Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Cambridge Bay A. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Cambridge Bay A, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
-6.0 C (21.2 F)
-52.8 C (-63.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
-50.6 C (-59.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
6.1 C (43.0 F)
-42.8 C (-45.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
10.6 C (51.1 F)
-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
22.2 C (72.0 F)
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
28.9 C (84.0 F)
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
24.4 C (75.9 F)
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
15.6 C (60.1 F)
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
6.1 C (43.0 F)
-33.0 C (-27.4 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
0.0 C (32.0 F)
-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
-4.8 C (23.4 F)
-49.4 C (-56.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Cambridge Bay A still stand. 1978 holds the most, with 62.
Standing records at Cambridge Bay A by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1929
8
1930
27
1931
22
1932
11
1934
8
1935
41
1936
35
1937
17
1938
9
1940
51
1941
26
1942
24
1943
32
1944
19
1945
14
1946
25
1947
11
1948
36
1949
30
1950
22
1951
15
1952
30
1953
21
1954
36
1955
38
1956
36
1957
24
1958
23
1959
13
1960
22
1961
34
1962
25
1963
33
1964
34
1965
26
1966
35
1967
18
1968
33
1969
45
1970
34
1971
12
1972
43
1973
26
1974
32
1975
43
1976
24
1977
28
1978
62
1979
40
1980
28
1981
24
1982
17
1983
42
All-Time Record Progression
1 new records
1 all-time records were set at Cambridge Bay A between 12 January 1975 and 12 January 1975. Each dot is a new record.
When Cambridge Bay A set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1975-01-12
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -47.2 C (-53.0 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Jul: 33.5 mm (1.3 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Cambridge Bay A. The most was 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 15 July 1963.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Cambridge Bay A
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
11.9 mm (0.5 in)
25 January 1944
Feb
5.6 mm (0.22 in)
14 February 1956
Mar
10.2 mm (0.4 in)
3 March 1965
Apr
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
12 April 1941
May
13.5 mm (0.5 in)
5 May 1965
Jun
21.1 mm (0.8 in)
2 June 1969
Jul
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
15 July 1963
Aug
30.7 mm (1.2 in)
18 August 1949
Sep
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
5 September 1978
Oct
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
8 October 1962
Nov
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
13 November 1940
Dec
10.2 mm (0.4 in)
12 December 1940
Period of Record Coverage
1929 to 1983
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
53 years of record at Cambridge Bay A, 1929 to 1983. 12 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 39 complete years at Cambridge Bay A, 1940 to 1983. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of -14.9 C (5.1 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1972, at -17.8 C (-0.1 F), and the warmest was 1940, at -12.6 C (9.4 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 3.0 C (5.4 F).
Annual mean temperature at Cambridge Bay A as warming stripes, 1940 to 1983
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1940
-12.6 C
+2.35 C
1941
-14.9 C
+0.05 C
1942
-13.5 C
+1.41 C
1946
-15.1 C
-0.15 C
1949
-15.3 C
-0.34 C
1950
-16.0 C
-1.08 C
1951
-15.3 C
-0.34 C
1952
-14.2 C
+0.73 C
1953
-14.4 C
+0.50 C
1954
-14.3 C
+0.59 C
1955
-14.8 C
+0.14 C
1956
-16.0 C
-1.10 C
1957
-15.7 C
-0.83 C
1958
-15.1 C
-0.17 C
1959
-15.1 C
-0.20 C
1960
-14.2 C
+0.76 C
1961
-16.7 C
-1.77 C
1962
-15.0 C
-0.06 C
1963
-15.0 C
-0.13 C
1964
-15.9 C
-0.97 C
1965
-15.9 C
-0.96 C
1966
-15.0 C
-0.08 C
1967
-16.0 C
-1.12 C
1968
-14.3 C
+0.64 C
1969
-13.6 C
+1.30 C
1970
-14.4 C
+0.47 C
1971
-14.1 C
+0.84 C
1972
-17.8 C
-2.91 C
1973
-13.5 C
+1.44 C
1974
-16.2 C
-1.30 C
1975
-13.7 C
+1.22 C
1976
-15.1 C
-0.22 C
1977
-13.9 C
+1.06 C
1978
-15.9 C
-1.01 C
1979
-15.7 C
-0.77 C
1980
-14.6 C
+0.33 C
1981
-12.7 C
+2.19 C
1982
-16.0 C
-1.10 C
1983
-14.3 C
+0.61 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1940 to 1983 is -0.1 C (-0.4 to 0.2) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: -0.1 F (-0.7 to 0.4) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 39 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Cambridge Bay A
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.1 C (-0.4 to 0.2) per decade
-0.1 F (-0.7 to 0.4) per decade
1940 to 1983
39
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
-0.02 C (-0.33 to 0.28) per decade
-0.04 F (-0.59 to 0.50) per decade
1940 to 1983
39
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
-0.1 C (-0.4 to 0.2) per decade
-0.2 F (-0.8 to 0.3) per decade
1940 to 1983
39
Not clearly different from zero
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1929 to 1983
Yearly extremes at Cambridge Bay A: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
28.9 C (84.0 F)
1930
19.6 C (67.3 F)
53
Coldest night (TNn)
-52.8 C (-63.0 F)
1935
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
53
Wettest day (Rx1day)
