Commentary: The sort of cold that makes a short walk feel suspiciously long.
Latest reading−15.0°C03:00 local · 55 min agoReports about once an hour · 29 readings in the last 24 hours.Source: NOAA METARToday so far−13.0°/−15.0°High at 18:00 local · low at 23:00 localRange 2.0°C · from 10 observationsSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOPAll-time record high32.8°C17 June 1999. The highest daily maximum in the record for this station.Source: GHCN-Daily, 1995 to 2005All-time record low−45.0°C2 January 1998. The lowest daily minimum in the record for this station.Source: GHCN-Daily, 1995 to 2005
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happened
Jan
−1.0°
Tue 4 Jan 2005
−45.0°
Fri 2 Jan 1998
Feb
0.0°
Thu 15 Feb 2001
−42.5°
Sun 25 Feb 2001
Mar
4.5°
Sat 21 Mar 1998
−42.0°
Mon 19 Mar 2001
Apr
14.0°
Sat 23 Apr 2005
−32.7°
Thu 3 Apr 1997
May
25.0°
On this day · Saturday 7 November
Record high
1.0°C
Fri 7 Nov 2003
Record low
−29.0°C
Tue 7 Nov 2000
Average high
−13.7°C
all years on record
1
Inuvik/Zubko Arpt has dropped below freezing on 2303 nights since 1995. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1995.
2
Right now Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is 34.5°C colder than Inuvik/Zubko Arpt. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now.
3
The coldest night Inuvik/Zubko Arpt has ever recorded, −45.0°C, would pass for a warm spell at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which is −49.5°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
Today’s high −13.0°C against 1.0°C in 2003. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
32.8°C
Date
Thursday, 17 June 1999
Time of day
Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location
Inuvik/Zubko Arpt, Canada
Position
68.31°N 133.50°W · 74 m
The highest in available records since 1995. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1995 to 2005.
All-time record low
−45.0°C
Date
Friday, 2 January 1998
Time of day
Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location
Inuvik/Zubko Arpt, Canada
Position
68.31°N 133.50°W · 74 m
The lowest in available records since 1995. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1995 to 2005.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
12.0°C
Sun 27 Sep 2026 at 18:00 local
Lowest
−16.0°C
Wed 4 Nov 2026 at 22:18 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Inuvik/Zubko Arpt since September 2026, across 47 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
By month, from our own record
Monthly highest, lowest and mean temperature recorded at Inuvik/Zubko Arpt by this site.
Month
High
Low
Mean
Days
Readings
November 2026
3.0°C
−16.0°C
−8.0°C
7
200
October 2026
5.0°C
−12.0°C
−2.2°C
31
937
September 2026
12.0°C
−2.0°C
2.5°C
8 of 9
252
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals. Some days were recorded before we began counting observations and contribute their high and low but not the mean.
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 47 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Inuvik/Zubko Arpt (CYEV) is a METAR weather station in Canada, 74 m above sea level.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 47 days this site has existed. We have stored 1,389 observations across the 46 of those days for which we also recorded a count.
Recent temperature history
The same record at three widths, picking up where the last 24 hours above leaves off. Each period is summarised from the grain that suits it, so nothing here is one reading repeated thousands of times into the page.
Recent readings
Each reading as it arrived, newest first, with what our quality checks did with it. A reading we did not count is shown struck through with the reason.
The most recent readings from Inuvik/Zubko Arpt, newest first, with the change from the reading before it and whether it was counted.
Time
Temp
Change
Status
−15.0°C
0.0°C
Counted
−15.0°C
0.0°C
Counted
−15.0°C
0.0°C
Counted
−15.0°C
0.0°C
Counted
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from −16.0°C to 3.0°C, a spread of 19.0°C.
It reports about once an hour, and sent 29 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 15th coldest of the 5,130 stations reporting.
What stands out here
It has stayed below freezing on every one of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Fell to −16.0°C, the lowest we have recorded here, beating −12.0°C on Fri 23 Oct 2026.
Entered the hundred coldest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 11th of 5,391.
