December Weather at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. CanadaDaily high temperatures decrease by 6°F, from -9°F to -15°F, rarely falling below -29°F or exceeding 7°F. Daily low temperatures decrease by 7°F, from -19°F to -26°F, rarely falling below -37°F or exceeding -5°F. For reference, on July 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. typically range from 43°F to 56°F, while on January 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from -28°F to -17°F. Average High and Low Temperature in December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T.
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on December. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day. Average Hourly Temperature in December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T.
frigid
15°F
freezing
32°F
very cold
45°F
cold
55°F
cool
65°F
comfortable
75°F
warm
85°F
hot
95°F
sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Urengoy, Russia (3,108 miles away); Kropotkin, Russia (3,369 miles); and Serebryanyy Bor, Russia (3,364 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Cape Peel West, N. W. T. (view comparison). 
Compare Cape Peel West, N. W. T. to another city:CloudsThe month of December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 92% throughout the month. The clearest day of the month is December 14, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 9% of the time. For reference, on February 29, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 95%, while on June 21, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 45%. Cloud Cover Categories in December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T.
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clear
20%
mostly clear
40%
partly cloudy
60%
mostly cloudy
80%
overcast
100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Cape Peel West, N. W. T., the chance of a wet day over the course of December is essentially constant, remaining around 3% throughout. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 21% on August 3, and its lowest chance is 1% on February 25. Probability of Precipitation in December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T.
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
SnowfallAs with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day. The average sliding 31-day snowfall during December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 1.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.9 inches, and ending the month at 1.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.2 inches. Average Monthly Snowfall in December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T.
The average snowfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average rainfall.
SunDue to its extreme latitude, Cape Peel West, N. W. T. experiences polar day (also known as the midnight Sun) during the summer and polar night during the winter. These are periods of time in which the sun is continuously above or below the horizon for more than one day. The precise start and end dates of polar day and night vary from year to year and depend on the precise location and elevation of the observer, and the local topography. In the winter at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. during 2024, the Sun is continuously below the horizon for 1.4 months, setting at 12:27 PM on November 29, and not rising again until 12:16 PM on January 11. As such, the sun is continuously below the horizon for the entire month of December. Hours of Daylight and Twilight in December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T.
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
Daylight saving time is observed at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during December, so the entire month is in daylight saving time. Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T.
The solar day over the course of December. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.
The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation. Solar Elevation and Azimuth in December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T.
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of December 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
MoonThe figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for December 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon. Moon Rise, Set & Phases in December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T.
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
HumidityWe base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night. The chance that a given day will be muggy at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. is essentially constant during December, remaining around 0% throughout. WindThis section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages. The average hourly wind speed at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. is gradually increasing during December, increasing from 12.1 miles per hour to 12.9 miles per hour over the course of the month. For reference, on January 2, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.0 miles per hour, while on July 18, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.2 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. throughout December is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 45% on December 20. Wind Direction in December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T.
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
Water TemperatureCape Peel West, N. W. T. is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water. The average surface water temperature at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. is essentially constant during December, remaining around 29°F throughout. The lowest average surface water temperature during December is 29°F on December 13. Growing SeasonDefinitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere). The growing season at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. typically lasts for 2.3 months (71 days), from around June 16 to around August 26, rarely starting before June 3 or after June 30, and rarely ending before August 11 or after September 11. The month of December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. is reliably fully outside of the growing season. Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in December at Cape Peel West, N. W. T.
frigid
15°F
freezing
32°F
very cold
45°F
cold
55°F
cool
65°F
comfortable
75°F
warm
85°F
hot
95°F
sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.
Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F. The average accumulated growing degree days at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. are essentially constant during December, remaining around 120°F throughout. Solar EnergyThis section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation. The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Cape Peel West, N. W. T. is essentially constant during December, remaining around 0.0 kWh throughout. The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during December is -0.0 kWh on December 22. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Cape Peel West, N. W. T. are 69.033 deg latitude, -107.817 deg longitude, and 486 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Cape Peel West, N. W. T. contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 256 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 487 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (751 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (843 feet). The area within 2 miles of Cape Peel West, N. W. T. is covered by sparse vegetation (54%) and grassland (39%), within 10 miles by sparse vegetation (42%) and grassland (34%), and within 50 miles by sparse vegetation (38%) and water (32%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather at Cape Peel West, N. W. T., based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointCape Peel West, N. W. T. has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required. In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations. In this case, the only station close and reliable enough to use as a fallback is Cambridge Bay Airport. Other DataAll data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus. All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid. Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 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