are fairly well defined, they are what we would expect to measure in a standard meteorological screen (in other words, shaded and well ventilated) at 2 metres above ground level.
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Temp/
Feels Like

The relative humidity is the percent of saturation humidity, generally calculated in relation to saturated vapour density.
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Humidity

The value given is a total predicted for the previous 3 hrs and includes the time of the forecast being looked at.
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Precip Amount

The total amount of cloud as a percentage is derived from looking at cloud cover throughout the atmosphere and estimating how these combine when looked at from the ground.
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Cloud Amount

Here we try to capture the feel of the weather as an image � it will never be perfect but is useful for a quick overview.
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Weather

When we measure for forecast air pressure we are normally doing this relative to a certain height and most commonly relative to Mean Sea Level.
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Pressure