Whistler

CWAE · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Whistler 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Whistler (CWAE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.9 45 54 53 55 38
February 65.7 73 47 58 59 64
March 72.6 79 88 51 64 71
April 75.4 61 79 87 88
May 87.1 85 80 87 86
June 87.4 81 79 86 87
July 91.5 95 85 92 91
August 83.4 89 98 79 91
September 79.2 92 89 72 67
October 76.4 81 76 65 68
November 65.4 75 77 48 51
December 55.5 35 72 65 54
Average 75.0 66.9 74.0 76.0 73.4 73.5

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 76.7 67 73 76 78 65
February 81.3 80 67 86 77 89
March 88.7 89 96 75 90 88
April 92.4 76 92 96 99
May 97.6 96 97 99 99
June 99.1 97 98 99 100
July 98.9 98 100 97 99
August 90.9 96 99 93 99
September 94.0 98 99 96 79
October 91.6 93 89 88 88
November 84.4 90 89 72 73
December 74.1 61 83 82 73
Average 89.0 79.5 87.3 91.5 90.3 88.9

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 -1.9 -1 1 0 1 -1
February 1.3 4 1 3 0 3
March 6.5 8 6 7 7 6
April 10.8 9 9 13 12
May 18.9 22 13 18 18
June 20.9 23 19 24 19
July 25.5 27 25 28 24
August 26.0 27 28 25 23
September 19.4 19 23 18 21
October 11.2 12 17 9 11
November 3.6 5 1 4 3
December -1.6 3 -4 -3 1
Average 10.9 3.4 12.1 12.4 12.0 11.6

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 -4.3 -4 -2 -4 -2 -5
February -5.5 -1 -3 -3 -5 -3
March -2.1 -1 -1 0 -2 -3
April 0.9 1 0 0 1
May 5.5 9 4 4 6
June 9.0 11 9 10 8
July 11.4 13 13 12 10
August 11.7 12 14 12 10
September 8.2 9 9 8 9
October 3.3 5 6 3 4
November -1.2 0 -4 0 -1
December -4.3 0 -8 -7 -2
Average 2.3 -3.8 4.1 3.6 2.9 2.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 30.7 31 21 32 35 45
February 24.4 21 33 16 29 25
March 18.8 13 7 27 19 18
April 19.3 27 20 14 11
May 9.5 1 19 8 8
June 12.7 8 15 10 23
July 6.2 7 7 1 10
August 3.8 5 1 5 8
September 14.6 16 5 21 8
October 19.2 14 10 32 22
November 26.8 14 18 43 33
December 28.4 26 29 24 29
Average 17.3 20.7 14.7 15.4 18.4 18.4

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 1.1 1 1 1 1 1
February 1.9 1 2 2 2 2
March 1.9 1 2 2 2 2
April 2.0 2 2 2 2
May 2.0 2 2 2 2
June 2.2 2 2 2 2
July 2.1 2 2 2 2
August 2.0 2 2 2 2
September 1.8 2 2 2 2
October 1.6 1 2 2 2
November 1.3 1 1 1 1
December 1.0 1 1 2 1
Average 1.7 1.2 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.9

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 114° 360° 195° 262° 141°
February 137° 167° 166° 163° 179°
March 180° 138° 172° 175° 166°
April 180° 161° 157° 170°
May 187° 184° 175° 170°
June 174° 182° 178° 181°
July 180° 175° 182° 182°
August 180° 181° 178° 182°
September 176° 161° 178° 180°
October 062° 185° 169° 170°
November 177° 028° 182° 167°
December 173° 005° 156° 177°

Prevailing wind direction

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