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| Hall Beach ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ Sanirajak |
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| — Hamlet — | |
| Hall Beach 1997 | |
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Hall Beach
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| Coordinates: | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Nunavut |
| Region | Qikiqtaaluk Region |
| Electoral district | Amittuq |
| Settled | 1953 |
| Government[1][2] | |
| • Mayor | Ammie Kipsigak |
| • MLA | Louis Tapardjuk |
| Area[3] | |
| • Total | 16.52 km2 (6.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation[4] | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2006)[3] | |
| • Total | 654 |
| • Density | 39.6/km2 (102.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Canadian Postal code | X0A 0K0 |
| Area code(s) | 867 |
Hall Beach (Inuktitut: Sanirajak (the shoreline[5]), Syllabics: ᓴᓂᕋᔭᒃ) is an Inuit settlement, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, Canada, established in 1957 during the construction of a Distant Early Warning (DEW) site. Currently the settlement is home to a North Warning System () radar facility and the Hall Beach Airport.
It is actually fairly close to another Nunavut settlement, Igloolik, about 69 km (43 mi) as the crow flies, a rarity in this vast territory.
As of the 2006 census the population was 654 an increase of 7.4% from the 2001 census.[3]
In 1971, seven sounding rockets of the Tomahawk Sandia type were launched from Hall Beach, some reaching altitudes of 270 km (170 mi).[6]
| Climate data for Hall Beach Airport | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Humidex | 0.0 | -1.7 | -0.6 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 21.1 | 24.3 | 28.0 | 13.0 | 4.3 | 0.3 | -0.9 | 28.0 |
| Record high °C (°F) | 1.3 (34.3) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
2.2 (36.0) |
17.2 (63.0) |
4.4 (39.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
22.8 (73.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
13.5 (56.3) |
4.2 (39.6) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
24.8 (76.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −27.8 (−18.0) |
−29.2 (−20.6) |
−24.7 (−12.5) |
−15.2 (4.6) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
3.3 (37.9) |
9.4 (48.9) |
7.4 (45.3) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−6.3 (20.7) |
−16 (3.2) |
−23.4 (−10.1) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −31.8 (−25.2) |
−33.2 (−27.8) |
−29.2 (−20.6) |
−20.4 (−4.7) |
−9 (15.8) |
0.7 (33.3) |
6.1 (43.0) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−20.2 (−4.4) |
−27.5 (−17.5) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −35.7 (−32.3) |
−37.2 (−35.0) |
−33.7 (−28.7) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
2.8 (37.0) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−24.3 (−11.7) |
−31.5 (−24.7) |
−17.8 (0.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −50 (−58.0) |
−54.1 (−65.4) |
−52.5 (−62.5) |
−44.1 (−47.4) |
−31.1 (−24.0) |
−23.1 (−9.6) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−5.1 (22.8) |
−16.7 (1.9) |
−33.6 (−28.5) |
−42.2 (−44.0) |
−53.9 (−65.0) |
−54.1 (−65.4) |
| Wind chill | −72.8 | −71.7 | −66.6 | −58 | −44.7 | −32.7 | −7.8 | −11.7 | −25.1 | −49.6 | −61.4 | −64.6 | −72.8 |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 7.0 (0.276) |
3.9 (0.154) |
9.1 (0.358) |
12.4 (0.488) |
15.4 (0.606) |
20.6 (0.811) |
28.4 (1.118) |
44.6 (1.756) |
30.1 (1.185) |
20.9 (0.823) |
15.0 (0.591) |
9.5 (0.374) |
216.7 (8.531) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.2 (0.008) |
1.1 (0.043) |
13.6 (0.535) |
28.1 (1.106) |
41.2 (1.622) |
17.0 (0.669) |
1.0 (0.039) |
0.1 (0.004) |
0.0 (0) |
102.3 (4.028) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 7.3 (2.87) |
4.1 (1.61) |
9.8 (3.86) |
13.5 (5.31) |
15.8 (6.22) |
7.1 (2.8) |
0.2 (0.08) |
3.7 (1.46) |
13.0 (5.12) |
22.7 (8.94) |
16.5 (6.5) |
10.4 (4.09) |
124.0 (48.82) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 6.8 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 9.0 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 13.7 | 10.3 | 8.6 | 114.7 |
| Avg. rainy days | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.23 | 0.6 | 5.2 | 10.4 | 12.2 | 5.8 | 0.62 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 35.2 |
| Avg. snowy days | 6.8 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 5.1 | 0.23 | 1.7 | 8.0 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 86.7 |
| Source: 1971-2000 Environment Canada[7] | |||||||||||||