Star Brook

CWHU · Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Climate Star Brook 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Deer Lake Airport (CYDF) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 44.2 34 40 39 51 37
February 46.0 37 45 42 47 49
March 53.9 41 52 58 51 60
April 60.8 64 61 56 51
May 63.7 64 54 71 60 60
June 68.3 56 54 75 74
July 70.7 77 57 76 59
August 73.2 74 62 73 71
September 69.4 75 50 70 63
October 64.4 59 55 71 66
November 49.0 36 54 37 60
December 48.3 47 54 36 58
Average 59.9 46.2 58.2 55.8 61.4 60.1

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 82.3 79 79 82 81 93
February 78.9 79 81 81 78 76
March 86.2 83 85 92 78 88
April 89.2 93 96 92 89
May 94.7 92 92 93 98 95
June 93.5 86 88 98 97
July 95.1 97 91 98 90
August 93.7 94 90 92 94
September 92.7 97 84 94 90
October 91.8 96 84 90 86
November 88.2 86 94 75 96
December 86.1 84 91 97 85
Average 89.7 84.3 89.8 89.1 90.0 90.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -2.3 -1.9 -3.7 -1.4 -2.9 -1.9
February -3.3 -3.0 -0.0 -6.5 -3.9 -2.5
March 1.1 2.6 2.9 1.3 0.3 2.1
April 6.2 7.7 6.7 6.9 9.0
May 12.3 13.8 13.9 12.4 13.0 12.0
June 19.0 20.1 17.8 21.1 21.0
July 23.6 25.8 25.5 23.3 20.8
August 23.2 23.6 21.3 24.1 23.8
September 17.9 19.1 18.8 19.3 18.3
October 11.9 11.5 12.5 14.6 11.5
November 5.1 6.0 3.7 3.7 8.5
December 0.9 0.8 3.0 1.8 0.5
Average 9.1 3.5 10.8 9.8 10.8 10.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -9.0 -6.2 -12.9 -7.2 -10.4 -5.2
February -12.6 -10.5 -8.9 -17.1 -12.4 -9.6
March -8.9 -6.0 -5.7 -7.2 -7.0 -9.9
April -2.1 -1.1 -2.3 0.1 0.9
May 1.8 2.7 3.2 1.1 2.3 2.7
June 7.6 9.1 6.9 8.6 8.8
July 12.4 14.1 16.3 12.1 10.8
August 12.1 12.5 11.0 14.0 12.9
September 7.5 8.0 8.8 8.3 9.3
October 2.6 2.5 4.2 3.6 2.5
November -2.7 1.7 -3.7 -2.0 1.5
December -6.8 -6.2 -4.3 -4.5 -7.5
Average 0.1 -5.5 1.8 0.9 1.5 1.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 55.1 58 61 59 69 29
February 59.2 68 44 56 67 56
March 41.0 47 43 28 47 41
April 26.8 28 19 29 30
May 20.0 20 24 17 15 24
June 18.3 28 22 12 13
July 13.7 10 22 18 21
August 14.5 16 20 18 12
September 16.4 5 18 13 21
October 22.5 28 23 10 20
November 40.0 41 27 57 27
December 47.3 52 47 28 48
Average 30.0 44.2 29.4 27.6 28.7 26.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 8.5 9 8 8 8 8
February 9.3 10 9 8 10 9
March 9.7 8 10 9 10 10
April 9.4 10 9 8 10
May 8.6 9 8 9 7 9
June 7.9 8 9 7 8
July 7.5 7 7 8 8
August 7.3 8 7 7 8
September 8.0 7 7 7 9
October 7.5 8 8 8 6
November 8.7 9 7 8 8
December 8.3 8 9 10 8
Average 8.4 8.7 8.4 7.9 8.0 8.4

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 260° 252° 293° 241° 284°
February 254° 264° 260° 256° 279°
March 256° 304° 009° 257° 235°
April 041° 302° 014° 048°
May 299° 039° 268° 264° 253°
June 232° 045° 225° 228°
July 237° 212° 234° 242°
August 236° 237° 239° 241°
September 230° 286° 225° 242°
October 251° 356° 245° 010°
November 026° 248° 290° 228°
December 235° 237° 053° 254°

Prevailing wind direction

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