Weather in Sanikiluaq

14-day forecast · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 10:04 pm (EDT)

Now · overcast 36 °F

Feels like: 27 °F
Low / high: 35 / 38 °F
Rain: 2%
Wind: 10 mph WSW

↘ 29.81 inHg · falling

Today in Sanikiluaq: overcast, 35 °F to 38 °F, with a 2% chance of rain and a gentle breeze from the west-southwest (10 mph). Tomorrow, light snow, 33 °F to 36 °F and a 55% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Wednesday 28, at 38 °F.

Temperatures for the next 14 days

38° 35°
Today
36° 33°
Thu 29
34° 33°
Fri 30
36° 34°
Sat 31
38° 30°
Sun 1
32° 30°
Mon 2
37° 31°
Tue 3
37° 35°
Wed 4
38° 35°
Thu 5
35° 33°
Fri 6
37° 33°
Sat 7
36° 33°
Sun 8
34° 31°
Mon 9
37° 34°
Tue 10

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	Model
Today · 28	Overcast	35 / 38 °F	2%	19 mph WSW	3.6 ft	ECMWF
Thu 29	Light snow	33 / 36 °F	55% · 0.05 in	19 mph NNW	3.1 ft	ECMWF
Fri 30	Snow	33 / 34 °F	61% · 0.11 in	24 mph WNW	4.5 ft	ECMWF
Sat 31	Snow	34 / 36 °F	88% · 0.22 in	26 mph W	4.8 ft	ECMWF
Sun 1	Light drizzle	30 / 38 °F	46% · 0.06 in	25 mph WNW	4.5 ft	ECMWF
Mon 2	Light snow	30 / 32 °F	10% · 0.01 in	22 mph NNW	3.6 ft	ECMWF
Tue 3	Drizzle	31 / 37 °F	18% · 0.17 in	22 mph ESE	2.2 ft	ECMWF
Wed 4	Light drizzle	35 / 37 °F	38% · 0.02 in	13 mph N	1.4 ft	ECMWF
Thu 5	Light snow	35 / 38 °F	44% · 0.21 in	25 mph WSW	3.8 ft	ECMWF
Fri 6	Light snow	33 / 35 °F	28% · 0.07 in	25 mph WNW	4.9 ft	ECMWF
Sat 7	Overcast	33 / 37 °F	25%	30 mph SW	—	ECMWF
Sun 8	Overcast	33 / 36 °F	19%	15 mph NW	—	ECMWF
Mon 9	Light snow	31 / 34 °F	16%	13 mph NW	—	ECMWF
Tue 10	Snow	34 / 37 °F	23% · 0.14 in	18 mph SSW	—	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	Overcast
Temperature	36°	37°	37°	36°	37°	38°	36°	35°
Chance of rain	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
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)	19 WSW	19 WSW	16 WSW	15 SW	17 SW	15 WSW	11 WSW	10 SW
Humidity	77%	75%	80%	88%	82%	74%	76%	76%
UV	0	0	0	0	1	1	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	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	38°	36°	34°	36°	38°	32°	37°
AIFS	38°	36°	35°	37°	38°	36°	37°
GFS	38°	35°	34°	36°	37°	34°	33°
ICON	38°	36°	33°	36°	35°	35°	35°
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	0	0.05 in	0.11 in	0.22 in	0.06 in	0.01 in	0.15 in
AIFS	0	0.06 in	0.09 in	0.11 in	0	0	0
GFS	0	0.02 in	0.11 in	0.10 in	0.04 in	0.02 in	0
ICON	0	0.04 in	0.05 in	0.10 in	0.19 in	0	0
Confidence	high	medium	high	high	medium	high	medium

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	1927	1928	2434	2637	2534	2246	2230
AIFS	19	18	26	26	24	14	15
GFS	1925	1821	2632	2837	2431	3138	1720
ICON	1521	1726	1827	2234	2133	2846	1624
Confidence	high	high	medium	high	high	low	high

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	2%	55%	61%	88%	46%	10%	18%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	0%	55%	77%	79%	45%	32%	19%

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: a bit 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	A bit above +2.0 °F	Normal	A bit below −0.7 °F	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	A bit above +2.5 °F	A bit below −26%	Normal +0.2 °F	33° / 32°
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	Above +2.9 °F	A bit below −25%	A bit above +0.9 °F	32° / 31°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	Above +3.2 °F	Normal	A bit above +1.1 °F	31° / 29°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	Above +4.3 °F	Normal	A bit above +1.4 °F	30° / 28°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea
November	A bit above +2.2 °F	Normal	A bit above +1.6 °F
December	Well above +7.4 °F	Normal	A bit above +1.3 °F
January	Well above +12.8 °F	Normal	Normal 0.0 °F
February	Well above +8.3 °F	Normal	Normal 0.0 °F
March	Above +5.0 °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.