Reached 5.0°C, its highest of October, beating 4.0°C on Sun 11 Oct 2026.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 12.0°C, lowest −16.0°C, mean −2.2°C. 47 days recorded from 1,389 readings.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 29 readings a day.
Daily highest and lowest air temperature at Inuvik/Zubko Arpt, most recent first.
This station lies about 7,600 km north of the equator. It is inside the Arctic Circle, about 200 km beyond it.
Where Inuvik/Zubko Arpt is
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68.31°N 133.50°W
Inuvik/Zubko Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-06, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
The warmest month on record here is June, when the highest reading has reached 32.8°C (91.0°F) on Thursday, 17 June 1999.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Inuvik/Zubko Arpt?
The coldest month on record here is January, when the lowest reading has fallen to −45.0°C (−49.0°F) on Friday, 2 January 1998.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Inuvik/Zubko Arpt?
32.8°C (91.0°F) on Thursday, 17 June 1999. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1995. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Inuvik/Zubko Arpt?
−45.0°C (−49.0°F) on Friday, 2 January 1998. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1995.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Inuvik/Zubko Arpt right now?
−15.0°C (5.0°F), measured at 03:00 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA METAR. METAR is the routine aerodrome weather report, issued for aviation, typically every 30 or 60 minutes and more often when conditions change. It updates far more frequently than a synoptic report, which is why these pages have a usable chart.
Where each figure on this page comes from.
Figure
Source
Type
Latest reading, 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), 1995 to 2005 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 47 days
Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances
Computed from station positions in our own database
Calculated
Download these readings
Every reading we hold for Inuvik/Zubko Arpt that passed the checks above, as a file. The source networks are public domain and the file carries its own attribution.
Every reading on this page has passed the checks below. A reading that fails any of them is stored as refused and can never be ranked, shown as a record, or counted in a daily high or low.
No reading from this station has been refused in the last 14 days.
01
Has a real position
A reading with no usable latitude and longitude is discarded. It cannot be ranked, mapped, or compared with its neighbours, and a temperature with no place is not an answer to which place is hottest.
02
Position is not a placeholder
Some feeds fill an unknown position with a stand-in value such as 99.99 degrees or an elevation of 9999 m. Those are not coordinates. They are caught separately from a missing position because a station placed at a fake point has no neighbours, so the neighbour check below can never see anything wrong with it.
03
The bulletin itself is current
SYNOP arrives as files that are only re-read when they change. A file that has stopped being updated is set aside whole, before any reading inside it is considered.
04
The reading is recent enough for its network
Different networks get different windows, because they report at different rates: 2 hours for METAR, which transmits continuously, and 9 hours for SYNOP, which reports at 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC. A single rule would have discarded the entire synoptic network, including every station in Antarctica.
05
Inside the range of measured temperature
☀️ How −15.0°C comparesA typical January afternoon in Ulan Bator.Ulan Bator, Mongolia, typically reaches −15.6°C in January, averaged over every January day its archive holds. Not a published climate normal: it is the mean of what we hold.Colder right now than every capital city we can read.It is colder here than in Ulan Bator (−9.0°C), Longyearbyen (−5.0°C) and Nuuk (−2.0°C) at this moment. Those are the coldest capitals still warmer than here, so every other one on the list is further behind.
Live capital readings, same observations as this page
Over the last 24 hours, temperatures observed at Inuvik/Zubko Arpt ranged from −15.0°C to −4.0°C, a spread of 11.0°C, from 29 readings. Times shown in local time.
Temperature readings at Inuvik/Zubko Arpt over the charted period, in local time.
