Victoria Harbour (Camel Point) Heliport

CBF7 · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Victoria Harbour (Camel Point) Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Victoria Harbour Seaplane Base (CYWH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.5 65 66 49 75 63
February 71.0 68 82 73 70 72
March 81.2 76 70 88 84
April 88.3 90 88 93 90
May 91.4 98 83 93 90
June 95.0 95 90 98 95
July 96.5 98 95 98 95
August 94.1 90 100 94 95
September 87.0 95 96 89 69
October 81.2 76 94 81 71
November 74.7 79 72 67 71
December 63.8 53 43 73 64
Average 82.1 66.6 84.4 82.1 86.5 81.1

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 79 98 72 95 84
February 91.7 91 99 95 88 89
March 96.4 99 88 98 95
April 97.3 100 96 99 97
May 98.2 100 95 98 98
June 98.4 99 97 100 98
July 99.1 100 99 100 100
August 97.5 99 100 98 96
September 91.8 99 99 95 73
October 89.6 89 96 91 84
November 91.2 96 86 88 92
December 89.9 81 91 91 95
Average 93.4 84.9 96.7 93.3 95.6 92.0

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 7.8 7 9 7 9 8
February 7.2 9 7 8 7 8
March 9.7 10 10 10 9
April 12.2 11 11 13 13
May 15.5 17 13 15 17
June 17.7 17 18 20 17
July 19.1 20 18 20 19
August 19.7 20 21 20 19
September 17.6 17 19 17 19
October 13.6 14 15 13 13
November 9.9 10 8 11 10
December 7.6 10 5 5 9
Average 12.5 8.1 13.5 13.0 13.1 13.3

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 4.4 4 5 4 5 5
February 3.3 6 4 4 3 4
March 4.8 5 6 4 4
April 7.1 6 6 7 7
May 10.1 11 9 9 11
June 11.8 11 12 12 12
July 13.1 13 13 13 13
August 13.3 13 14 13 13
September 11.8 12 12 12 12
October 8.5 9 10 9 9
November 6.0 6 4 7 6
December 4.3 7 2 2 5
Average 7.8 4.7 8.5 8.1 8.0 8.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.6 18 9 16 15 32
February 17.0 12 16 12 19 19
March 9.9 8 16 9 10
April 10.7 9 11 8 6
May 6.3 4 12 5 8
June 4.7 5 6 1 10
July 1.8 2 3 0 3
August 1.6 2 0 2 2
September 7.4 4 2 12 7
October 12.7 11 11 17 11
November 17.6 7 16 35 18
December 19.3 18 14 23 17
Average 10.4 15.4 7.3 9.3 10.9 11.0

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 6.5 7 6 5 7 8
February 7.3 6 8 6 9 7
March 6.9 8 6 6 7
April 7.6 8 9 6 7
May 6.8 7 8 7 7
June 7.3 7 7 7 8
July 6.6 7 6 6 8
August 5.7 5 6 6 6
September 5.0 5 5 5 5
October 5.8 5 5 6 7
November 6.3 6 6 7 7
December 6.1 6 6 8 6
Average 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.9

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 036° 080° 002° 096° 253°
February 024° 243° 175° 262° 243°
March 091° 250° 201° 236°
April 185° 217° 218° 229°
May 220° 230° 218° 232°
June 215° 222° 211° 221°
July 213° 213° 215° 223°
August 213° 207° 217° 209°
September 212° 207° 209° 208°
October 050° 214° 126° 235°
November 322° 358° 254° 202°
December 051° 025° 319° 005°

Prevailing wind direction

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