Stefansson Island

Weather station · 73.8°N 105.3°W · 11 m above sea level

ICAO CXSEWMO 71017Station data since 2002

Right now−1.9°C03:00 UTC · 4 h agoSource: NOAA METAR

Today so far−1.9°/−3.7°High at 03:00 UTC · low at 07:00 UTCSource: NOAA METAR and SYNOP

All-time record high23.5°CWednesday, 6 July 2016 · highest in available records since 2002Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

All-time record low−49.4°CFriday, 26 February 2021 · lowest in available records since 2002Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily

On this day · 23 September

Record high

4.6°C

in 2016

Record low

−12.5°C

in 2019

Average high

−2.2°C

all years on record

Record watch

6.5°C short of the record for 23 September

Today’s high −1.9°C against 4.6°C in 2016. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.

All-time record high

23.5°C

Date: Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Stefansson Island, Canada
Position: 73.77°N 105.30°W · 11 m

Highest highest in available records since 2002. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

All-time record low

−49.4°C

Date: Friday, 26 February 2021
Time of day: Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
Location: Stefansson Island, Canada
Position: 73.77°N 105.30°W · 11 m

Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 2002. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.

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Stefansson Island · −1.9°C

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Records by month

Jan

−7.7°

−44.6°

Feb

−9.2°

−49.4°

Mar

−8.3°

−49.1°

Apr

−1.6°

−38.9°

May

6.5°

−29.2°

Jun

15.9°

−14.2°

Jul

23.5°

−3.0°

Aug

20.2°

−5.7°

Sep

8.5°

Recent days

Daily highest and lowest air temperature at Stefansson Island, most recent first.
Day	High	At	Low	At
2026-09-23	−1.9°C	03:00 UTC	−3.7°C	07:00 UTC
2026-09-22	−0.9°C	17:00 UTC	−2.4°C	23:00 UTC

Nearby stations

The nearest other station is 178.3 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), 2002 to 2026	Measured, station
Nearby stations and distances	Computed from station positions in our own database	Calculated