Weather in Rankin Inlet

14-day forecast · updated today, Thursday, October 29, at 3:24 am (CDT)

Now · overcast 18 °F

Feels like: 7 °F
Low / high: 16 / 22 °F
Rain: 76% · 0.02 in
Wind: 14 mph NW

→ 30.06 inHg · steady

Today in Rankin Inlet: light snow, 16 °F to 22 °F, with a 76% chance of rain (0.02 in) and a moderate breeze from the northwest (14 mph). Tomorrow, snow, 23 °F to 30 °F and a 47% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Monday 2, at 33 °F.

Measured now at the airport

Rankin Inlet (CYRT), 0.5 mi away · 24 min ago

Visibility15 mi

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature21 °F

Wind14 mph from the north-northwest

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Temperatures for the next 14 days

22° 16°
Today
30° 23°
Fri 30
30° 23°
Sat 31
28° 5°
Sun 1
33° 7°
Mon 2
27° 20°
Tue 3
26° 17°
Wed 4
23° 15°
Thu 5
19° 7°
Fri 6
17° 11°
Sat 7
11° 1°
Sun 8
1° -1°
Mon 9
2° -3°
Tue 10
17° 1°
Wed 11

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	Model
Today · 29	Light snow	16 / 22 °F	76% · 0.02 in	15 mph WNW	2.6 ft	ECMWF
Fri 30	Snow	23 / 30 °F	47% · 0.09 in	13 mph W	2.5 ft	ECMWF
Sat 31	Snow	23 / 30 °F	27% · 0.07 in	15 mph W	2.3 ft	ECMWF
Sun 1	Overcast	5 / 28 °F	3%	17 mph N	2.2 ft	ECMWF
Mon 2	Light snow	7 / 33 °F	4% · 0.01 in	18 mph S	2.2 ft	ECMWF
Tue 3	Snow	20 / 27 °F	10% · 0.13 in	8 mph WSW	1.4 ft	ECMWF
Wed 4	Light snow	17 / 26 °F	24% · 0.02 in	15 mph NNW	2.0 ft	ECMWF
Thu 5	Light snow	15 / 23 °F	12% · 0.02 in	15 mph WNW	2.3 ft	ECMWF
Fri 6	Light snow	7 / 19 °F	16% · 0.00 in	9 mph NNW	1.4 ft	ECMWF
Sat 7	Overcast	11 / 17 °F	10%	7 mph NE	1.0 ft	ECMWF
Sun 8	Overcast	1 / 11 °F	7%	12 mph N	1.1 ft	ECMWF
Mon 9	Overcast	-1 / 1 °F	10%	13 mph NNW	1.1 ft	ECMWF
Tue 10	Light drizzle	-3 / 2 °F	8% · 0.02 in	11 mph NNW	0.9 ft	ECMWF
Wed 11	Snow	1 / 17 °F	10% · 0.13 in	11 mph ESE	0.1 ft	ECMWF

Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore.

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Sky	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Light snow
Temperature	20°	19°	17°	17°	19°	18°	17°	19°
Chance of rain	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	59%
Rain	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in
Wind (mph)	15 NW	14 NW	15 NW	11 WNW	12 W	13 W	12 WSW	13 WSW
Humidity	85%	84%	87%	89%	84%	78%	83%	85%
UV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Model	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF

Do the models agree?

Medium confidence

They broadly agree, but not quite on rain tomorrow: take it with some caution.

What 4 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

HighRainWind

Do the models agree? · High
High (°F)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	22°	30°	30°	28°	33°	27°	26°
AIFS	23°	28°	28°	26°	30°	28°	28°
GFS	25°	29°	26°	24°	33°	31°	33°
ICON	22°	29°	30°	27°	32°	30°	26°
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	medium

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	0.02 in	0.09 in	0.07 in	0	0.01 in	0.13 in	0.02 in
AIFS	0.02 in	0.09 in	0.08 in	0	0.02 in	0.14 in	0.03 in
GFS	0.02 in	0.04 in	0.02 in	0	0	0	0.80 in
ICON	0	0.08 in	0	0	0	0.11 in	0.02 in
Confidence	high	medium	medium	high	high	medium	medium

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF	1523	1319	1526	1725	1819	815	1524
AIFS	19	18	17	12	13	9	21
GFS	1931	1827	1521	1519	1726	1118	2333
ICON	1725	1725	1725	914	1221	1521	2537
Confidence	high	high	high	medium	high	medium	medium

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	76%	47%	27%	3%	4%	10%	24%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	58%	35%	10%	1%	14%	16%	42%

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Outlook

How the coming weeks and months compare with what is normal for the time of year. It is a trend, not a day-by-day forecast.

