Fort Providence

CWID · Canada

Climate Fort Providence 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hay River / Merlyn Carter Airport (CYHY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.1 74 48 79 77 65
February 75.9 73 68 83 76 76
March 85.2 90 83 79 88 85
April 83.5 79 90 81 80
May 86.7 94 78 76 91
June 83.0 69 99 88 79
July 82.7 49 96 88 76
August 83.9 73 85 87 75
September 77.0 39 99 69 83
October 62.2 59 55 73 53
November 52.3 55 54 46 62
December 71.3 66 65 63 85
Average 77.8 80.0 65.7 81.9 77.9 76.7

46th 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 85.5 90 76 86 85 82
February 87.4 87 79 89 82 92
March 92.0 94 92 87 93 91
April 92.4 87 100 91 87
May 92.3 96 82 86 98
June 91.2 81 100 95 87
July 89.3 54 100 93 91
August 93.2 85 91 94 89
September 92.4 62 100 89 96
October 89.5 87 77 95 88
November 77.4 75 73 71 87
December 84.2 80 80 81 94
Average 89.6 90.5 79.2 89.8 89.1 90.2

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 -16.2 -19 -12 -19 -13 -19
February -16.9 -10 -18 -19 -20 -14
March -7.0 -6 -8 -9 -8 -10
April 2.6 7 1 1 -1
May 12.8 24 11 12 8
June 19.4 21 21 21 17
July 22.3 24 22 23 21
August 20.9 22 22 20 19
September 15.1 16 20 15 14
October 6.1 9 9 8 3
November -8.9 -3 -7 -5 -9
December -14.2 -5 -18 -22 -12
Average 1.4 -12.2 4.6 3.6 2.8 1.5

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 -24.0 -27 -19 -26 -21 -27
February -26.7 -19 -27 -29 -30 -23
March -20.7 -20 -22 -20 -21 -21
April -9.2 -5 -10 -10 -11
May 1.5 7 2 0 -1
June 8.3 9 10 8 7
July 12.2 13 13 13 12
August 10.6 12 12 10 11
September 5.2 8 6 7 5
October -2.6 0 0 0 -3
November -14.3 -9 -14 -12 -16
December -22.3 -15 -26 -28 -20
Average -9.6 -23.8 -6.3 -7.9 -7.2 -8.7

99th lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.3 36 41 46 25 33
February 27.6 21 31 29 33 23
March 19.6 14 29 24 26 29
April 14.6 15 13 23 23
May 8.3 2 20 10 4
June 8.0 5 3 10 13
July 7.0 1 4 9 14
August 6.5 0 5 10 9
September 7.6 3 0 10 11
October 16.6 12 22 12 25
November 38.4 30 39 29 39
December 30.1 26 42 50 13
Average 16.8 22.3 15.6 17.6 18.0 17.9

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 6.2 6 6 7 6 5
February 6.9 7 7 6 8 8
March 7.7 8 8 8 8 8
April 7.7 9 7 8 7
May 8.0 9 8 8 8
June 7.1 7 7 7 8
July 6.9 6 7 7 7
August 7.6 8 7 7 8
September 8.0 8 9 7 7
October 8.6 9 9 9 10
November 8.1 7 10 8 8
December 6.7 8 7 8 6
Average 7.5 7.1 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.6

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 257° 289° 337° 217° 291°
February 312° 331° 287° 302° 293°
March 088° 058° 332° 007° 318°
April 105° 046° 316° 010°
May 188° 067° 086° 055°
June 098° 078° 022° 081°
July 080° 066° 194° 336°
August 100° 025° 306° 316°
September 232° 252° 127° 300°
October 280° 266° 201° 290°
November 217° 280° 190° 255°
December 222° 268° 275° 243°

Prevailing wind direction

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