Sanikiluaq climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Sanikiluaq is from July to August: highs of 58 °F, about 9 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

2° -5°

JanJ
-2° -11°

FebF
8° -2°

MarM
22° 13°

AprA
36° 29°

MayM
47° 37°

JunJ
57° 47°

JulJ
58° 50°

AugA
49° 42°

SepS
41° 35°

OctO
30° 24°

NovN
18° 13°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water
JanuaryJan	2°	-5°	0.76 in	4	3.8	30°
FebruaryFeb	-2°	-11°	0.61 in	2	6.9	29°
MarchMar	8°	-2°	0.64 in	4	9.2	29°
AprilApr	22°	13°	0.85 in	4	10.4	30°
MayMay	36°	29°	1.24 in	6	8.8	30°
JuneJun	47°	37°	1.69 in	7	9.1	32°
JulyJul	57°	47°	2.32 in	9	8.3	38°
AugustAug	58°	50°	2.37 in	9	5.9	44°
SeptemberSep	49°	42°	3.13 in	12	3.9	43°
OctoberOct	41°	35°	2.48 in	11	2.2	39°
NovemberNov	30°	24°	2.11 in	10	1.7	35°
DecemberDec	18°	13°	1.59 in	7	1.7	32°

Month	Water
Jan	30°
Feb	29°
Mar	29°
Apr	30°
May	30°
Jun	32°
Jul	38°
Aug	44°
Sep	43°
Oct	39°
Nov	35°
Dec	32°

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

A normal year brings 19.79 in of rain on about 85 days and about 2,200 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

Now36 °Ffeels like 27 °F

Tomorrow33 / 36 °F

It's 36 °F now (feels like 27 °F). Today, 35 °F to 38 °F; tomorrow, 33 °F to 36 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 2%
Thu 29 55% 0.05 in
Fri 30 61% 0.11 in
Sat 31 88% 0.22 in
Sun 1 46% 0.06 in
Mon 2 10% 0.01 in
Tue 3 18% 0.17 in

Today the chance of rain reaches 2%. The next day with likely rain is Thursday 29: 55% and 0.05 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.00 in; last 3 days, 0.24 in; last 7 days, 0.69 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity75%

Dew point28 °F

Humidity is 75% now and the dew point is 28 °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

Clouds100%

Visibility is good now (15 mi). No fog expected today.

The model gives visibility up to about 15 mi: beyond that, the horizon is clear.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak1low

Thu 29: 0 · Fri 30: 1 · Sat 31: 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 Anglers expect normal activity
↘ Falling · now Anglers say fish feed more before the change

29.6029.8030.00 29.66

Falling now (−0.03 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: +0.08 inHg. Falling pressure: anglers say fish feed more before the change. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityFair · 25

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
Tue 27	Light snow	34 / 36 °F	0.09 in	25 mph W
Mon 26	Light snow	33 / 37 °F	0.14 in	30 mph NW
Sun 25	Heavy drizzle	37 / 48 °F	0.24 in	31 mph W
Sat 24	Drizzle	37 / 47 °F	0.12 in	26 mph E
Fri 23	Overcast	39 / 45 °F	0	19 mph SSW
Thu 22	Light snow	35 / 41 °F	0.07 in	17 mph SSE
Wed 21	Drizzle	36 / 44 °F	0.20 in	27 mph W

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 20	Light drizzle	35 / 44 °F	0.01 in	22 mph SW
Mon 19	Light drizzle	36 / 43 °F	0.17 in	30 mph WNW
Sun 18	Snow	33 / 42 °F	0.15 in	32 mph SSE
Sat 17	Snow	32 / 36 °F	0.12 in	28 mph NW
Fri 16	Snow	32 / 37 °F	0.21 in	26 mph NW
Thu 15	Light drizzle	37 / 40 °F	0.01 in	29 mph NW
Wed 14	Light drizzle	37 / 41 °F	0.13 in	32 mph W
Tue 13	Overcast	33 / 37 °F	0	19 mph SW
Mon 12	Overcast	33 / 36 °F	0	18 mph N
Sun 11	Light drizzle	36 / 40 °F	0.04 in	22 mph NNE
Sat 10	Light drizzle	37 / 41 °F	0.05 in	16 mph WNW
Fri 9	Light drizzle	37 / 39 °F	0.05 in	19 mph NNW
Thu 8	Light drizzle	39 / 41 °F	0.02 in	21 mph NE
Wed 7	Overcast	37 / 41 °F	0	19 mph E
Tue 6	Overcast	37 / 41 °F	0	15 mph S
Mon 5	Overcast	39 / 41 °F	0	31 mph NNE
Sun 4	Overcast	41 / 43 °F	0	25 mph NNE
Sat 3	Light drizzle	41 / 44 °F	0.09 in	27 mph W
Fri 2	Light drizzle	42 / 44 °F	0.15 in	27 mph W
Thu 1	Light drizzle	43 / 49 °F	0.08 in	25 mph W
Wed 30	Drizzle	49 / 52 °F	0.22 in	23 mph SSW
Tue 29	Overcast	48 / 53 °F	0	17 mph SSW
Mon 28	Light rain	47 / 52 °F	0.15 in	22 mph SW

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 SanikiluaqQuestions

What's the weather like today in Sanikiluaq?

Overcast, from 35 °F to 38 °F, with a gentle breeze from the west-southwest (10 mph) and a 2% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Sanikiluaq?

On Thursday 29 the chance of rain is 55% (0.05 in): light snow.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 30 °F and a high of 38 °F; the warmest day, Wednesday 28.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 1 (low). No special protection needed.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 29.81 inHg and falling: −0.27 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Sanikiluaq?

The best time to visit Sanikiluaq is from July to August: highs of 58 °F, about 9 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Sanikiluaq in October?

In October, Sanikiluaq normally sees highs of 41 °F and lows of 35 °F, with about 11 rainy days (2.48 in for the month) and 2 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 39 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Sanikiluaq?

The warmest is August, with average highs of 58 °F, and the coldest February, with lows of -11 °F. The wettest is September (3.13 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 3.0 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 10:04 pm (local time).

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