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Iqaluit Current Weather

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Northwest Territories, Canada

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Name:
Iqaluit, N. W. T.
Pangnirtung Airport
Cape Dorset, N. W. T.
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Lat: 63.75 Lon: -68.55 Alt: 34m
Thu 20th March 11:00UTC
-23°C / -9°F
A few clouds
48km
25%
76%
1007mb
Not Available(0 mph/0 km/h)
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Lat: 66.15 Lon: -65.72 Alt: 23m
Thu 20th March 11:00UTC
-24°C / -11°F
A few clouds
24km
25%
76%
1006mb
W (4 mph/6 km/h)
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Lat: 64.22 Lon: -76.53 Alt: 51m
Thu 20th March 11:00UTC
-22°C / -8°F
Partly cloudy
24km
50%
92%
1002mb
Not Available(0 mph/0 km/h)
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Today and Tomorrow Forecast

DayLocal TimeDirSpeed/
Gust		Temp/
Feels Like		HumidityPressureCloud AmountPrecip AmountWeather
Thu 20
Mar		03:00

N
N

1 / 2 mph -6 / -6°F 97% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 100%
Mid level cloud: 100%
High level cloud: 1%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

N
N

2 / 5 mph -20 / -28°F 98% 1009 mb
Low level cloud: 99%
Mid level cloud: 49%
High level cloud: 9%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

N
N

0 / 0 mph -1 / -1°F 94% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 86%
Mid level cloud: 45%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
100%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

NW
NW

1 / 1 mph 5 / 5°F 87% 1008 mb
Low level cloud: 61%
Mid level cloud: 43%
High level cloud: 5%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
76%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

NNW
NNW

2 / 4 mph -3 / -9°F 92% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 41%
Mid level cloud: 28%
High level cloud: 3%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
51%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

N
N

4 / 9 mph -22 / -36°F 95% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 18%
Mid level cloud: 24%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
26%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

NNW
NNW

5 / 10 mph -25 / -40°F 91% 1007 mb
Low level cloud: 25%
Mid level cloud: 25%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
33%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
Fri 21
Mar		00:00

NNW
NNW

6 / 12 mph -27 / -43°F 91% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 14%
Mid level cloud: 21%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
21%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
03:00

NNW
NNW

5 / 11 mph -28 / -44°F 90% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 17%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
13%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
06:00

NNW
NNW

5 / 10 mph -26 / -41°F 90% 1006 mb
Low level cloud: 8%
Mid level cloud: 9%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
11%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
09:00

NW
NW

5 / 5 mph -3 / -14°F 85% 1005 mb
Low level cloud: 6%
Mid level cloud: 6%
High level cloud: 2%
Most Significant Cloud Type: low
8%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
12:00

NW
NW

5 / 6 mph 5 / -5°F 82% 1004 mb
Low level cloud: 1%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
6%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
15:00

NW
NW

7 / 8 mph 1 / -12°F 87% 1003 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 4%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
3%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
18:00

NNW
NNW

7 / 15 mph -20 / -38°F 87% 1002 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 13%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
13%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In
21:00

NNW
NNW

8 / 17 mph -23 / -42°F 86% 1001 mb
Low level cloud: 0%
Mid level cloud: 14%
High level cloud: 0%
Most Significant Cloud Type: medium
14%
Expect 0.00 In of precipitation over the past 3 hours.
0.00 In

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The 2 day current weather summary for Iqaluit:

Taking a look at Iqaluit over the coming week and the average daytime maximum temperature will be around -16°C, with a high for the week of -15°C expected on the afternoon of Friday 21st. The mean minimum temperature will be -32°C, dipping to its lowest on the morning of Friday 21st at -34°C. Expect the next week to have mixed overhead conditions with some days dry and some seeing a significant amount of snow. Current predictions suggest Thursday 21st will have the most precipitation with an accumulation of around 0.0mm. On the whole winds are likely to be moderate.

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