Quaqtaq Arpt
Weather station · 61.0°N 69.6°W · 31 m above sea level
ICAO CYHAStation data since 1971
Record high
9.5°C
Fri 23 Sep 1977
Record low
−3.9°C
Mon 23 Sep 1974
Average high
4.4°C
all years on record
1.5°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 8.0°C against 9.5°C in 1977. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
26.1°C
- Date
- Friday, 26 July 1974
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Quaqtaq Arpt, Canada
- Position
- 61.05°N 69.62°W · 31 m
Highest highest in available records since 1971. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−43.9°C
- Date
- Sunday, 26 December 1971
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Quaqtaq Arpt, Canada
- Position
- 61.05°N 69.62°W · 31 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1971. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Quaqtaq Arpt is
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61.05°N 69.62°W
Quaqtaq Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, 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.
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Today is already hotter than 87% of all days recorded here since 1971.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1971. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 70.0°C.
From our dataRecord high 26.1°C against record low −43.9°C. - 3
At 12:00 UTC this morning it was 8.0°C. By 12:00 UTC it was 8.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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Every year on record
1971 to 1988
Annual average · °C
Trend over 10 years with data: +2.36 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
2.4°
−39.4°
Fri 18 Jan 1985
Feb
1.5°
−42.8°
Thu 27 Feb 1986
Mar
1.0°
−39.7°
Thu 22 Mar 1979
Apr
2.7°
−34.0°
Thu 24 Apr 1980
May
8.1°
−23.9°
Thu 31 May 1979
Jun
22.8°
−10.0°
Wed 26 Jun 1974
Jul
26.1°
−2.6°
Fri 26 Jul 1974
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 8.0°C | 12:00 UTC | 8.0°C | 12:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 9.0°C | 21:00 UTC | 6.0°C | 15:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Kangirsuk ArptCanada115.8 km
- Kangiqsujuaq ArptCanada137.6 km
- Apaluk ArptCA194.5 km
- Kimmirut ArptCanada201.3 km
- Tasiujaq ArptCanada265.4 km
- IQALUIT CLIMATE, NUCanada306 km
Data sources for this page
| 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), 1971 to 1988 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |