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==Climate== Upernavik has a [[tundra climate]] ([[KΓΆppen climate classification]] ''ET''). Winters are very cold and snowy and summers are quite cool. With a mean of just {{convert|6.4|C|F|sigfig=3}} in July, trees are unable to grow. Autumn and winter are the wettest time of the year and spring is the driest. {{Weather box|location = Upernavik (1991β2020 normals, extremes 1958β2020) | metric first = Y | single line = Y | Jan record high C = 11.0 | Feb record high C = 8.0 | Mar record high C = 10.0 | Apr record high C = 9.4 | May record high C = 15.0 | Jun record high C = 18.0 | Jul record high C = 22.6 | Aug record high C = 19.9 | Sep record high C = 14.3 | Oct record high C = 13.0 | Nov record high C = 9.6 | Dec record high C = 12.2 | year record high C = | Jan high C = -14.3 | Feb high C = -16.5 | Mar high C = -16.0 | Apr high C = -8.9 | May high C = -0.9 | Jun high C = 6.2 | Jul high C = 9.4 | Aug high C = 8.2 | Sep high C = 3.3 | Oct high C = -1.8 | Nov high C = -5.9 | Dec high C = -9.4 | year high C = | Jan mean C = -16.7 | Feb mean C = -19.2 | Mar mean C = -19.0 | Apr mean C = -11.9 | May mean C = -3.3 | Jun mean C = 3.2 | Jul mean C = 6.4 | Aug mean C = 5.7 | Sep mean C = 1.4 | Oct mean C = -3.4 | Nov mean C = -7.6 | Dec mean C = -11.4 |year mean C = | Jan low C = -18.9 | Feb low C = -21.6 | Mar low C = -21.7 | Apr low C = -14.7 | May low C = -5.5 | Jun low C = 0.6 | Jul low C = 3.8 | Aug low C = 3.6 | Sep low C = -0.2 | Oct low C = -4.9 | Nov low C = -9.2 | Dec low C = -13.3 | year low C = | Jan record low C = -34.9 | Feb record low C = -38.4 | Mar record low C = -39.0 | Apr record low C = -30.2 | May record low C = -22.6 | Jun record low C = -7.5 | Jul record low C = -4.0 | Aug record low C = -3.8 | Sep record low C = -12.2 | Oct record low C = -14.5 | Nov record low C = -25.6 | Dec record low C = -31.6 | year record low C = | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 12 | Feb precipitation mm = 13 | Mar precipitation mm = 8 | Apr precipitation mm = 14 | May precipitation mm = 10 | Jun precipitation mm = 14 | Jul precipitation mm = 29 | Aug precipitation mm = 26 | Sep precipitation mm = 38 | Oct precipitation mm = 33 | Nov precipitation mm = 34 | Dec precipitation mm = 20 | year precipitation mm = 251 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 9.1 | Feb precipitation days = 8.6 | Mar precipitation days = 6.9 | Apr precipitation days = 9.1 | May precipitation days = 8.3 | Jun precipitation days = 7.6 | Jul precipitation days = 9.2 | Aug precipitation days = 8.7 | Sep precipitation days = 12.6 | Oct precipitation days = 13.5 | Nov precipitation days = 16.2 | Dec precipitation days = 14.9 | year precipitation days = 123.4 | unit snow days = | Jan snow days = 9.0 | Feb snow days = 8.5 | Mar snow days = 6.7 | Apr snow days = 9.0 | May snow days = 7.8 | Jun snow days = 5.5 | Jul snow days = 1.0 | Aug snow days = 0.7 | Sep snow days = 8.2 | Oct snow days = 12.8 | Nov snow days = 15.9 | Dec snow days = 14.7 | year snow days = 98.4 | Jan humidity = 80.6 | Feb humidity = 80.7 | Mar humidity = 79.3 | Apr humidity = 80.0 | May humidity = 83.8 | Jun humidity = 80.3 | Jul humidity = 77.7 | Aug humidity = 77.9 | Sep humidity = 79.0 | Oct humidity = 80.0 | Nov humidity = 78.4 | Dec humidity = 79.9 |year humidity = | Jan sun = 0 | Feb sun = 18 | Mar sun = 106 | Apr sun = 214 | May sun = 234 | Jun sun = 225 | Jul sun = 271 | Aug sun = 214 | Sep sun = 104 | Oct sun = 38 | Nov sun = 2 | Dec sun = 0 |year sun = | source 1 = [[Danish Meteorological Institute]] (precipitation and snow 1958β1981, humidity 2005-2020, sun 1931β1960)<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dmi.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/Rapporter/TR/2019/DMIRep18-19.pdf | title = DMI Report 21β12: Climatological Standard Normals 1991-2020 - Greenland | publisher = [[Danish Meteorological Institute]] | access-date = 12 January 2022}}</ref><ref name = DMI1>{{cite web | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190210040507/https://www.dmi.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/Rapporter/TR/2019/DMIRep18-19.pdf | archive-date = 10 February 2019 | url = https://www.dmi.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/Rapporter/TR/2019/DMIRep18-19.pdf | title = DMI Report 18β19: Climatological Standard Normals 1981β2010 Denmark, The Faroe Islands and Greenland Based on Data Published in DMI Reports 18β08, 18β04 and 18β05 | publisher = [[Danish Meteorological Institute]] | access-date = 14 October 2019}}</ref><ref name = DMI2>{{cite web | url = http://www.dmi.dk/fileadmin/user_upload/Rapporter/TR/2000/tr00-18.pdf | title = The Observed Climate of Greenland, 1958β99 with Climatological Standard Normals, 1961β90 | publisher = [[Danish Meteorological Institute]] | access-date = 14 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=DMI3>{{cite web | last1 = Cappelen | first1 = John | last2 = Jensen | first2 = Jens | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130427173827/http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/tr01-17.pdf | archive-date = 27 April 2013 | url = http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/tr01-17.pdf | work = Climate Data for Selected Stations (1931-1960) | title = GRΓNLAND - Upernavik | page = 113 | publisher = Danish Meteorological Institute | language = da | access-date = 14 October 2019}}</ref> }}
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