Burgeo Automated Reporting Station

CWBF · Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Climate Burgeo Automated Reporting Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Stephenville Airport (CYJT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.6 29 30 36 48 42
February 33.5 37 33 37 42 44
March 50.6 45 68 47 53 61
April 57.5 63 58 69 77
May 64.6 77 65 64 57
June 69.7 77 68 68 75
July 65.5 51 72 65 77
August 70.7 68 73 67 74
September 65.2 69 70 61 84
October 60.7 69 75 78 65
November 49.5 55 38 69 57
December 40.6 43 59 48 48
Average 54.9 37.5 60.0 59.6 61.7 65.3

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 84.4 89 78 80 95 85
February 79.1 84 73 77 82 79
March 85.9 82 94 73 88 90
April 89.8 89 88 95 95
May 93.2 97 88 91 93
June 92.0 94 89 85 95
July 90.1 80 88 93 95
August 95.4 97 91 92 95
September 94.1 94 88 97 98
October 94.8 97 92 94 96
November 91.8 92 87 98 94
December 88.4 85 94 88 93
Average 89.7 84.7 89.3 86.1 91.3 92.7

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 -1.2 -1 1 0 0 -3
February -2.1 0 -4 -1 -1 -2
March 1.0 4 2 1 1 0
April 6.2 7 7 10 5
May 10.4 11 12 10 9
June 16.3 17 18 17 18
July 20.3 23 21 19 21
August 21.6 21 23 22 21
September 17.4 20 19 18 17
October 12.1 13 14 13 12
November 5.9 5 6 9 6
December 1.9 3 4 2 5
Average 8.2 0.7 9.9 10.3 10.0 9.1

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 -7.3 -8 -4 -7 -4 -8
February -9.9 -5 -11 -8 -6 -8
March -6.9 -2 -4 -5 -6 -7
April -1.4 0 1 3 -2
May 2.9 3 4 4 3
June 8.6 9 10 10 10
July 13.4 17 13 12 13
August 14.2 14 15 15 14
September 9.9 12 11 12 10
October 5.2 7 7 5 5
November 0.4 0 1 4 0
December -3.0 -2 -1 -4 -1
Average 1.7 -6.8 3.4 3.5 3.7 2.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.6 37 59 69 28 47
February 56.8 51 67 68 59 51
March 35.8 38 25 51 44 31
April 22.8 20 24 17 15
May 17.1 10 17 21 23
June 14.8 16 14 20 11
July 14.2 23 21 17 7
August 11.9 20 15 8 13
September 15.3 16 21 10 8
October 18.4 28 13 14 22
November 32.0 30 50 24 21
December 43.3 42 29 48 29
Average 27.4 42.0 27.8 30.5 23.7 21.1

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 12.1 13 12 13 9 11
February 13.0 12 12 13 13 14
March 12.7 13 12 14 12 12
April 11.7 11 11 14 13
May 10.5 11 10 11 11
June 8.4 9 9 8 8
July 8.5 7 10 9 8
August 9.5 10 9 10 11
September 10.0 9 10 11 11
October 10.2 9 10 9 11
November 13.0 11 14 13 12
December 12.8 12 15 13 11
Average 11.0 12.5 10.1 11.1 10.7 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 274° 300° 260° 316° 324°
February 273° 285° 261° 305° 260°
March 191° 340° 267° 248° 308°
April 301° 033° 083° 232°
May 293° 281° 273° 272°
June 074° 250° 238° 216°
July 203° 239° 229° 237°
August 207° 249° 251° 244°
September 147° 241° 226° 238°
October 017° 245° 002° 263°
November 265° 288° 212° 249°
December 263° 091° 270° 167°

Prevailing wind direction

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