Pond Inlet is a weather station located 65 m above sea level. Its records go back to 1923: 56 years of temperature are available up to 2019, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2019. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is −13.8 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2010 (−10.8 °C) and the coldest 1923 (−16.6 °C). The last complete year, 2019, ranks 2 out of 56, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2019, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.58 °C per decade. The station ranks 1 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1923
The first ten years of the series (1923–1940) average −14.6 °C; the last ten (2009–2019) average −13.3 °C, a difference of +1.4 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 8 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2010 (−10.8 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at −13.1 °C (2012) and bottoms out at −15.3 °C (1992).
Records at Pond Inlet
- Warmest year: −10.8 °C, in 2010
- Coldest year: −16.6 °C, in 1923
- Warmest month: 9.9 °C, in July 2009
- Coldest month: −43.8 °C, in February 1979
5.8 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Daily records are not part of the dataset for this station: only annual and monthly extremes are shown.
Temperature trend over 1961–2019
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.58 °C per decade between 1961 and 2019, about +3.4 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.33 °C per decade: the station ranks 1 out of 240.
Data source and licence
Data source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (dataset “AHCCD (ahccd-monthly) + climate-daily”), licence Open Government Licence – Canada. Last updated: 29 October 2026.
The data for Pond Inlet are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 240 stations in Canada: the overview page lets you compare them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the annual mean temperature at Pond Inlet?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Pond Inlet is −13.8 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Pond Inlet?
Since records began in 1923, the warmest year at Pond Inlet is 2010, at −10.8 °C on average. The coldest is 1923 (−16.6 °C).
Is the climate at Pond Inlet getting warmer?
Yes: at Pond Inlet, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.58 °C per decade between 1961 and 2019, +3.4 °C in total. 8 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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