Carmacks Airport

CEX4 · Canada

Climate Carmacks Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Faro Airport (CZFA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.5 63 82 70 93 88
February 88.8 88 86 82 88 89
March 90.9 97 91 78 86 90
April 93.8 96 92 91 93 91
May 96.3 97 92 94 97
June 96.6 94 96 98 98
July 93.4 80 96 98 97
August 93.9 92 92 94 88
September 93.0 77 97 91 96
October 82.6 80 77 90 80
November 78.6 74 75 76 85
December 84.4 95 72 79 79
Average 90.6 88.6 86.9 87.8 91.6 91.0

6th 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 90.3 88 92 77 97 90
February 91.8 92 96 85 89 89
March 92.0 97 92 79 89 91
April 96.5 98 99 93 95 93
May 98.5 98 96 98 99
June 97.8 95 97 99 99
July 95.6 85 97 100 98
August 96.5 96 93 98 94
September 95.2 84 99 92 97
October 89.7 90 84 96 87
November 86.7 88 80 84 86
December 87.7 98 76 86 85
Average 94.1 94.6 92.4 90.4 94.6 93.4

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 -17.8 -18 -10 -15 -13 -24
February -15.5 -13 -13 -12 -20 -13
March -5.9 -1 -5 -4 -6 -8
April 4.6 8 5 2 3 4
May 13.4 15 11 12 14
June 19.6 20 21 21 18
July 22.0 26 21 23 19
August 19.2 22 20 19 18
September 13.3 13 15 12 13
October 1.8 2 4 3 -2
November -12.3 -7 -11 -11 -16
December -15.3 -10 -17 -23 -12
Average 1.7 -7.8 5.0 3.7 1.7 0.9

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 -21.8 -22 -14 -19 -18 -28
February -22.2 -20 -19 -17 -27 -21
March -15.3 -11 -17 -12 -16 -17
April -6.4 -4 -3 -9 -9 -6
May 3.5 4 2 3 4
June 8.3 9 8 9 7
July 10.0 11 10 10 9
August 7.9 9 8 8 8
September 2.1 4 3 2 2
October -4.3 -4 -2 -2 -7
November -17.9 -11 -16 -15 -21
December -19.8 -15 -20 -26 -15
Average -7.3 -15.6 -4.2 -5.3 -7.5 -7.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 27.5 35 16 35 17 32
February 27.2 28 39 38 25 30
March 21.7 12 22 36 35 28
April 9.9 8 13 16 14 14
May 6.1 10 8 10 4
June 7.1 6 6 4 4
July 8.1 5 13 8 10
August 9.5 7 7 15 17
September 7.4 10 4 16 8
October 20.8 19 33 10 32
November 27.0 24 33 35 29
December 25.7 14 44 26 30
Average 14.8 18.2 13.3 18.3 15.8 17.2

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 4.1 4 3 4 5 4
February 4.6 5 4 5 4 5
March 4.9 5 5 6 4 5
April 5.8 4 6 5 6 6
May 5.5 5 5 5 5
June 4.8 5 4 4 5
July 4.3 3 4 5 5
August 4.4 4 4 4 4
September 5.0 5 5 5 5
October 5.3 6 6 6 5
November 4.2 5 5 5 4
December 4.7 5 4 5 5
Average 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.9

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 133° 114° 116° 128° 133°
February 149° 117° 130° 140° 285°
March 142° 136° 141° 308° 301°
April 188° 127° 129° 200° 271°
May 230° 178° 180° 115°
June 282° 122° 278° 284°
July 291° 287° 282° 295°
August 274° 268° 278° 216°
September 165° 152° 154° 214°
October 161° 161° 132° 224°
November 121° 113° 129° 125°
December 136° 274° 191° 133°

Prevailing wind direction

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