July Weather in Gjoa Haven Canada

Daily high temperatures increase by 2°F, from 52°F to 54°F, rarely falling below 44°F or exceeding 66°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 56°F on July 19.

Daily low temperatures increase by 2°F, from 39°F to 41°F, rarely falling below 33°F or exceeding 49°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 42°F on July 20.

For reference, on July 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Gjoa Haven typically range from 42°F to 56°F, while on February 5, the coldest day of the year, they range from -29°F to -18°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on July. 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.

Novyy Urengoy, Russia (3,126 miles away) and Kropotkin, Russia (3,518 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Gjoa Haven (view comparison).

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The month of July in Gjoa Haven experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 64% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is July 2, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 37% of the time.

For reference, on February 23, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 99%, while on June 11, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 39%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Gjoa Haven, the chance of a wet day over the course of July is essentially constant, remaining around 17% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 20% on August 24, and its lowest chance is 1% on February 3.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during July in Gjoa Haven is essentially constant, remaining about 1.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.3 inches or falling below 0.3 inches.

Due to its extreme latitude, Gjoa Haven 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 summer in Gjoa Haven during 2024, the Sun is continuously above the horizon for 2.0 months, rising at 12:32 AM on May 22, and not setting again until 11:59 PM on July 20. As such, July begins the month in polar day, which ends before the month is out.

The shortest day of the month is July 31, with 20 hours, 6 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Gjoa Haven is 1:00 AM on July 21 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 24 minutes later at 2:24 AM on July 31.

The latest sunset is 11:59 PM on July 20 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 30 minutes earlier at 10:30 PM on July 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Gjoa Haven during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during July, so the entire month is in standard time.

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.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for July 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.

We 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 in Gjoa Haven is essentially constant during July, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 25, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This 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 in Gjoa Haven is essentially constant during July, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 9.7 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on October 5, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.9 miles per hour, while on July 11, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.4 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during July is 9.4 miles per hour on July 11.

The hourly average wind direction in Gjoa Haven throughout July is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 39% on July 1.

Gjoa Haven 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 in Gjoa Haven is gradually increasing during July, rising by 3°F, from 32°F to 35°F, over the course of the month.

Definitions 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 in Gjoa Haven typically lasts for 2.1 months (63 days), from around June 22 to around August 24, rarely starting before June 7 or after July 11, and rarely ending before August 3 or after September 10.

The month of July in Gjoa Haven is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a high of 93% on July 21.

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 in Gjoa Haven are gradually increasing during July, increasing by 60°F, from 16°F to 76°F, over the course of the month.

This 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 in Gjoa Haven is decreasing during July, falling by 1.1 kWh, from 5.3 kWh to 4.1 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Gjoa Haven are 68.626 deg latitude, -95.878 deg longitude, and 13 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Gjoa Haven contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 197 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 45 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (200 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (459 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Gjoa Haven is covered by water (36%), sparse vegetation (35%), and bare soil (28%), within 10 miles by water (60%) and sparse vegetation (22%), and within 50 miles by water (56%) and sparse vegetation (25%).