Fort Ross, Nunavut Weather
Fort Ross, Nunavut — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, ECCC alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast, soil and crop conditions for Fort Ross.
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About Fort Ross, Nunavut
Fort Ross is a locality in Nunavut, Canada. It is classified as a town. Fort Ross is located at 72.0000°N, 94.2333°W. It observes Central Time (UTC−6 / −5). Postal code area: X0B.
Fort Ross occupies a stark, windswept threshold where the land surrenders to the frigid waters of the Arctic coast. It lies 275.2 km north of Taloyoak, NU (from Taloyoak, NU: bearing 355°T), and is situated 216.1 km north-north-west of Thom Bay. The terrain here is defined by a rigorous, unadorned geology, where the light at dusk stretches long and thin across the gravel, casting shadows that seem to hold the weight of the coming winter. Inland, the landscape finds a brief respite at Oliver Lake, situated about 10 km away, where the stillness of the water mirrors the profound quiet of the surrounding barrens. The air carries a sharp, metallic clarity, a cold breath that reminds any traveler of the immense, indifferent scale of the north. The history of Fort Ross persists in the weathered remnants of its former trading post, standing as a solitary marker of past human ambition against the encroaching ice. Once a center for the fur trade, Fort Ross now endures as a ghost of its industrial purpose, left to the mercy of the seasonal freeze and the relentless grit of the wind. There is a peculiar beauty in this abandonment, where the silence is absolute and the horizon remains unbroken by modern artifice. Life here is dictated by the turning of the seasons, a cycle that demands a quiet respect for the land’s capacity to endure long after the last supply ship has departed.
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NOAA GOES-19 GEOCOLOR — Canada / Northern U.S. sector. Auto-refreshes every 10 minutes on page reload. Frames the whole country from Newfoundland to the BC coast, plus adjacent Pacific and Atlantic storm approaches.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 · Public domain · Sector code can (Canada / Northern U.S.) · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Fort Ross, Nunavut |
| Coordinates | 72.0°N, 94.233333°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (UTC−6 / −5) |
| Postal FSA | X0B |
| Area Code | 867 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Fort Ross, Nunavut Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Ross, Nunavut, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Fort Ross includes coordinates 72.000000°N, 94.233333°W. Postal FSA: X0B. Telephone area code: 867. Timezone: Central Time (UTC−6 / −5).
Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.