Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital Heliport

CA-0757 · Nova Scotia, Canada

Climate Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Halifax / Stanfield International Airport (CYHZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 43.3 38 33 44 33 41
February 55.4 45 60 44 53 60
March 52.9 37 42 49 71 61
April 57.6 59 65 50 51 68
May 64.1 57 65 65 75 67
June 60.3 52 31 59 74 64
July 61.5 51 39 73 59 59
August 66.5 63 56 52 64 75
September 66.1 74 53 65 60 66
October 65.8 74 60 60 66 62
November 54.2 32 62 63 59 56
December 47.7 41 31 61 37
Average 59.3 53.4 50.0 56.3 61.6 60.8

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 71.1 77 53 67 80 68
February 73.1 64 71 66 80 76
March 73.6 52 74 71 83 77
April 72.9 75 79 70 70 81
May 76.0 74 77 76 88 76
June 69.1 61 44 71 81 74
July 70.4 61 50 75 68 73
August 76.8 72 67 71 74 82
September 78.2 83 69 75 76 74
October 80.6 87 77 69 85 78
November 74.2 61 83 80 73 74
December 72.8 66 55 82 72
Average 74.3 69.1 66.2 71.2 78.2 75.6

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 0.5 -1 3 0 0 0
February 0.8 1 0 1 0 2
March 3.7 5 3 5 6 3
April 9.5 9 11 10 11 8
May 15.4 17 15 17 15 15
June 20.8 21 20 20 24 22
July 24.6 26 26 25 23 24
August 24.3 24 22 25 25 25
September 20.3 21 21 20 20 20
October 14.6 15 16 16 15 14
November 8.1 9 6 10 9 10
December 2.7 4 4 3 6
Average 12.3 13.3 12.2 13.1 12.6 12.3

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 -7.2 -7 -4 -10 -5 -7
February -8.7 -6 -10 -8 -6 -7
March -4.2 -1 -4 -4 -5 -3
April 1.0 1 1 2 2 0
May 5.1 7 4 6 5 5
June 11.1 12 11 11 13 12
July 15.7 16 18 15 15 16
August 15.6 15 15 17 16 15
September 11.9 12 13 12 13 11
October 6.8 6 8 8 8 6
November 0.7 3 -1 2 1 2
December -4.0 -2 -2 -5 -2
Average 4.0 5.2 4.3 4.4 4.4 3.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 35.1 37 43 39 28 38
February 29.3 34 29 39 23 27
March 27.4 37 34 28 21 21
April 22.3 20 12 31 22 25
May 16.6 14 17 13 18 19
June 16.2 20 28 19 7 10
July 11.7 14 21 10 18 7
August 11.7 12 23 13 11 7
September 14.3 17 20 18 18 11
October 12.5 10 18 11 11 11
November 23.8 35 20 20 30 13
December 30.5 35 48 23 35
Average 19.5 21.4 24.3 21.9 18.0 17.4

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 11.9 12 11 12 11 11
February 12.3 12 12 13 13 11
March 13.0 13 13 12 13 13
April 12.0 11 11 12 13 12
May 10.7 9 12 10 10 12
June 9.6 10 9 8 10 9
July 8.3 9 8 10 8 8
August 8.4 8 9 8 8 10
September 9.4 9 9 9 10 10
October 9.8 10 9 8 9 10
November 11.9 13 11 13 11 10
December 11.7 12 13 12 12
Average 10.5 10.3 10.3 10.5 10.5 10.5

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 309° 309° 304° 337° 319°
February 305° 316° 266° 297° 263°
March 230° 344° 253° 265° 320°
April 350° 305° 286° 339° 297°
May 128° 300° 276° 278° 263°
June 221° 143° 202° 222° 187°
July 208° 189° 227° 227° 205°
August 216° 207° 188° 212° 250°
September 082° 207° 279° 225° 232°
October 264° 264° 190° 320° 246°
November 314° 282° 266° 273° 246°
December 283° 006° 294° 261°

Prevailing wind direction

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