Chatham Automatic Weather Reporting System

CWCQ · New Brunswick, Canada

Climate Chatham Automatic Weather Reporting System 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bathurst Airport (CZBF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.4 75 44 66 66 75
February 72.2 70 69 63 74 85
March 65.9 52 59 61 87 80
April 65.2 66 55 59 83
May 76.5 68 72 85 86
June 70.5 34 64 91 86
July 80.9 62 91 87 67
August 81.3 56 83 93 90
September 77.8 64 70 78 93
October 77.4 67 82 69 85
November 70.8 62 66 77 76
December 63.5 59 36 75 56
Average 72.8 63.7 58.7 68.3 79.5 81.0

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 83.4 92 74 77 92 86
February 83.8 79 78 76 85 93
March 77.1 65 75 75 94 86
April 78.2 78 69 78 87
May 86.4 83 79 91 92
June 82.7 57 76 97 91
July 90.0 75 94 96 85
August 91.5 75 96 98 95
September 87.9 78 80 91 96
October 88.7 80 88 89 94
November 86.7 86 80 95 92
December 82.0 78 64 89 80
Average 84.8 76.7 75.6 79.8 91.3 89.9

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 -5.8 -3 -2 -8 -2 -4
February -3.1 0 -4 -3 -3 -3
March 1.4 3 2 1 4 1
April 7.2 8 8 9 6
May 15.9 16 17 16 17
June 21.6 19 21 24 24
July 25.6 26 26 24 25
August 24.4 21 25 27 25
September 19.4 21 19 19 20
October 13.3 15 16 14 11
November 4.0 4 6 6 6
December -2.9 2 1 -1 1
Average 9.1 0.0 10.7 11.2 11.6 10.7

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 -14.6 -13 -10 -18 -9 -12
February -14.3 -11 -17 -14 -12 -13
March -8.5 -5 -6 -8 -8 -9
April -2.7 -1 -1 1 -2
May 3.9 4 5 4 5
June 9.9 10 10 12 11
July 14.5 18 15 13 15
August 13.6 13 15 15 13
September 9.1 11 10 10 8
October 3.8 6 4 5 2
November -4.3 -4 -2 -2 -2
December -9.2 -5 -5 -9 -7
Average -1.3 -10.5 1.6 1.0 1.7 0.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.0 34 49 49 19 32
February 30.6 33 40 40 26 16
March 31.6 40 39 39 12 22
April 22.7 12 34 29 16
May 15.0 22 16 13 14
June 14.8 28 24 8 3
July 8.4 12 12 7 9
August 11.5 28 14 5 8
September 13.5 24 11 19 6
October 12.9 27 8 13 11
November 21.5 26 31 15 14
December 28.3 28 49 21 29
Average 20.8 36.0 27.0 26.0 14.8 13.4

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 7.1 8 6 8 6 6
February 8.0 8 9 8 8 8
March 8.2 7 7 9 9 8
April 7.4 7 7 7 9
May 7.3 8 6 8 8
June 6.5 7 6 7 7
July 5.9 5 7 6 6
August 5.8 5 5 6 7
September 6.2 5 6 6 7
October 6.5 6 6 5 7
November 7.7 8 8 7 7
December 7.5 7 8 8 7
Average 7.0 7.6 6.5 6.9 7.0 7.3

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 284° 319° 280° 298° 296°
February 284° 287° 282° 290° 266°
March 326° 345° 285° 271° 302°
April 314° 334° 010° 302°
May 337° 329° 316° 297°
June 045° 207° 245° 265°
July 198° 258° 264° 144°
August 271° 246° 226° 271°
September 013° 278° 259° 245°
October 287° 225° 335° 256°
November 269° 282° 270° 261°
December 285° 004° 276° 266°

Prevailing wind direction

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