Climate Hastings Field Heliport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Victoria International Airport (CYYJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	67.0	54	65	46	70	64
February	79.1	75	88	79	78	80
March	86.2	81	88	77	94	89
April	90.6		87	93	99	96
May	94.4		97	87	94	98
June	95.3		97	90	98	92
July	97.9		99	97	99	99
August	97.1		98	100	97	97
September	91.2		98	100	93	73
October	85.0		80	95	86	77
November	78.3		81	72	74	82
December	67.7		58	45	71	75
Average	85.3	70.4	87.3	84.2	89.2	86.4

27th best VFR conditions of Canada

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	87.8	73	98	64	98	90
February	93.4	97	97	93	90	91
March	98.6	100	100	96	99	98
April	98.7		100	98	100	99
May	98.8		100	98	99	99
June	98.5		99	97	99	99
July	99.3		100	99	100	100
August	98.9		100	100	99	99
September	94.7		100	100	97	74
October	94.5		95	97	98	88
November	94.1		95	85	95	95
December	91.3		83	96	93	94
Average	95.5	90.0	97.5	94.3	97.6	94.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.5	7	8	7	8	8
February	7.4	9	8	9	7	8
March	10.3	11	10	11	10	10
April	13.2		12	12	15	14
May	18.1		20	15	17	19
June	20.8		21	20	24	19
July	23.2		24	23	23	23
August	23.4		24	25	23	22
September	20.1		20	22	19	21
October	14.7		15	18	13	15
November	9.8		10	8	10	10
December	7.0		9	4	5	8
Average	13.9	8.7	15.0	14.7	14.6	14.7

17th highest temperature of Canada

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.4	2	3	2	3	3
February	1.3	3	2	1	1	2
March	3.0	4	3	5	2	2
April	5.3		5	4	5	5
May	8.7		10	7	8	9
June	11.2		11	11	12	11
July	13.0		13	13	13	13
August	13.1		13	14	13	13
September	11.0		10	11	11	12
October	6.8		7	8	7	8
November	3.9		4	1	5	4
December	2.1		5	0	0	3
Average	6.4	3.0	7.2	6.6	6.8	6.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	24.4	31	20	17	21	40
February	17.9	23	13	10	18	16
March	14.2	19	12	20	7	12
April	16.4		22	19	9	8
May	8.5		4	14	9	11
June	7.3		6	9	4	12
July	2.5		3	5	0	5
August	1.4		1	0	1	3
September	9.5		7	5	14	7
October	15.3		21	8	21	9
November	18.7		8	15	34	22
December	24.7		22	20	21	29
Average	13.7	24.0	11.0	11.4	11.9	13.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.4	6	6	6	7	8
February	6.9	6	8	6	8	6
March	6.7	7	7	6	7	7
April	7.0		8	8	6	6
May	5.9		6	7	6	6
June	6.2		6	6	7	6
July	6.1		7	6	6	6
August	5.9		6	6	6	6
September	6.0		6	6	7	6
October	6.1		5	6	7	7
November	6.4		6	5	7	7
December	6.0		6	7	7	6
Average	6.3	6.4	6.3	6.2	6.5	6.4

17th highest wind speed of Canada

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	073°	103°	205°	144°	157°
February	050°	138°	247°	100°	203°
March	142°	096°	156°	159°	154°
April		149°	185°	121°	119°
May		111°	166°	124°	134°
June		123°	128°	118°	124°
July		122°	115°	119°	113°
August		112°	112°	119°	118°
September		123°	103°	129°	123°
October		090°	134°	145°	155°
November		247°	323°	177°	172°
December		182°	329°	137°	189°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.