Sable Island Heliport

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Climate Sable Island Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sable Island, N. S. (CWSA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.3 35 27 32 37 0
February 38.2 37 38 44 48 0
March 40.1 25 43 49 64 0
April 43.9 0 68 60 64 0
May 46.5 0 72 50 71 0
June 39.3 26 37 44 44 0
July 31.5 24 21 49 50 0
August 45.7 47 51 43 34 0
September 55.9 67 43 67 31 54
October 60.4 56 58 46 60 62
November 62.5 68 62 73 62
December 39.5 41 23 59 53
Average 44.2 31.2 45.3 47.7 52.7 16.9

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 64.6 82 58 68 85 0
February 62.6 67 65 76 73 0
March 62.3 49 76 72 79 0
April 53.4 0 77 70 74 0
May 52.4 0 75 57 77 0
June 44.2 33 39 50 51 0
July 36.4 29 27 54 55 0
August 54.7 52 63 57 39 0
September 67.9 85 52 82 35 61
October 73.5 67 76 54 82 73
November 82.3 92 82 85 75
December 65.5 67 50 88 74
Average 57.8 44.8 60.4 62.9 66.3 20.4

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 4.1 3 7 4 4 4
February 3.2 3 3 4 4 3
March 3.8 5 3 5 5 4
April 6.6 6 6 7 7 6
May 9.8 10 9 10 11 10
June 11.3 15 14 15 3 5
July 14.4 19 21 20 2 0
August 16.1 22 21 22 0 0
September 16.6 20 20 20 0 19
October 14.5 15 16 16 12 15
November 10.6 9 12 12 11
December 6.0 7 7 7 8
Average 9.9 11.8 11.4 12.0 5.4 7.0

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 -1.1 -1 2 -2 0 -1
February -2.1 -1 -3 -1 0 -2
March -1.4 1 0 0 -1 -1
April 2.3 3 3 3 2 2
May 4.6 6 5 4 3 5
June 7.1 10 9 11 0 1
July 11.0 16 16 15 0 0
August 13.0 17 17 18 0 0
September 12.6 15 15 15 0 14
October 10.1 10 11 11 9 10
November 5.3 4 6 6 6
December 1.6 3 4 1 4
Average 5.5 7.6 6.9 7.0 1.7 3.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.5 29 38 30 14 0
February 31.9 37 53 35 25 0
March 20.7 26 25 29 17 0
April 11.8 0 20 7 17 0
May 9.4 0 23 3 5 0
June 15.3 19 36 9 0 0
July 20.8 34 32 16 0 0
August 7.5 8 18 8 0 0
September 6.2 10 5 10 0 13
October 13.3 9 23 18 9 12
November 16.0 18 19 13 19
December 19.5 28 29 14 21
Average 15.0 18.9 27.1 16.2 8.1 4.5

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 16.0 16 16 17 16 15
February 15.7 9 18 19 18 15
March 15.9 13 16 16 16 17
April 14.7 12 14 14 17 17
May 12.9 10 15 12 13 16
June 10.2 11 11 11 12 3
July 8.6 9 10 10 10 0
August 7.4 0 10 10 10 0
September 8.8 0 10 12 11 12
October 12.8 15 13 10 12 13
November 16.0 14 18 16 15
December 16.8 15 20 18 17
Average 12.4 9.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 10.7

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 321° 274° 257° 344° 285°
February 248° 309° 252° 285° 257°
March 205° 338° 244° 259° 320°
April 019° 329° 237° 016° 339°
May 087° 181° 017° 225° 227°
June 216° 166° 182° 207° 241°
July 213° 179° 217° 207° 360°
August 360° 184° 201° 216° 360°
September 360° 167° 307° 217° 173°
October 267° 236° 091° 342° 360°
November 294° 266° 220° 238°
December 289° 038° 272° 229°

Prevailing wind direction

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