Snow day predictor for Iqaluit
Iqaluit forecast point: 133.6 cm of snow a year and a January mean of -24.4°C in ERA5, 2014–2023.
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Iqaluit, Nunavut
Updated Nov 4, 2026, 10:18 p.m.. Matched Iqaluit. Typical snow tolerance (snow points × 1). High cold sensitivity.
The morning decision window has passed in this time zone. Tomorrow is the score to watch.
School is probably on
Pack your bag. This forecast does not suggest a closure.
Buses: 7% chance of a cancellation or delay. Higher confidence.
Biggest factor: overnight snow, adding 3 points.
What should I do? Pack the school bag. Still check your board in the morning in case the buses are cancelled.
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Weather data: Open-Meteo. Postal codes use GeoNames forward-sortation centroids (CC BY 4.0); an unknown area falls back to OpenStreetMap Nominatim. This is an estimate, not a school-board announcement. Estimate only. Check your board.
Will school be closed tomorrow?
Votes on this Iqaluit page. One vote per device today. This is not a board decision.
- 0 · 0%No chance
- 0 · 0%Maybe
- 0 · 0%For sure
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Iqaluit's cold and its snow are not the same month in this reanalysis. December averages 20.7 cm, the largest month, while January averages -24.4°C. The year at 63.75°N is 133.6 cm. Labrador City averages 272 cm and is not a substitute for a Baffin point.
November through March accounts for 78 cm of the 133.6 cm annual average at this point. Our model preload for this page is typical snow tolerance and high cold sensitivity. That setting is editorial. It is not a threshold published by a school board. The live score uses the hourly forecast, not the ten-year average. There is no centimetre rule on this page for closing schools in Iqaluit.
Snowfall at this forecast point
Open-Meteo ERA5, 2014–2023, at 63.75°N, 68.52°W. Annual snowfall averages 133.6 cm. January mean temperature is -24.4°C. The largest month is December at 20.7 cm. This is a reanalysis at our point, not an Environment and Climate Change Canada station normal, and it is not a closure rule. Source: Open-Meteo.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.3 | 9.5 | 14.7 | 19.6 | 14 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 17.7 | 19.8 | 20.7 |
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How much snow does the Iqaluit forecast point record?
Open-Meteo’s ERA5 archive for 1 January 2014 through 31 December 2023 averages 133.6 cm of snow a year at 63.75°N, 68.52°W. The largest month in that average is December at 20.7 cm. This is a reanalysis at our forecast point, not an Environment and Climate Change Canada station normal, and it is not a closure threshold.
How cold is January at the Iqaluit forecast point?
The same ERA5 run puts the January mean temperature at -24.4°C. Our model preload for this page is typical snow tolerance and high cold sensitivity. That setting is editorial. It is not a threshold published by a school board. Cold on a dry morning is a different factor from snow, and the hourly forecast, not this average, is what the live score uses.
How does Iqaluit compare with a nearby forecast point?
Labrador City, the nearest other point we publish, averages 272 cm a year and -20.9°C in January under the same ERA5 run.
Who decides whether schools close in Iqaluit?
This site does not have a school-board page that we have checked for Iqaluit. Closures are a local decision. Use the school’s own site. The percentage on this page is a weather estimate only.