Yellow Wind Warning in Effect for Igloolik
This alert is no longer in effect.
ECCC issued it on September 6, 2026, 8 days ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
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Environment Canada has issued a yellow wind warning for Igloolik with damaging northwest winds of 70 gusting to 90 km/h expected.
This weather record, quickly
- Record type
- Wind Warning
- Affected area
- Igloolik
- Issued
- September 6, 2026
- Issuing authority
- ECCC
Wind notices are issued against local thresholds and a defined time window. Confirm both in the original notice before making a current-condition decision.
Record status: historical. It was issued 8 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Igloolik.
Alert Details
Yellow warning - wind - in effect. Issued by Environment Canada. Effective from 2026-09-06T18:14:48-00:00 until 2026-09-07T08:03:48-00:00.
Affected Areas
Igloolik.
What You Should Do
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to NUstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #NUStorm.
Expected Conditions
Damaging winds are expected. Northwest winds of 70 gusting 90 km/h are occurring in Igloolik this afternoon. Winds will gradually diminish somewhat overnight.
Timeline
Alert effective 2026-09-06T18:14:48-00:00, expires 2026-09-07T08:03:48-00:00.
Original source: ECCC Official Notice ↗
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