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1963
12.8 mm (0.5 in)
48
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1963
18.8 mm (0.7 in)
48
Longest dry spell (CDD)
108 days
1954
52 days
48
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Cambridge Bay A, 1929 to 1983. The record is 28.9 C (84.0 F) in 1930, marked on the chart; the median year is 19.6 C (67.3 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Cambridge Bay A by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1929
15.0 C (59.0 F)
1930
28.9 C (84.0 F)
1931
20.0 C (68.0 F)
1932
21.7 C (71.1 F)
1934
-0.6 C (30.9 F)
1935
24.4 C (75.9 F)
1936
18.9 C (66.0 F)
1937
20.6 C (69.1 F)
1938
7.2 C (45.0 F)
1940
17.2 C (63.0 F)
1941
20.6 C (69.1 F)
1942
21.1 C (70.0 F)
1943
19.4 C (66.9 F)
1944
17.2 C (63.0 F)
1945
8.9 C (48.0 F)
1946
19.4 C (66.9 F)
1947
0.6 C (33.1 F)
1948
23.3 C (73.9 F)
1949
20.0 C (68.0 F)
1950
15.6 C (60.1 F)
1951
22.8 C (73.0 F)
1952
20.0 C (68.0 F)
1953
19.4 C (66.9 F)
1954
23.3 C (73.9 F)
1955
23.3 C (73.9 F)
1956
22.2 C (72.0 F)
1957
18.9 C (66.0 F)
1958
16.7 C (62.1 F)
1959
17.2 C (63.0 F)
1960
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1961
21.1 C (70.0 F)
1962
22.8 C (73.0 F)
1963
18.9 C (66.0 F)
1964
21.1 C (70.0 F)
1965
16.7 C (62.1 F)
1966
18.9 C (66.0 F)
1967
22.8 C (73.0 F)
1968
18.9 C (66.0 F)
1969
22.8 C (73.0 F)
1970
20.0 C (68.0 F)
1971
19.4 C (66.9 F)
1972
16.7 C (62.1 F)
1973
22.8 C (73.0 F)
1974
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1975
21.1 C (70.0 F)
1976
19.4 C (66.9 F)
1977
18.9 C (66.0 F)
1978
13.7 C (56.7 F)
1979
17.4 C (63.3 F)
1980
19.6 C (67.3 F)
1981
19.2 C (66.6 F)
1982
20.6 C (69.1 F)
1983
19.8 C (67.6 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Cambridge Bay A, 1929 to 1983. The record is -52.8 C (-63.0 F) in 1935, marked on the chart; the median year is -46.7 C (-52.1 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Cambridge Bay A by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1929
-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
1930
-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
1931
-47.2 C (-53.0 F)
1932
-48.9 C (-56.0 F)
1934
-49.4 C (-56.9 F)
1935
-52.8 C (-63.0 F)
1936
-48.9 C (-56.0 F)
1937
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
1938
-47.2 C (-53.0 F)
1940
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
1941
-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
1942
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
1943
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
1944
-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
1945
-45.6 C (-50.1 F)
1946
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
1947
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
1948
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
1949
-47.2 C (-53.0 F)
1950
-47.8 C (-54.0 F)
1951
-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
1952
-45.0 C (-49.0 F)
1953
-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
1954
-47.8 C (-54.0 F)
1955
-50.6 C (-59.1 F)
1956
-45.6 C (-50.1 F)
1957
-47.2 C (-53.0 F)
1958
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
1959
-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
1960
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
1961
-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
1962
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
1963
-45.6 C (-50.1 F)
1964
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
1965
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
1966
-49.4 C (-56.9 F)
1967
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
1968
-47.2 C (-53.0 F)
1969
-43.9 C (-47.0 F)
1970
-45.0 C (-49.0 F)
1971
-44.4 C (-47.9 F)
1972
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
1973
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
1974
-47.2 C (-53.0 F)
1975
-49.4 C (-56.9 F)
1976
-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
1977
-48.3 C (-54.9 F)
1978
-43.6 C (-46.5 F)
1979
-49.5 C (-57.1 F)
1980
-44.8 C (-48.6 F)
1981
-44.5 C (-48.1 F)
1982
-43.6 C (-46.5 F)
1983
-44.6 C (-48.3 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Cambridge Bay A, 1929 to 1983. The record is 33.5 mm (1.3 in) in 1963, marked on the chart; the median year is 12.8 mm (0.5 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Cambridge Bay A by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1929
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1930
n/a
1931
n/a
1932
n/a
1934
2.0 mm (0.08 in)
1935
10.2 mm (0.4 in)
1936
n/a
1937
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1938
n/a
1940
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1941
14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1942
8.9 mm (0.35 in)
1943
11.9 mm (0.5 in)
1944
12.7 mm (0.5 in)
1945
5.1 mm (0.20 in)
1946
11.9 mm (0.5 in)
1947
5.1 mm (0.20 in)
1948
9.4 mm (0.37 in)
1949
30.7 mm (1.2 in)
1950
21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1951
11.9 mm (0.5 in)
1952
10.4 mm (0.4 in)
1953
24.6 mm (1.0 in)
1954
9.7 mm (0.38 in)
1955
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1956
11.2 mm (0.4 in)
1957
18.3 mm (0.7 in)
1958
5.1 mm (0.20 in)
1959
13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1960
11.9 mm (0.5 in)
1961
8.1 mm (0.32 in)
1962
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1963
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1964
11.2 mm (0.4 in)
