Sept-Îles/Lac des Rapides Water Aerodrome

CSM8 · Quebec, Canada

Climate Sept-Îles/Lac des Rapides Water Aerodrome 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sept-Îles Airport (CYZV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.2 78 72 77 73 79
February 78.1 79 74 70 84 82
March 73.1 60 64 66 86 81
April 75.6 74 67 81 88
May 84.1 91 74 80 92
June 75.4 54 78 75 84
July 74.6 43 77 81 72
August 79.8 58 78 83 90
September 75.6 69 57 70 92
October 73.5 64 69 69 76
November 73.2 67 73 72 73
December 72.8 82 56 79 60
Average 75.9 70.7 66.0 70.7 77.8 81.8

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 82.7 87 82 82 94 85
February 85.4 89 80 79 89 87
March 79.0 69 72 70 88 85
April 84.7 85 76 95 92
May 89.6 95 80 88 98
June 81.8 71 82 77 93
July 79.1 47 79 88 81
August 84.8 70 85 84 95
September 80.2 74 61 78 93
October 80.8 76 74 80 80
November 83.8 79 82 86 84
December 86.4 93 73 93 76
Average 83.0 80.3 75.1 76.8 86.2 88.3

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 -8.7 -6 -6 -11 -4 -8
February -7.5 -3 -8 -9 -4 -5
March -1.0 1 1 -2 0 -2
April 4.3 5 5 8 4
May 11.6 13 12 11 15
June 17.2 18 18 18 18
July 21.2 22 21 20 21
August 20.3 19 22 21 21
September 15.4 19 15 16 14
October 9.3 12 11 12 7
November 1.0 1 1 4 2
December -4.5 -1 -1 -4 -2
Average 5.7 -3.3 7.8 7.1 8.3 7.1

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 -18.1 -16 -16 -23 -12 -18
February -19.6 -14 -23 -20 -15 -16
March -11.3 -6 -8 -13 -10 -14
April -4.7 -3 -2 0 -3
May 1.6 2 1 2 2
June 7.7 9 9 8 8
July 11.8 14 11 11 13
August 11.3 11 12 12 11
September 6.1 8 7 8 4
October 1.5 4 3 3 0
November -7.8 -8 -6 -2 -7
December -12.3 -10 -7 -12 -9
Average -4.4 -12.0 -2.7 -3.9 -1.5 -3.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.4 36 27 41 33 38
February 35.5 32 37 42 25 30
March 33.6 41 40 41 25 26
April 22.0 20 28 19 15
May 17.4 17 25 21 11
June 16.1 27 23 17 9
July 12.3 17 14 12 17
August 14.8 31 10 12 15
September 18.0 21 16 28 14
October 20.1 25 22 26 22
November 28.7 30 34 22 26
December 29.7 19 40 26 44
Average 23.9 36.7 25.5 25.8 21.2 20.1

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 8.2 8 7 8 8 7
February 8.5 8 8 8 8 8
March 9.5 9 9 10 10 9
April 9.5 10 10 8 10
May 9.1 9 9 9 9
June 8.3 8 9 8 8
July 7.6 7 8 7 7
August 7.4 8 7 7 8
September 7.6 7 8 8 8
October 8.1 8 9 7 8
November 8.4 9 8 8 7
December 8.5 8 10 9 8
Average 8.4 8.6 8.1 8.6 8.0 8.3

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 331° 358° 328° 359° 351°
February 359° 326° 330° 321° 302°
March 061° 080° 359° 327° 012°
April 093° 045° 056° 275°
May 330° 062° 356° 329°
June 107° 099° 136° 137°
July 114° 187° 179° 133°
August 094° 177° 155° 253°
September 096° 037° 078° 224°
October 047° 150° 090° 336°
November 329° 358° 296° 332°
December 323° 045° 321° 006°

Prevailing wind direction

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