Statistics Lytton, B. C. 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lytton, B. C. (CWLY) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	70.4	62	67	75	69	77
February	86.2	80	84	88	88	94
March	92.6	94	85	93	95	99
April	97.0	97	98	99	97	99
May	98.6	94	99	99	99	99
June	97.6	98	94	95	99	99
July	97.2	99	98	82	100	99
August	82.8	59	99	83	100	99
September	89.8	92	89		77	98
October	89.4	92	92		84	95
November	77.9	73	66	74	80	93
December	70.3		63	78	66	55
Average	89.0	85.6	88.1	88.8	89.4	93.5

7th best VFR conditions of Canada

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 mi or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	87.0	84	81	89	87	91
February	93.3	92	89	93	98	95
March	97.0	97	94	97	98	100
April	99.0	99	98	99	97	100
May	99.0	95	99	99	100	100
June	98.3	100	96	95	100	99
July	97.6	99	98	86	100	99
August	85.1	64	100	85	100	100
September	92.4	93	92		79	98
October	93.8	96	93		94	98
November	89.5	81	85	88	92	97
December	88.8		81	87	89	95
Average	94.0	90.7	93.2	93.2	95.0	98.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	2.8	5	2	5	3	4
February	4.0	6	7	3	7	-2
March	11.2	11	13	12	10	12
April	16.0	15	14	18	16	17
May	23.8	27	18	23	23	26
June	26.3	27	25	30	24	26
July	31.1	33	32	33	29	28
August	31.4	31	34	32	29	30
September	24.6	25	27		26	22
October	15.0	16	19		14	13
November	6.7	7	3	7	8	7
December	1.0		-4	-2	4	3
Average	16.2	18.5	16.6	14.4	16.1	15.7

1st highest temperature of Canada

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-3.1	-1	-5	-1	-3	-1
February	-4.7	-1	-1	-4	0	-9
March	0.8	0	3	1	0	-2
April	4.3	5	3	4	4	4
May	10.0	12	8	9	10	11
June	13.4	14	12	15	12	14
July	16.5	17	17	21	16	15
August	16.4	16	18	19	16	16
September	12.0	12	12		13	12
October	5.6	6	7		7	4
November	0.9	1	-3	3	2	0
December	-4.2		-10	-7	0	-2
Average	5.8	7.4	5.7	4.5	6.2	5.3

501st lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	23.2	22	19	26	40	15
February	13.9	23	11	13	8	13
March	9.3	10	10	13	5	0
April	7.9	5	11	3	8	5
May	7.2	14	11	7	5	9
June	6.0	9	13	2	8	4
July	2.7	1	5	1	5	5
August	3.5	7	3	7	2	5
September	6.5	8	6		6	8
October	9.0	9	9		9	8
November	18.8	15	32	28	22	3
December	19.5		29	28	17	10
Average	9.8	10.8	12.1	11.8	10.0	6.6

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	5.5	4	4	6	8	6
February	7.1	8	7	8	7	7
March	8.0	7	9	9	9	6
April	8.8	10	9	8	9	9
May	8.5	7	11	9	9	6
June	9.4	9	8	9	10	9
July	8.9	9	9	10	9	9
August	8.0	6	7	9	10	9
September	6.8	7	6		7	8
October	6.6	7	6		7	7
November	6.1	5	6	7	7	5
December	4.8		4	5	5	4
Average	7.6	7.1	7.4	7.9	8.1	7.2

1st highest wind speed of Canada

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	182°	285°	197°	200°	200°
February	209°	197°	201°	199°	009°
March	199°	194°	192°	199°	202°
April	191°	193°	191°	192°	191°
May	187°	190°	190°	191°	185°
June	189°	188°	188°	189°	188°
July	188°	186°	190°	188°	188°
August	189°	190°	190°	189°	188°
September	190°	193°		193°	194°
October	192°	201°		199°	199°
November	193°	360°	195°	200°	268°
December		006°	347°	193°	230°

Prevailing wind direction

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