Next few weeks, compared with normal: much warmer, normal rain and a near-normal sea.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Well above +10.8 °F	Normal	Normal +0.4 °F	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Well above +9.4 °F	Normal	Normal +0.4 °F	—
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	Well above +7.9 °F	Normal	Normal +0.2 °F	15° / 12°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	Well above +7.2 °F	Normal	Normal 0.0 °F	14° / 10°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	Well above +8.3 °F	Normal	Normal 0.0 °F	12° / 8°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea
November	Above +3.8 °F	Normal	Normal +0.4 °F
December	Well above +7.4 °F	Normal	Normal 0.0 °F
January	Well above +7.0 °F	Normal	Normal 0.0 °F
February	Well above +5.4 °F	Normal	Normal 0.0 °F
March	Above +4.7 °F	Normal	Normal 0.0 °F

Weeks: ECMWF 46-day (average of its scenarios), against the normal of the last 20 years for those dates. Months: ECMWF SEAS5. Rain: total against normal. The further ahead, the closer it gets to normal and the less detail it can give.

Rankin Inlet climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Rankin Inlet is in July: highs of 60 °F, about 8 rainy days a month and 10 hours of sunshine a day.

-14° -27°

JanJ
-15° -27°

FebF
-3° -18°

MarM
13° -3°

AprA
28° 16°

MayM
48° 35°

JunJ
60° 44°

JulJ
58° 45°

AugA
45° 36°

SepS
30° 23°

OctO
10° -3°

NovN
-2° -16°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water
JanuaryJan	-14°	-27°	0.47 in	1	3.6	30°
FebruaryFeb	-15°	-27°	0.37 in	2	6.1	30°
MarchMar	-3°	-18°	0.63 in	3	9.5	30°
AprilApr	13°	-3°	0.81 in	4	12.2	30°
MayMay	28°	16°	0.85 in	6	11.4	31°
JuneJun	48°	35°	1.02 in	7	10.8	33°
JulyJul	60°	44°	1.48 in	8	9.8	40°
AugustAug	58°	45°	2.08 in	8	6.5	44°
SeptemberSep	45°	36°	2.09 in	8	3.8	42°
OctoberOct	30°	23°	1.35 in	8	2.4	36°
NovemberNov	10°	-3°	0.91 in	5	3.4	31°
DecemberDec	-2°	-16°	0.78 in	3	3.8	30°

Month	Water
Jan	30°
Feb	30°
Mar	30°
Apr	30°
May	31°
Jun	33°
Jul	40°
Aug	44°
Sep	42°
Oct	36°
Nov	31°
Dec	30°

Days: rainy days in the month. Sun: hours a day.

A normal year brings 12.84 in of rain on about 61 days and about 2,550 hours of sunshine.

1991–2020 averages. Highs, lows and rainfall: TerraClimate; rainy days (0.04 in or more): NASA POWER (MERRA-2); sunshine hours: estimated from solar radiation; water: NOAA OISST; waves (average height): ERA5, 2011–2020. Normals are not a forecast: any given year can turn out very different. Sources and licenses

Temperature

Now18 °Ffeels like 7 °F

Tomorrow23 / 30 °F

It's 18 °F now (feels like 7 °F). Today, 16 °F to 22 °F; tomorrow, 23 °F to 30 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 76% 0.02 in
Fri 30 47% 0.09 in
Sat 31 27% 0.07 in
Sun 1 3%
Mon 2 4% 0.01 in
Tue 3 10% 0.13 in
Wed 4 24% 0.02 in

Today the chance of rain reaches 76%, with 0.02 in in total. The next day with likely rain is Friday 30: 47% and 0.09 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.00 in; last 3 days, 0.00 in; last 7 days, 0.01 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity84%

Dew point14 °F

Humidity is 84% now and the dew point is 14 °F.

The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated: the higher it is, the heavier the air feels.

