Hillaton/Kings Aerodrome

CHL2 · Nova Scotia, Canada

Climate Hillaton/Kings Aerodrome 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of CFB Greenwood (CYZX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.1 44 36 46 43 41
February 58.3 48 63 49 57 65
March 59.4 43 55 58 73 65
April 65.3 79 62 56 73
May 74.3 79 80 81 72
June 70.8 45 78 77 73
July 73.6 57 86 65 67
August 75.4 68 63 69 86
September 74.6 67 77 75 77
October 73.7 72 66 77 72
November 64.0 66 67 63 72
December 49.2 40 36 65 47
Average 64.3 45.0 61.3 66.5 67.7 68.6

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 78.5 87 71 70 86 81
February 82.3 81 83 83 85 82
March 86.6 79 84 83 90 93
April 91.0 94 89 89 92
May 94.7 98 97 95 95
June 91.0 84 94 94 92
July 90.7 84 94 92 87
August 91.3 92 84 89 96
September 91.6 90 91 93 96
October 91.8 95 83 94 95
November 89.5 93 90 85 88
December 83.1 74 84 89 89
Average 88.3 81.9 87.2 87.4 90.4 90.8

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 1.3 1 4 0 1 2
February 1.7 2 1 2 1 2
March 4.8 7 4 6 7 5
April 11.1 13 11 12 9
May 17.2 17 19 17 17
June 22.5 21 22 26 24
July 26.3 27 27 25 26
August 25.6 24 26 27 26
September 21.4 22 21 22 22
October 15.8 17 17 16 15
November 8.8 7 11 9 11
December 3.4 5 5 4 6
Average 12.1 3.1 13.4 14.3 13.8 13.7

28th highest temperature of Canada

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 -7.7 -6 -3 -10 -5 -6
February -8.9 -6 -10 -8 -6 -7
March -4.6 0 -3 -3 -4 -3
April 1.8 2 2 3 0
May 5.7 5 7 6 5
June 11.5 12 11 13 13
July 15.6 18 15 15 16
August 15.4 15 16 16 15
September 11.1 12 11 12 10
October 6.1 7 6 7 5
November 0.7 -1 2 1 2
December -4.6 -2 -2 -4 -1
Average 3.0 -4.0 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 40.7 37 40 50 31 43
February 30.9 36 31 37 21 29
March 30.7 40 35 37 23 20
April 24.3 11 30 26 24
May 15.8 11 9 15 18
June 15.3 29 11 6 10
July 10.2 15 7 14 9
August 9.4 14 15 9 4
September 9.7 7 8 12 12
October 13.0 14 14 10 8
November 22.7 21 22 29 12
December 34.1 33 42 25 35
Average 22.1 37.6 20.6 21.2 17.3 17.4

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 9.6 11 9 9 9 8
February 10.3 10 10 11 10 9
March 11.3 11 10 11 12 11
April 10.4 9 10 11 12
May 9.1 11 9 9 11
June 8.0 8 7 9 8
July 7.0 6 9 7 7
August 7.3 7 7 6 9
September 7.6 7 7 8 8
October 8.2 7 7 8 9
November 9.8 8 11 9 9
December 9.7 9 11 11 10
Average 9.1 10.6 8.2 8.8 8.9 9.2

28th highest wind speed of Canada

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 290° 330° 278° 339° 315°
February 296° 311° 256° 282° 270°
March 270° 342° 265° 264° 307°
April 284° 282° 319° 289°
May 281° 288° 276° 264°
June 352° 268° 250° 254°
July 239° 251° 261° 260°
August 242° 263° 256° 255°
September 294° 273° 247° 249°
October 265° 228° 302° 255°
November 264° 266° 266° 246°
December 265° 026° 280° 253°

Prevailing wind direction

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