Rawson Lake

CTRA · Ontario, Canada

Climate Rawson Lake 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kenora Airport (CYQK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.4 34 36 61 44 34
February 65.4 45 75 55 71 70
March 73.9 58 75 64 91 78
April 74.6 69 56 68 82
May 78.4 85 58 79 83
June 82.0 79 82 90 75
July 86.8 91 85 82 92
August 82.4 72 84 70 87
September 73.4 72 79 87 83
October 53.8 43 67 55 71
November 45.6 42 41 61 56
December 47.9 42 35 54 37
Average 67.4 46.5 66.9 66.1 72.5 73.1

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 65.6 55 51 77 60 62
February 82.6 67 92 71 87 90
March 87.3 78 85 84 97 92
April 85.4 82 70 82 93
May 88.8 91 75 89 94
June 92.7 92 92 97 87
July 95.2 97 96 89 99
August 94.0 91 91 88 98
September 86.8 90 86 92 95
October 77.9 67 87 75 92
November 76.9 69 77 87 80
December 65.0 58 51 74 58
Average 82.9 67.4 81.9 81.4 85.6 88.1

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 -10.1 -9 -8 -14 -6 -9
February -9.5 -2 -7 -13 -12 -7
March 0.3 -1 -2 -1 6 2
April 7.0 6 4 10 7
May 17.5 21 17 18 16
June 23.4 25 23 26 23
July 25.4 24 25 27 27
August 23.9 23 24 24 25
September 17.9 20 19 20 17
October 8.7 10 11 13 5
November -2.9 0 0 1 2
December -7.7 -1 -8 -7 -5
Average 6.7 -5.9 9.3 7.7 10.0 8.5

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 -17.1 -14 -14 -23 -13 -15
February -19.7 -11 -18 -24 -21 -17
March -10.3 -10 -13 -11 -6 -8
April -3.2 -3 -4 -1 -4
May 6.5 9 6 6 6
June 13.4 16 12 14 13
July 15.8 14 15 17 17
August 14.7 15 15 16 15
September 10.0 12 10 11 9
October 2.5 4 3 6 -1
November -8.9 -5 -6 -5 -6
December -14.4 -7 -14 -16 -13
Average -2.2 -12.2 0.9 -2.9 0.8 -1.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.7 58 54 62 38 50
February 43.0 42 27 63 41 37
March 20.6 35 22 28 8 20
April 20.3 27 44 19 11
May 11.0 4 24 12 6
June 9.7 9 12 6 12
July 5.5 8 9 3 3
August 7.5 11 12 8 4
September 13.5 7 15 7 8
October 25.7 27 19 15 26
November 43.5 32 48 30 29
December 46.8 24 59 48 46
Average 24.6 43.8 19.4 29.6 17.4 18.5

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 7.3 7 7 9 7 7
February 8.1 8 8 9 8 8
March 8.5 10 9 8 9 9
April 8.8 9 9 9 9
May 8.5 10 9 8 8
June 8.2 7 10 8 9
July 7.7 7 8 7 8
August 7.6 7 7 9 8
September 8.2 8 8 8 9
October 8.2 7 9 8 8
November 8.4 9 9 8 9
December 7.3 7 8 8 7
Average 8.1 8.2 7.9 8.4 8.0 8.2

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 234° 220° 250° 210° 209°
February 260° 237° 252° 239° 255°
March 316° 001° 277° 198° 216°
April 049° 058° 006° 278°
May 126° 185° 221° 249°
June 142° 252° 250° 197°
July 280° 263° 235° 230°
August 231° 233° 219° 233°
September 144° 211° 225° 263°
October 350° 243° 170° 252°
November 251° 226° 248° 225°
December 208° 122° 226° 233°

Prevailing wind direction

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