Visibility and fog

Now15 migood

Clouds98%

Visibility is good now (15 mi). There may be fog today at 6:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 11:00 pm.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak0low

Fri 30: 0 · Sat 31: 0 · Sun 1: 1

Index	Level	What to do
0–2	low	No special protection needed.
3–5	moderate	Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.
6–7	high	Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.
8–10	very high	Avoid the midday sun; reflection off the water adds to it.
11+	extreme	Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Reflection off water and sand adds radiation: protect yourself more on a boat or at the beach.

Barometric pressure

↗ Rising Anglers say fish bite less for a while
→ Steady · now Anglers expect normal activity
↘ Falling Anglers say fish feed more before the change

29.5030.00 29.40

Steady now (−0.02 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: −0.54 inHg. Steady pressure: anglers expect normal activity. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityFair · 30

Saharan dustNo

Previous days

The weather over the last 30 days, as the models analyzed it. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 28	Overcast	15 / 24 °F	0	17 mph NNW
Tue 27	Overcast	22 / 29 °F	0	9 mph NW
Mon 26	Overcast	21 / 27 °F	0	16 mph W
Sun 25	Overcast	21 / 26 °F	0	23 mph NNW
Sat 24	Overcast	18 / 24 °F	0	18 mph NNE
Fri 23	Overcast	21 / 28 °F	0	15 mph NW
Thu 22	Light drizzle	28 / 38 °F	0.01 in	19 mph S

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Wed 21	Overcast	25 / 32 °F	0	15 mph SE
Tue 20	Overcast	25 / 32 °F	0	11 mph WSW
Mon 19	Light snow	27 / 36 °F	0.11 in	17 mph SSE
Sun 18	Light snow	31 / 36 °F	0.01 in	20 mph SE
Sat 17	Light snow	14 / 31 °F	0.00 in	18 mph ESE
Fri 16	Light snow	17 / 23 °F	0.01 in	28 mph NNW
Thu 15	Light snow	22 / 34 °F	0.03 in	29 mph NW
Wed 14	Snow	27 / 34 °F	0.07 in	23 mph NW
Tue 13	Snow	33 / 35 °F	0.39 in	17 mph W
Mon 12	Light drizzle	31 / 38 °F	0.00 in	17 mph SW
Sun 11	Overcast	22 / 33 °F	0	18 mph WSW
Sat 10	Light snow	23 / 31 °F	0.01 in	15 mph N
Fri 9	Light snow	30 / 35 °F	0.04 in	15 mph NNW
Thu 8	Light snow	31 / 34 °F	0.00 in	7 mph NE
Wed 7	Light drizzle	32 / 37 °F	0.01 in	13 mph ESE
Tue 6	Light drizzle	34 / 38 °F	0.09 in	19 mph ESE
Mon 5	Light snow	28 / 33 °F	0.01 in	12 mph ENE
Sun 4	Light snow	31 / 34 °F	0.00 in	15 mph NW
Sat 3	Overcast	33 / 36 °F	0	21 mph NW
Fri 2	Snow	33 / 36 °F	0.12 in	24 mph NW
Thu 1	Overcast	35 / 39 °F	0	25 mph NW
Wed 30	Overcast	37 / 44 °F	0	13 mph N
Tue 29	Light drizzle	39 / 45 °F	0.06 in	12 mph W

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the weather in Rankin InletQuestions

What's the weather like today in Rankin Inlet?

Light snow, from 16 °F to 22 °F, with a moderate breeze from the northwest (14 mph) and a 76% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Rankin Inlet?

On Friday 30 the chance of rain is 47% (0.09 in): snow.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 5 °F and a high of 33 °F; the warmest day, Monday 2.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 0 (low). No special protection needed.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 30.06 inHg and steady: +0.03 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Rankin Inlet?

The best time to visit Rankin Inlet is in July: highs of 60 °F, about 8 rainy days a month and 10 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Rankin Inlet in October?

In October, Rankin Inlet normally sees highs of 30 °F and lows of 23 °F, with about 8 rainy days (1.35 in for the month) and 2 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 36 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Rankin Inlet?

The warmest is July, with average highs of 60 °F, and the coldest February, with lows of -27 °F. The wettest is September (2.09 in) and the driest, February.

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Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS); ECMWF grid point 13 mi away. The comparison also uses ICON (DWD), AIFS (ECMWF) and ARPEGE (Météo-France). Outlook: ECMWF 46-day and SEAS5. Chance of rain from ensemble models (ECMWF, GEFS and NBM). UV, air quality and pollen: CAMS (Copernicus).

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 3:24 am (local time).

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