Alert Arpt

Weather station · 82.5°N 62.3°W · 9 m above sea level

ICAO CYLTStation data since 1950

Right now−2.0°C07:00 UTC · 33 min agoSource: NOAA METAR

Today so far−2.0°/−2.0°High at 07:00 UTC · low at 07:00 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high20.0°CSunday, 8 July 1956 · highest in available records since 1950Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low−50.0°CFriday, 9 February 1979 · lowest in available records since 1950Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

On this day · 23 September

Record high

0.0°C

in 1953

Record low

−25.6°C

in 1974

Average high

−8.0°C

all years on record

Record watch

2.0°C short of the record for 23 September

Today’s high −2.0°C against 0.0°C in 1953. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.

All-time record high

20.0°C

Date: Sunday, 8 July 1956
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Alert Arpt, Canada
Position: 82.51°N 62.32°W · 9 m

Highest highest in available records since 1950. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

All-time record low

−50.0°C

Date: Friday, 9 February 1979
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Alert Arpt, Canada
Position: 82.51°N 62.32°W · 9 m

Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1950. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

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Alert Arpt · −2.0°C

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Records by month

Jan

0.0°

−48.9°

Feb

1.1°

−50.0°

Mar

−2.2°

−49.4°

Apr

−0.2°

−45.6°

May

7.8°

−29.0°

Jun

18.2°

−13.9°

Jul

20.0°

−6.3°

Aug

19.5°

−15.0°

Sep

11.2°

Recent days

Daily highest and lowest air temperature at Alert Arpt, most recent first.
Day	High	At	Low	At
2026-09-23	−2.0°C	07:00 UTC	−2.0°C	07:00 UTC
2026-09-22	−2.0°C	15:00 UTC	−3.0°C	19:00 UTC

Nearby stations

The nearest other station is 404.6 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.

Data sources for this page

Where each figure on this page comes from.
Figure	Source	Type
Right now, today so far	NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP)	Measured, station
All-time, monthly and on-this-day records	NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1950 to 2006	Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances	Computed from station positions in our own database	Calculated