Heath Point Meteorological Aeronautical Presentation System

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Climate Heath Point Meteorological Aeronautical Presentation System 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Natashquan Airport (CYNA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.1 57 63 56 65 77
February 63.7 62 55 47 69 73
March 66.1 46 65 53 72 80
April 68.3 69 54 59 79
May 78.3 78 73 72 86
June 64.7 40 54 71 75
July 68.2 35 69 80 64
August 71.9 50 74 77 86
September 71.1 51 64 63 84
October 67.3 50 53 71 76
November 63.5 55 61 55 67
December 62.8 63 40 74 47
Average 67.9 53.9 54.6 59.4 69.6 75.5

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 80.5 76 79 81 87 91
February 77.7 77 69 72 81 88
March 79.7 66 82 66 87 87
April 82.1 84 71 80 91
May 87.8 86 79 87 93
June 78.3 73 70 80 82
July 77.6 52 77 88 79
August 83.4 78 86 81 90
September 83.5 69 82 82 88
October 81.0 66 71 85 86
November 81.7 79 72 81 80
December 82.8 88 71 90 68
Average 81.3 72.0 74.3 74.6 83.7 85.6

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 -6.4 -5 -4 -7 -4 -7
February -6.0 -3 -9 -7 -4 -5
March -2.9 1 1 -2 -1 -2
April 3.6 5 4 7 3
May 9.9 12 11 10 10
June 15.5 15 17 17 17
July 19.9 22 20 19 20
August 20.1 20 22 21 20
September 15.1 17 17 16 14
October 9.6 11 11 11 8
November 2.3 2 1 6 3
December -2.0 0 1 -2 0
Average 5.7 -3.6 7.7 7.4 8.1 6.6

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 -16.7 -16 -13 -18 -11 -17
February -17.8 -12 -22 -18 -13 -14
March -10.7 -5 -6 -11 -9 -12
April -3.2 -3 -1 1 -4
May 1.6 2 2 3 2
June 7.6 8 8 9 7
July 11.7 15 12 11 12
August 12.4 12 14 13 11
September 7.4 9 9 9 6
October 2.8 5 5 4 1
November -5.8 -5 -5 0 -4
December -10.9 -8 -5 -9 -6
Average -3.7 -12.9 -1.6 -1.5 0.6 -2.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.9 36 33 44 20 19
February 30.4 36 39 46 23 15
March 27.8 42 32 42 21 19
April 22.3 21 40 25 15
May 15.7 16 22 22 11
June 14.4 20 20 11 10
July 10.1 17 15 13 6
August 12.3 33 15 6 7
September 14.7 23 19 19 10
October 12.7 23 11 14 17
November 24.9 36 37 27 15
December 23.6 21 33 20 32
Average 20.1 38.3 25.4 27.6 17.7 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 11.0 12 11 11 10 10
February 11.5 12 10 13 11 12
March 11.9 12 11 13 12 11
April 11.4 10 12 12 12
May 11.2 11 12 12 11
June 10.0 10 10 10 9
July 9.2 8 10 9 9
August 9.3 10 8 9 10
September 10.3 9 11 11 11
October 10.1 10 10 9 11
November 10.9 9 11 12 11
December 11.6 12 14 11 13
Average 10.8 12.0 10.0 11.1 10.6 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 302° 013° 308° 001° 347°
February 297° 294° 300° 332° 296°
March 074° 357° 001° 285° 309°
April 252° 044° 073° 266°
May 285° 087° 310° 292°
June 101° 144° 202° 190°
July 151° 233° 211° 180°
August 141° 219° 241° 249°
September 068° 221° 208° 245°
October 065° 215° 035° 241°
November 295° 342° 277° 264°
December 296° 064° 308° 113°

Prevailing wind direction

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