Silver City Airport

CFQ5 · Yukon, Canada

Climate Silver City Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Burwash Airport (CYDB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.6 68 65 63 85 75
February 87.0 89 87 83 90 86
March 89.5 90 80 88 88 89
April 93.1 82 96 94 94
May 93.3 95 89 86 90
June 96.8 97 99 97 95
July 93.4 94 95 92 92
August 96.3 97 97 95 90
September 93.9 90 95 90 97
October 83.0 84 71 85 92
November 73.3 68 81 62 85
December 77.4 64 77 83 74
Average 88.7 83.1 85.9 88.5 88.6 89.6

5th 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 85.5 78 78 78 90 85
February 91.2 92 91 94 93 89
March 94.0 97 88 95 95 91
April 96.4 92 100 96 96
May 96.6 99 92 92 97
June 99.0 98 100 99 98
July 96.6 98 99 98 96
August 98.2 99 98 98 96
September 97.8 100 97 96 100
October 94.2 95 94 96 93
November 85.6 84 89 85 93
December 85.8 77 84 90 89
Average 94.0 89.7 93.2 94.6 94.7 94.4

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 -13.0 -15 -9 -14 -8 -21
February -9.3 -8 -9 -4 -12 -9
March -3.1 0 -4 -1 -6 -5
April 5.2 2 3 6 6
May 13.1 13 11 12 14
June 18.1 19 20 19 16
July 20.6 22 21 21 18
August 18.2 21 18 18 16
September 12.9 12 14 11 13
October 4.3 4 5 3 3
November -7.2 -2 -7 -13 -8
December -11.3 -9 -16 -15 -9
Average 2.8 -8.3 5.1 4.8 2.9 2.9

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 -24.5 -26 -19 -25 -18 -32
February -23.0 -22 -22 -18 -26 -25
March -19.9 -14 -18 -17 -22 -21
April -9.0 -11 -12 -10 -8
May 0.0 0 -2 0 1
June 5.2 5 5 5 4
July 7.4 8 7 6 7
August 5.2 6 5 5 6
September -1.9 2 0 -1 0
October -6.0 -7 -5 -6 -8
November -17.1 -11 -17 -21 -20
December -22.7 -20 -27 -26 -19
Average -10.2 -21.3 -8.8 -9.9 -10.5 -10.6

68th lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.7 40 24 26 13 34
February 23.8 13 19 15 20 45
March 17.5 8 21 17 20 20
April 10.2 15 6 7 14
May 8.2 3 17 15 13
June 9.8 4 9 8 15
July 13.5 8 12 9 25
August 10.7 7 8 8 24
September 7.2 9 5 10 5
October 13.8 10 27 5 10
November 24.3 15 17 20 24
December 24.8 30 20 23 27
Average 15.2 18.8 12.0 13.6 12.0 19.7

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 5.6 6 6 5 6 5
February 5.6 6 5 6 6 7
March 6.7 6 7 7 6 6
April 6.9 7 7 7 5
May 8.5 9 7 9 7
June 6.8 8 5 8 7
July 6.2 6 7 7 6
August 7.6 8 9 7 7
September 8.3 10 10 8 8
October 8.3 7 9 9 8
November 6.2 7 6 7 7
December 6.2 8 4 4 6
Average 6.9 6.0 7.3 7.0 7.1 6.6

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 266° 117° 290° 125° 294°
February 123° 300° 119° 090° 168°
March 117° 032° 121° 302° 302°
April 067° 120° 114° 106°
May 115° 107° 115° 108°
June 113° 099° 112° 117°
July 107° 122° 117° 124°
August 123° 122° 119° 118°
September 123° 121° 125° 124°
October 226° 288° 132° 139°
November 125° 289° 275° 110°
December 128° 298° 297° 130°

Prevailing wind direction

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