Atikokan Automated Reporting Station

CWCH · Ontario, Canada

Climate Atikokan Automated Reporting Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Scotts Seaplane Base (KCDD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 43.4 25 31 69 48 33
February 70.1 68 92 57 72 81
March 76.8 71 83 75 86 75
April 69.4 63 70 64 88
May 83.0 84 79 87 89
June 85.8 85 89 99 90
July 91.9 91 90 94 97
August 81.6 76 82 83 85
September 75.9 70 83 92 86
October 69.2 66 81 58 79
November 61.1 66 57 64 70
December 44.1 38 46 52 50
Average 71.9 58.3 70.4 75.7 75.7 81.4

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 73.8 63 65 89 75 88
February 88.3 91 98 72 96 96
March 89.7 86 87 89 95 94
April 85.1 84 82 85 95
May 94.4 93 92 98 97
June 95.8 95 96 99 99
July 97.7 98 98 98 100
August 93.6 91 96 91 94
September 92.6 92 95 97 96
October 89.7 90 94 83 91
November 86.1 89 82 86 91
December 72.6 68 76 74 73
Average 89.1 81.5 87.9 89.9 90.2 93.8

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 -8.1 -4 -6 -11 -5 -5
February -6.2 2 -2 -10 -10 -4
March 2.0 3 1 0 6 4
April 7.6 8 5 10 7
May 17.8 21 18 18 17
June 23.0 25 25 24 24
July 24.2 23 24 27 23
August 23.7 24 24 25 24
September 18.6 22 19 19 17
October 9.7 12 13 13 6
November 1.0 3 2 0 4
December -4.4 2 -5 -5 -4
Average 8.7 0.3 11.9 9.0 10.1 10.3

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 -18.3 -11 -14 -26 -14 -12
February -19.6 -10 -14 -24 -20 -21
March -11.2 -9 -15 -12 -7 -10
April -5.7 -6 -5 -2 -5
May 3.4 4 4 3 2
June 9.7 10 10 12 10
July 11.5 9 11 12 14
August 11.2 10 12 13 11
September 7.6 9 7 9 5
October 1.2 3 0 5 -3
November -7.2 -6 -7 -6 -6
December -12.5 -5 -13 -13 -11
Average -3.7 -10.4 0.1 -4.6 -1.2 -2.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.2 26 13 16 9 8
February 18.7 15 8 40 11 9
March 11.8 15 12 14 7 11
April 18.1 19 25 17 6
May 5.1 0 11 3 2
June 4.7 0 6 6 4
July 3.2 0 7 1 4
August 2.7 0 5 5 4
September 5.0 0 8 8 5
October 7.5 3 5 6 15
November 20.4 13 28 21 17
December 22.3 16 28 35 17
Average 11.1 17.7 6.0 14.0 9.7 7.9

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 2.7 2 2 4 2 1
February 4.0 4 4 5 5 4
March 4.2 4 4 4 4 4
April 3.8 4 3 4 4
May 3.7 4 4 4 4
June 3.1 2 4 3 4
July 2.9 3 3 3 3
August 2.6 2 3 4 3
September 2.8 2 3 3 4
October 3.4 3 4 3 3
November 3.4 4 3 4 3
December 2.6 3 3 3 3
Average 3.3 3.7 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.7

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 262° 298° 269° 254° 180°
February 290° 263° 302° 263° 254°
March 323° 321° 311° 245° 255°
April 339° 333° 339° 320°
May 055° 232° 271° 322°
June 146° 251° 270° 229°
July 296° 284° 279° 282°
August 290° 257° 234° 241°
September 179° 262° 232° 248°
October 312° 239° 223° 251°
November 265° 271° 285° 240°
December 243° 291° 238° 243°

Prevailing wind direction

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