Climate Winterland Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of St Pierre Airport (LFVP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	38.1	35	32	38	40	34
February	35.0	24	39	48	29	44
March	47.9	40	59	46	46	50
April	56.2		62	52	43	71
May	61.3		70	54	57	54
June	47.1		37	43	52	36
July	40.2		16	50	45	36
August	51.2		46	36	56	59
September	59.4		50	58	61	57
October	62.6		52	66	67	65
November	52.8		59	53	57	53
December	42.9		48	30	56	36
Average	48.2	33.2	47.1	48.6	50.9	49.8

1st best VFR conditions of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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	76.9	82	70	74	86	74
February	69.6	62	73	73	72	71
March	73.9	64	84	71	78	73
April	71.2		87	67	64	80
May	73.9		82	73	72	66
June	55.7		51	52	59	40
July	47.4		23	54	58	50
August	66.6		75	57	66	68
September	74.2		65	82	77	64
October	79.5		73	79	87	79
November	80.5		87	79	77	75
December	76.0		76	72	77	74
Average	69.3	68.8	68.7	67.8	71.5	66.4

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	0.9	0	3	2	2	-1
February	-1.8	1	-1	1	1	0
March	1.8	3	2	2	2	1
April	5.2		6	6	7	5
May	8.7		9	10	8	8
June	12.9		13	14	14	13
July	17.2		19	19	17	17
August	20.1		20	21	20	20
September	17.1		19	18	18	17
October	12.6		14	15	13	12
November	7.2		6	8	9	7
December	3.2		4	4	4	5
Average	8.0	1.3	9.5	10.1	9.5	8.8

1st highest temperature of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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	-3.0	-4	-1	-2	-1	-4
February	-5.7	-3	-7	-3	-3	-4
March	-3.8	-1	-2	-2	-2	-3
April	0.5		0	2	2	0
May	3.2		3	4	4	4
June	7.5		8	9	8	9
July	12.4		15	14	12	13
August	15.1		15	16	15	15
September	12.5		14	14	14	12
October	8.0		9	9	9	8
November	3.1		2	3	5	3
December	-1.8		0	1	0	2
Average	3.6	-3.3	4.7	5.5	5.3	4.5

1st lowest temperature of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	29.5	39	50	32	18	33
February	31.9	35	43	28	32	23
March	23.6	36	24	20	25	21
April	17.4		15	18	21	11
May	12.7		14	14	10	13
June	15.3		20	13	7	22
July	10.2		5	9	9	8
August	10.8		13	13	2	13
September	11.5		15	12	7	13
October	14.5		25	5	14	13
November	25.2		32	40	15	19
December	24.1		26	29	25	19
Average	19.8	36.4	21.2	17.5	14.2	16.8

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	17.2	17	16	19	15	16
February	18.9	19	17	19	19	19
March	17.2	16	17	18	16	18
April	14.9		16	15	15	16
May	13.3		14	11	14	15
June	10.4		11	11	10	8
July	9.6		8	11	10	10
August	10.6		11	10	11	12
September	12.8		12	15	13	11
October	13.7		14	13	14	13
November	17.2		14	20	15	16
December	17.6		18	18	20	15
Average	14.3	17.0	13.7	14.2	14.0	13.6

1st highest wind speed of Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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	287°	259°	234°	349°	321°
February	303°	308°	247°	289°	259°
March	194°	357°	257°	253°	291°
April		320°	290°	068°	245°
May		249°	249°	244°	250°
June		032°	220°	226°	194°
July		200°	233°	217°	176°
August		194°	208°	238°	237°
September		216°	314°	219°	221°
October		198°	247°	360°	252°
November		267°	266°	221°	250°
December		266°	070°	272°	220°

Prevailing wind direction

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