Inuvik Weather in August
Inuvik in August
The short of it: Inuvik in August averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 17 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 6° · rain 44 mm · daylight 17 h 30 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Inuvik an average August high of 15°, a low of 6° and some 44 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 15°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 44 mm.
The sun is up for about 17 h 30 min in mid-August, 390 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Inuvik runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Aklavik, 55 km to the WSW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Inuvik, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 3° colder, 1.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 7° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Oct–May
- Daylight, mid-month
- 17 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AklavikNorthwest Territories | 55 km WSW | 14° | 7° | 48 mm |
| Fort McPhersonNorthwest Territories | 113 km SSW | 16° | 7° | 50 mm |
| TuktoyaktukNorthwest Territories | 124 km NNE | 13° | 6° | 30 mm |
| Fort Good HopeNorthwest Territories | 320 km SE | 18° | 7° | 39 mm |
| Norman WellsNorthwest Territories | 456 km SE | 19° | 8° | 43 mm |