Race Rocks Automatic Weather Reporting System

CWQK · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Race Rocks Automatic Weather Reporting System 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Race Rocks Automatic Weather Reporting System (CWQK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 6.7 7 0 7 9 8
February 6.1 9 0 8 6 8
March 8.8 10 7 9 9 8
April 11.1 10 10 12 12
May 13.7 15 11 12 15
June 15.7 15 16 19 15
July 16.4 17 17 15 17
August 18.1 19 19 18 17
September 16.6 17 18 16 17
October 13.1 14 15 12 13
November 8.7 10 1 10 10
December 7.2 10 0 6 9
Average 11.4 8.6 11.1 11.1 11.9 12.4

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 4.0 4 0 4 6 4
February 3.4 6 0 5 4 5
March 5.2 6 4 6 5 5
April 6.9 6 6 7 7
May 9.2 10 8 8 10
June 10.6 10 11 11 10
July 11.3 11 12 11 11
August 12.1 13 12 12 12
September 11.4 11 12 11 12
October 9.0 9 10 9 9
November 5.6 7 -2 7 6
December 4.6 7 0 2 6
Average 7.5 5.2 7.3 7.2 7.8 8.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 13.7 16 13 11 13 17
February 14.8 13 15 13 19 13
March 11.9 10 14 11 11 12
April 12.2 13 13 11 11
May 13.6 16 14 13 14
June 14.9 17 13 14 14
July 16.6 18 15 21 15
August 14.0 14 13 16 13
September 10.0 11 12 11 10
October 10.9 11 10 12 13
November 12.3 13 10 14 12
December 12.9 13 13 17 13
Average 13.2 12.6 14.1 12.4 14.2 12.9

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 015° 043° 024° 026° 307°
February 029° 337° 348° 310° 282°
March 001° 029° 321° 274° 301°
April 283° 281° 257° 277°
May 268° 281° 266° 285°
June 265° 271° 264° 273°
July 267° 266° 268° 268°
August 262° 259° 267° 263°
September 265° 245° 276° 240°
October 048° 248° 013° 278°
November 006° 036° 331° 327°
December 358° 027° 345° 020°

Prevailing wind direction

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