Skydive SWOOP

CA-0528 · Ontario, Canada

Climate Skydive SWOOP 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (CYHM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.6 25 27 60 53 54
February 61.3 67 51 63 59 63
March 67.6 56 64 86 56
April 73.8 73 80 80 84
May 81.4 85 81 90 83
June 86.2 74 92 90 93
July 86.7 81 93 76 92
August 85.2 75 79 86 86
September 83.1 80 80 85 81
October 73.3 72 85 56 79
November 69.2 70 70 78 76
December 50.7 39 38 59 55
Average 70.5 45.0 66.9 75.9 76.2 76.8

89th 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 74.9 56 68 78 86 79
February 81.7 88 83 84 79 81
March 83.1 74 76 97 79
April 87.4 85 94 89 94
May 89.2 95 90 93 91
June 93.5 84 96 94 97
July 93.7 87 99 88 99
August 95.5 92 95 96 96
September 92.5 94 88 93 95
October 86.7 92 91 71 96
November 88.2 91 85 89 89
December 75.9 64 75 79 84
Average 85.8 71.6 84.8 88.4 88.4 90.4

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 -1.2 -1 1 -4 0 1
February 1.4 5 3 0 -2 1
March 5.2 4 6 10 7
April 11.5 14 11 13 10
May 19.0 19 20 19 17
June 24.2 23 25 26 26
July 26.9 26 27 25 29
August 25.6 24 27 27 27
September 22.1 22 22 22 21
October 15.3 16 15 17 14
November 7.4 8 10 8 11
December 2.4 5 2 4 3
Average 12.0 1.9 13.7 13.9 14.0 13.8

43rd 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 -7.3 -5 -3 -12 -5 -4
February -7.8 -4 -5 -9 -10 -5
March -4.7 -3 -3 -2 -1
April 1.9 3 2 2 1
May 7.8 7 10 7 7
June 13.7 14 13 15 14
July 16.5 16 16 16 18
August 15.8 15 16 17 16
September 12.5 13 12 12 11
October 6.8 8 4 10 5
November -1.8 0 1 0 2
December -4.8 0 -3 -2 -3
Average 3.5 -5.7 5.4 4.2 5.1 4.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.8 44 37 36 20 25
February 29.2 13 23 41 32 28
March 21.8 28 27 8 18
April 18.1 20 17 15 18
May 12.7 8 15 9 15
June 7.7 15 7 6 3
July 5.6 10 4 9 3
August 4.2 8 5 2 5
September 5.8 6 11 6 5
October 13.9 12 9 19 15
November 17.9 16 18 16 14
December 28.0 34 39 22 25
Average 17.1 28.7 17.3 17.2 12.6 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 10.3 11 9 10 9 9
February 11.4 10 13 12 11 11
March 11.2 11 12 11 11
April 10.9 10 10 9 11
May 9.4 8 10 9 10
June 8.7 8 8 9 9
July 7.4 7 8 8 7
August 7.8 8 8 7 8
September 8.3 8 8 9 10
October 9.8 9 9 9 10
November 10.2 10 11 9 11
December 9.9 10 11 10 10
Average 9.6 10.1 9.0 9.5 9.0 9.7

43rd 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 247° 299° 263° 289° 262°
February 239° 246° 248° 260° 259°
March 288° 277° 259° 296°
April 255° 267° 295° 292°
May 016° 036° 296° 329°
June 025° 259° 234° 247°
July 242° 252° 324° 252°
August 281° 241° 236° 254°
September 007° 271° 251° 221°
October 236° 226° 003° 249°
November 241° 237° 241° 238°
December 305° 257° 238° 252°

Prevailing wind direction

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