Time
Temperature
04:00
−4.0°C
05:00
−4.0°C
06:00
−5.0°C
07:00
−6.0°C
08:00
−6.0°C
08:17
−6.0°C
08:31
−7.0°C
08:54
−7.0°C
09:00
−7.0°C
09:17
−7.0°C
09:44
−9.0°C
10:00
−10.0°C
11:00
−10.0°C
12:00
−10.0°C
13:01
−10.0°C
14:00
−11.0°C
15:00
−12.0°C
16:00
−12.0°C
17:00
−13.0°C
18:00
−13.0°C
19:00
−13.0°C
20:00
−14.0°C
21:00
−14.0°C
22:00
−14.0°C
23:00
−15.0°C
00:00
−15.0°C
01:00
−15.0°C
02:00
−15.0°C
03:00
−15.0°C
10 Novembers on record
Average high · NOAA GHCN-Daily
Across 10 Novembers, 1995 to 2004, this station's November average has fallen about 1.3° per decade. A fit through this station's own record, not a climate finding.
Warmest November here: 1997, averaging −9.5°C. Coldest: 2004, averaging −17.6°C.
Thu 28 May 1998
−22.0°
Thu 2 May 2002
Jun
32.8°
Thu 17 Jun 1999
−6.0°
Wed 5 Jun 1996
Jul
31.0°
Sun 5 Jul 1998
−0.5°
Tue 29 Jul 1997
Aug
28.8°
Fri 6 Aug 1999
−3.6°
Fri 23 Aug 1996
Sep
26.7°
Fri 22 Sep 1995
−12.9°
Sat 30 Sep 2000
Oct
21.0°
Thu 2 Oct 2003
−31.6°
Fri 25 Oct 1996
Nov
5.0°
Tue 11 Nov 1997
−34.5°
Fri 26 Nov 2004
Dec
−1.5°
Sun 20 Dec 1998
−41.5°
Wed 31 Dec 1997
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. The upper figure is the highest ever recorded here in that month and the lower one is the lowest, each with the day it happened. The current month is outlined.
Readings stored, count not recorded
Fewer readings than usual
Slightly fewer readings than usual
A full day of readings
Observations stored by HottestAndColdest. A day we were not yet tracking is shown as an empty square, and says nothing about whether the station reported.
highest to lowest
Mean
−8.0°C
of the readings stored
The last 7 days we recorded: 7 days recorded, 200 readings. From the daily highs and lows we recorded.
Temperature over the last 30 days we recorded
Highest
5.0°C
Thu 29 Oct 2026
Lowest
−16.0°C
Wed 4 Nov 2026
Range
21.0°C
highest to lowest
Mean
−3.8°C
of the readings stored
The last 30 days we recorded: 30 days recorded, 895 readings. From the daily highs and lows we recorded.
Temperature over the last 12 months
Highest
12.0°C
Sun 27 Sep 2026
Lowest
−16.0°C
Wed 4 Nov 2026
Range
28.0°C
highest to lowest
Mean
−2.2°C
of the readings stored
The last 12 months: 47 days recorded, 1,389 readings. From our monthly totals.
Highs and lows for Sat 7 Nov 2026, against this station's own. 4 of the 6 filed nothing for this day.
Is Inuvik/Zubko Arpt the coldest place on Earth?
Not right now: it is 153rd of the 8,970 stations reporting to us. Its best position since we started watching is 11th of 8,859. We rank the stations that report to us, which is not the same as every place on Earth.
Our live rankings
Where does Inuvik/Zubko Arpt rank among the coldest places in Canada?
Right now it is 38th coldest of the 1,016 stations we track in Canada.
Anything above 56.8 °C or below -95 °C is refused. The ceiling sits just above the highest reading WMO accepts, so a genuine new world record would be refused here too: a record needs adjudicating, not a live tile on a home page. The floor is deliberately further from its record, because the Antarctic plateau is thinly instrumented and a real extreme there has far less around it to corroborate it.
06
Not a jump too large to be weather
A change of more than 15 °C from this station's previous reading within 60 minutes is treated as a failing sensor. The limit is set from measured data: real weather reaches about 12 °C in an hour at desert sunrise or under a thunderstorm outflow, and the faults found were 20 °C and more.
07
Agrees with the stations around it
A reading more than 12 °C from the median of other stations within 150 km is refused. It needs at least 3 neighbours to run at all, so it protects dense networks and can say nothing about an isolated station, which is why the other checks above have to stand on their own.