Clut Lake Automated Reporting Station

CWCX · Canada

Climate Clut Lake Automated Reporting Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rae Lakes Airport (CYRA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.3 61 49 82 76 59
February 76.0 69 77 88 80 77
March 83.0 78 85 77 88 71
April 79.4 84 79 87 78 82
May 84.7 87 93 91 79
June 80.4 81 93 82 88
July 84.6 66 86 96 78
August 77.6 74 92 83 79
September 63.0 52 67 45 76
October 41.3 38 41 43 33
November 47.0 28 45 54 52
December 65.5 32 73 80 64
Average 71.4 72.8 62.7 75.7 74.2 70.2

91st best VFR conditions of Canada

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 75.5 74 70 91 83 75
February 89.7 78 91 91 89 91
March 93.8 93 94 91 98 82
April 92.5 95 96 98 83 92
May 96.3 99 100 98 92
June 94.9 99 99 95 100
July 96.0 85 99 99 92
August 93.0 92 96 98 95
September 89.5 72 97 89 90
October 76.8 64 79 76 78
November 76.5 57 80 77 84
December 81.9 71 77 88 85
Average 88.4 84.0 82.3 92.1 89.9 88.6

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 -23.6 -26 -16 -28 -20 -26
February -21.8 -16 -24 -24 -26 -21
March -14.8 -15 -13 -15 -15 -19
April -3.9 3 1 -4 -4 -3
May 10.3 17 10 8 7
June 18.2 20 21 19 18
July 21.7 25 22 23 20
August 18.7 21 21 19 18
September 11.0 13 12 11 11
October 1.2 3 1 4 -1
November -12.6 -8 -11 -10 -13
December -21.6 -14 -24 -26 -18
Average -3.8 -15.0 1.9 -1.2 -2.6 -2.5

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 -28.2 -30 -22 -32 -26 -31
February -29.4 -22 -31 -31 -33 -28
March -22.4 -22 -23 -23 -23 -24
April -11.6 -5 -6 -12 -10 -12
May 3.5 10 5 2 2
June 12.1 14 15 13 13
July 16.4 20 18 16 17
August 13.7 16 17 14 15
September 5.3 4 6 7 6
October -2.2 1 -2 1 -3
November -16.2 -12 -15 -14 -18
December -26.8 -18 -30 -31 -23
Average -9.8 -21.0 -5.9 -7.9 -7.1 -7.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 36.1 20 47 22 22 47
February 29.1 38 18 18 13 35
March 17.0 3 17 25 12 45
April 14.4 6 8 4 29 23
May 5.8 3 1 1 17
June 12.2 9 3 8 5
July 7.2 1 6 2 21
August 11.3 5 5 6 12
September 10.4 15 4 12 13
October 26.4 15 32 24 36
November 46.8 53 29 37 43
December 34.0 46 27 38 18
Average 18.9 17.7 17.9 14.0 15.0 24.6

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 3.8 4 4 4 3 3
February 4.6 5 4 4 5 5
March 5.3 6 4 5 5 6
April 6.4 6 6 6 8 7
May 6.2 6 6 6 7
June 6.5 6 6 7 7
July 6.8 5 7 6 8
August 6.5 6 6 6 7
September 7.0 7 7 7 7
October 7.6 8 9 7 9
November 5.2 5 7 5 5
December 4.3 5 4 4 4
Average 5.9 5.1 5.7 6.1 5.9 6.3

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 047° 001° 322° 090° 348°
February 065° 348° 024° 336° 339°
March 034° 101° 342° 109° 009°
April 351° 075° 045° 347° 012°
May 047° 083° 107° 023°
June 055° 333° 002° 114°
July 073° 082° 332° 356°
August 307° 164° 002° 041°
September 318° 282° 085° 333°
October 300° 003° 164° 321°
November 090° 350° 101° 277°
December 074° 035° 348° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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