Brevoort Island

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Climate Brevoort Island 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Iqaluit Airport (CYFB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.8 62 64 74 67 62
February 73.8 61 77 70 70 88
March 72.7 79 68 62 84 66
April 67.4 58 70 57 81
May 59.9 57 68 60 56
June 73.2 73 87 58 72
July 71.5 50 79 69 73
August 72.0 66 69 72 81
September 67.3 46 69 77 77
October 62.2 59 52 71 66
November 72.7 68 72 87 75
December 64.4 59 54 71 69
Average 69.0 69.3 61.0 70.6 68.8 72.1

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.2 78 76 80 75 82
February 84.3 70 83 76 85 96
March 84.1 91 86 81 88 76
April 83.8 81 86 77 90
May 89.0 92 89 90 91
June 93.3 98 95 84 97
July 85.0 69 86 94 87
August 88.3 83 89 89 91
September 88.5 78 87 93 96
October 88.1 91 82 94 86
November 89.8 87 90 96 92
December 81.9 78 67 88 88
Average 86.4 81.1 83.8 86.1 87.8 89.8

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 -21.7 -17 -23 -22 -14 -22
February -24.6 -22 -30 -25 -16 -26
March -17.8 -16 -14 -16 -19 -16
April -8.3 -7 -8 -4 -8
May -1.5 0 -2 0 0
June 7.1 7 11 6 6
July 11.6 10 12 12 14
August 10.7 10 10 10 14
September 5.4 5 7 5 5
October -1.9 0 0 3 -1
November -8.8 -4 -10 -6 -8
December -11.4 -9 -7 -11 -8
Average -6.1 -19.9 -5.5 -4.0 -3.2 -5.8

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 -28.5 -24 -30 -29 -22 -30
February -30.0 -29 -36 -33 -23 -31
March -24.1 -24 -21 -22 -27 -24
April -15.0 -13 -16 -12 -15
May -6.3 -6 -8 -6 -6
June 1.3 1 2 0 1
July 4.8 5 5 6 7
August 4.6 4 4 5 6
September 0.7 0 2 0 0
October -5.8 -5 -4 -1 -4
November -13.0 -8 -17 -12 -15
December -18.1 -17 -14 -17 -17
Average -13.7 -26.4 -11.7 -11.5 -10.9 -11.2

43rd 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 70.7 72 73 81 57 65
February 67.1 62 47 91 58 56
March 58.8 42 59 51 64 65
April 46.2 48 44 38 39
May 24.2 20 28 20 22
June 11.9 12 8 24 13
July 16.0 27 14 15 15
August 15.0 19 19 22 7
September 19.2 17 23 16 13
October 26.4 25 30 4 36
November 43.5 49 50 34 52
December 51.1 46 35 42 52
Average 35.0 55.4 32.0 33.1 29.2 30.2

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 8.6 9 8 8 10 8
February 7.7 7 8 6 9 7
March 9.0 5 8 7 12 10
April 10.6 10 11 9 9
May 10.3 11 11 9 11
June 8.8 9 9 10 8
July 6.9 6 6 7 6
August 7.7 8 7 9 8
September 9.6 10 10 9 9
October 9.4 10 12 7 8
November 10.2 11 10 10 11
December 9.3 9 9 10 10
Average 8.7 6.7 9.0 8.7 9.0 8.8

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 340° 332° 333° 336° 326°
February 327° 326° 325° 335° 326°
March 354° 337° 312° 328° 326°
April 341° 343° 113° 338°
May 335° 336° 323° 008°
June 306° 322° 170° 003°
July 148° 141° 250° 030°
August 174° 152° 165° 319°
September 292° 140° 049° 049°
October 315° 046° 152° 072°
November 087° 358° 337° 349°
December 039° 123° 336° 108°

Prevailing wind direction

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