L'Acadie

CWIZ · Quebec, Canada

Climate L'Acadie 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Franklin County State Airport (KFSO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.5 51 46 66 51 62
February 77.0 83 78 76 77 70
March 77.0 75 75 78 87 91
April 76.8 50 87 83 91
May 85.1 0 98 91 93
June 83.7 0 96 95 93
July 90.8 0 97 79 93
August 90.0 82 84 91 94
September 85.6 81 74 90 88
October 78.3 79 97 14 86
November 77.2 82 76 79 87
December 67.9 49 72 70 74
Average 78.4 70.3 62.0 85.1 80.1 86.7

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 82.6 83 81 74 87 82
February 86.7 95 87 82 89 84
March 88.5 83 88 91 96 98
April 85.3 51 94 92 97
May 92.0 0 99 99 99
June 87.9 0 97 100 97
July 97.3 0 99 95 96
August 96.4 94 92 98 99
September 94.2 92 87 98 95
October 88.3 91 98 23 97
November 91.1 96 92 91 97
December 86.4 74 87 89 91
Average 89.3 86.9 74.5 92.0 91.8 95.0

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 -2.3 -1 1 -5 -2 1
February 0.8 4 1 0 -2 1
March 4.8 7 4 6 8 8
April 11.5 10 13 15 12
May 19.0 0 23 21 20
June 23.1 0 25 28 27
July 27.4 0 28 25 30
August 26.5 25 27 28 26
September 22.3 24 21 23 22
October 14.9 17 17 5 14
November 6.9 6 10 7 11
December 1.6 4 3 4 3
Average 11.5 3.4 8.8 14.6 13.7 14.1

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 -10.4 -7 -5 -18 -9 -6
February -9.3 -6 -9 -10 -11 -8
March -4.0 -1 -3 -3 -4 -1
April 2.0 2 2 3 2
May 8.3 0 10 9 9
June 12.8 0 13 16 15
July 16.8 0 17 16 19
August 16.2 15 16 19 16
September 11.8 12 12 13 10
October 6.2 9 5 3 5
November -1.2 -1 2 -1 3
December -6.1 -2 -3 -6 -4
Average 2.4 -5.6 1.5 3.8 4.2 4.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.4 21 20 16 13 16
February 15.3 8 17 20 17 20
March 13.3 19 18 12 7 9
April 13.0 3 15 16 9
May 9.1 0 10 5 4
June 8.0 0 11 8 5
July 5.9 0 4 9 4
August 6.0 11 6 7 7
September 7.3 5 10 6 6
October 11.3 17 3 11 13
November 13.1 8 13 12 8
December 17.3 24 20 10 14
Average 11.5 15.8 11.8 10.7 9.4 8.9

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 4.0 4 3 5 3 3
February 5.1 5 5 6 4 5
March 5.4 5 5 5 6 6
April 5.0 3 5 5 6
May 4.3 0 4 4 5
June 3.9 0 4 5 4
July 3.4 0 4 3 3
August 3.4 4 3 4 3
September 3.5 2 3 4 5
October 4.2 4 4 0 5
November 5.0 5 5 4 6
December 4.3 3 4 5 5
Average 4.3 4.9 3.4 4.4 4.1 4.7

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 253° 307° 251° 289° 211°
February 217° 212° 199° 241° 240°
March 275° 278° 226° 234° 242°
April 252° 286° 321° 293°
May 360° 215° 282° 279°
June 360° 213° 211° 221°
July 360° 218° 251° 238°
August 225° 206° 205° 228°
September 262° 247° 206° 203°
October 199° 191° 151° 202°
November 216° 210° 217° 203°
December 208° 230° 220° 218°

Prevailing wind direction

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