Collingwood Automatic Weather Reporting System

CWCO · Ontario, Canada

Climate Collingwood Automatic Weather Reporting System 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wiarton Airport (CYVV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 29.3 9 17 47 37 35
February 44.7 50 37 50 48 47
March 62.8 44 62 53 83 64
April 65.9 67 62 70 75
May 79.8 81 85 82 81
June 82.4 78 86 83 88
July 79.7 79 81 71 79
August 76.9 65 77 86 70
September 74.8 74 65 76 76
October 63.0 52 71 55 67
November 54.0 52 62 53 64
December 39.6 27 37 49 28
Average 61.9 34.8 59.8 67.2 68.3 66.8

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 72.6 64 66 79 91 84
February 79.8 83 80 81 80 85
March 87.2 84 89 80 97 91
April 86.8 87 89 91 95
May 92.1 93 94 94 95
June 92.3 91 92 91 96
July 93.4 94 95 91 95
August 94.8 92 93 97 94
September 95.0 95 92 94 96
October 95.1 93 96 94 99
November 88.7 93 83 81 92
December 82.1 80 86 87 77
Average 87.7 77.4 88.3 88.9 91.3 92.2

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 -2.5 -1 1 -4 -1 0
February -1.7 3 1 -2 -3 -1
March 3.4 6 3 3 7 5
April 9.5 12 9 11 8
May 17.0 17 20 16 15
June 22.0 22 22 24 23
July 24.6 25 24 23 26
August 23.7 22 25 25 24
September 20.3 21 20 20 19
October 14.1 14 15 16 12
November 6.1 6 9 7 10
December 1.6 5 2 3 2
Average 10.6 2.7 12.3 12.1 12.4 11.8

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 -8.5 -5 -4 -13 -6 -6
February -8.4 -5 -7 -11 -10 -7
March -4.0 -2 -4 -4 -3 -3
April 0.7 3 0 2 0
May 6.2 5 8 6 6
June 11.4 12 11 14 11
July 14.8 15 13 14 16
August 14.7 14 15 16 15
September 11.3 11 12 11 11
October 6.5 8 5 10 5
November -1.8 0 1 0 3
December -4.4 0 -2 -3 -3
Average 2.6 -4.2 4.4 3.2 4.3 3.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.5 58 42 42 17 34
February 37.9 26 45 43 36 34
March 21.6 28 24 32 9 12
April 18.0 21 18 13 12
May 11.1 11 8 8 11
June 7.7 9 6 7 2
July 6.3 8 6 10 6
August 6.9 14 8 2 7
September 7.7 6 11 10 6
October 16.8 30 17 9 11
November 25.1 24 24 24 21
December 31.9 37 22 20 31
Average 19.9 36.7 20.9 18.1 12.5 14.0

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 8.5 9 8 9 7 8
February 9.6 8 11 10 9 9
March 9.0 9 9 9 10 8
April 8.6 9 8 8 9
May 7.2 6 7 7 7
June 6.7 6 7 8 6
July 6.4 6 7 6 6
August 6.6 6 6 6 7
September 7.0 6 7 8 8
October 8.3 7 8 7 9
November 9.2 9 10 8 10
December 8.6 8 9 10 8
Average 8.0 8.6 7.4 7.9 7.7 7.9

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 222° 182° 222° 232° 229°
February 239° 237° 235° 232° 250°
March 244° 300° 243° 237° 243°
April 240° 251° 280° 277°
May 336° 203° 277° 331°
June 025° 249° 240° 256°
July 254° 249° 264° 253°
August 251° 249° 234° 264°
September 192° 250° 229° 228°
October 242° 210° 154° 227°
November 234° 216° 220° 227°
December 211° 199° 223° 246°

Prevailing wind direction

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