1965
13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1966
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1967
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1968
8.9 mm (0.35 in)
1969
21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1970
17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1971
23.1 mm (0.9 in)
1972
13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1973
7.9 mm (0.31 in)
1974
14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1975
8.4 mm (0.33 in)
1976
10.9 mm (0.4 in)
1977
8.4 mm (0.33 in)
1978
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1979
7.2 mm (0.28 in)
1980
22.0 mm (0.9 in)
1981
12.9 mm (0.5 in)
1982
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1983
8.6 mm (0.34 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Cambridge Bay A, 1929 to 1983. The record is 56.9 mm (2.2 in) in 1963, marked on the chart; the median year is 18.8 mm (0.7 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Cambridge Bay A by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1929
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1930
n/a
1931
n/a
1932
n/a
1934
3.3 mm (0.13 in)
1935
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1936
n/a
1937
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1938
n/a
1940
31.7 mm (1.2 in)
1941
14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1942
10.2 mm (0.4 in)
1943
21.9 mm (0.9 in)
1944
22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1945
9.9 mm (0.39 in)
1946
14.9 mm (0.6 in)
1947
5.1 mm (0.20 in)
1948
15.3 mm (0.6 in)
1949
43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1950
55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1951
19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1952
13.9 mm (0.5 in)
1953
35.8 mm (1.4 in)
1954
11.0 mm (0.4 in)
1955
35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1956
25.2 mm (1.0 in)
1957
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1958
7.6 mm (0.30 in)
1959
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1960
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1961
12.0 mm (0.5 in)
1962
21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1963
56.9 mm (2.2 in)
1964
12.2 mm (0.5 in)
1965
22.8 mm (0.9 in)
1966
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1967
19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1968
17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1969
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1970
17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1971
26.1 mm (1.0 in)
1972
18.9 mm (0.7 in)
1973
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1974
17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1975
12.5 mm (0.5 in)
1976
14.5 mm (0.6 in)
1977
14.3 mm (0.6 in)
1978
21.9 mm (0.9 in)
1979
10.6 mm (0.4 in)
1980
36.0 mm (1.4 in)
1981
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1982
18.7 mm (0.7 in)
1983
13.0 mm (0.5 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Cambridge Bay A, 1929 to 1983. The record is 108 days in 1954, marked on the chart; the median year is 52 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Cambridge Bay A by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1929
32 days
1930
n/a
1931
n/a
1932
n/a
1934
31 days
1935
29 days
1936
n/a
1937
19 days
1938
n/a
1940
28 days
1941
42 days
1942
40 days
1943
45 days
1944
33 days
1945
60 days
1946
34 days
1947
27 days
1948
57 days
1949
47 days
1950
47 days
1951
65 days
1952
84 days
1953
34 days
1954
108 days
1955
59 days
1956
29 days
1957
61 days
1958
55 days
1959
30 days
1960
94 days
1961
68 days
1962
66 days
1963
57 days
1964
33 days
1965
44 days
1966
76 days
1967
74 days
1968
27 days
1969
55 days
1970
73 days
1971
30 days
1972
40 days
1973
57 days
1974
94 days
1975
105 days
1976
100 days
1977
64 days
1978
57 days
1979
50 days
1980
57 days
1981
40 days
1982
50 days
1983
53 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
39 years with a frost
Across 39 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Cambridge Bay A falls on 26 June and the median first autumn frost on 15 August, which leaves a median of 50 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +4.3 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Cambridge Bay A
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1954 to 1983)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
26 June
n/a
25 June
n/a
-1.4 days per decade
First autumn frost
15 August
n/a
17 August
n/a
+2.9 days per decade
Growing days
50 days
n/a
55 days
n/a
+4.3 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
38 years, 1940 to 1983
A day with at least 13.6 mm (0.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 38.1 mm (1.5 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Cambridge Bay A: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
13.6 mm (0.5 in)
5 years
19.6 mm (0.8 in)
10 years
23.7 mm (0.9 in)
25 years
29.3 mm (1.2 in)
50 years
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
Longer than the 38 years of record
100 years
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
Longer than the 38 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 38 years of values from 1940 to 1983.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 33.5 mm (1.3 in) in 1963; 30.7 mm (1.2 in) in 1949; 24.6 mm (1.0 in) in 1953.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.