Harrington Cda

CAHR · Prince Edward Island, Canada

Climate Harrington Cda 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Houlton International Airport (KHUL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 53.8 61 34 51 48 58
February 69.6 66 78 57 67 77
March 64.6 44 60 54 74 79
April 66.7 66 67 68 78
May 78.2 78 75 86 82
June 71.1 39 64 87 82
July 78.2 62 90 69 69
August 75.2 61 60 79 86
September 76.0 67 77 70 80
October 66.4 59 81 54 71
November 68.3 58 67 86 75
December 57.9 42 40 64 52
Average 68.8 55.8 58.7 66.5 72.2 75.3

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 75.0 85 61 60 88 79
February 80.8 82 84 75 85 85
March 79.5 67 80 73 86 85
April 80.2 80 83 88 85
May 89.9 94 89 92 91
June 85.9 70 87 92 91
July 88.6 79 93 89 84
August 86.3 79 79 88 91
September 87.1 80 85 85 92
October 83.0 81 89 77 84
November 83.4 78 84 91 91
December 76.6 60 65 80 80
Average 83.1 76.5 77.6 81.4 87.0 87.1

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 -4.8 -3 -1 -6 -3 -2
February -2.3 0 -3 -2 -3 -2
March 2.5 4 3 3 5 3
April 9.6 11 10 13 8
May 17.7 18 20 18 18
June 22.4 21 22 25 24
July 25.9 27 27 23 26
August 24.6 22 25 26 26
September 20.5 22 20 20 21
October 14.0 15 17 15 12
November 4.9 4 7 6 8
December -1.3 2 3 0 1
Average 10.1 0.3 11.8 12.3 12.1 11.9

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 -13.2 -12 -8 -18 -9 -12
February -14.9 -11 -15 -13 -13 -13
March -8.9 -4 -5 -6 -7 -7
April -1.7 1 0 0 -2
May 4.6 4 6 4 5
June 10.3 11 10 13 10
July 14.1 17 13 12 15
August 13.0 13 15 16 12
September 8.7 10 9 10 8
October 3.7 6 4 5 2
November -4.5 -5 -1 -3 -1
December -9.0 -6 -4 -9 -6
Average -1.6 -9.1 2.0 1.4 1.7 0.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.6 17 40 30 11 15
February 15.0 14 12 25 10 13
March 17.6 32 23 22 12 9
April 15.0 9 24 15 12
May 10.9 14 8 10 11
June 11.1 21 12 12 3
July 6.5 10 7 10 4
August 8.3 16 15 4 6
September 9.7 14 10 14 5
October 10.8 14 5 9 10
November 15.8 24 14 10 10
December 19.0 26 40 18 11
Average 13.6 21.9 17.8 16.3 10.9 8.6

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 7.2 7 7 7 7 7
February 7.6 8 7 8 7 7
March 8.1 8 7 8 9 8
April 7.8 7 8 9 9
May 7.3 8 7 7 8
June 6.2 5 6 7 6
July 5.4 4 6 6 5
August 5.2 5 5 5 6
September 5.8 5 5 6 7
October 6.1 5 5 5 7
November 6.9 7 7 7 7
December 7.2 7 9 7 7
Average 6.8 7.6 6.1 6.7 6.7 7.1

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 295° 346° 323° 338° 330°
February 289° 317° 295° 314° 273°
March 318° 342° 284° 272° 328°
April 255° 335° 355° 309°
May 317° 281° 313° 290°
June 042° 258° 239° 227°
July 201° 243° 286° 219°
August 254° 286° 228° 259°
September 349° 300° 255° 237°
October 261° 208° 338° 257°
November 274° 267° 286° 252°
December 314° 355° 298° 281°

Prevailing wind direction

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