Sable Island, N. S.

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Climate Sable Island, N. S. 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sable Island, N. S. (CWSA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.3 35 27 32 37 0
February 38.2 37 38 44 48 0
March 40.1 25 43 49 64 0
April 50.3 68 60 64 0
May 51.7 72 50 71 0
June 41.8 37 44 44 0
July 33.4 21 49 50 0
August 45.5 51 43 34 0
September 54.2 43 67 31 54
October 61.0 58 46 60 62
November 62.5 68 62 73 62
December 39.5 41 23 59 53
Average 44.2 31.3 45.3 47.7 52.7 16.9

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 64.6 82 58 68 85 0
February 62.6 67 65 76 73 0
March 62.3 49 76 72 79 0
April 61.1 77 70 74 0
May 58.2 75 57 77 0
June 46.3 39 50 51 0
July 38.3 27 54 55 0
August 55.3 63 57 39 0
September 65.0 52 82 35 61
October 74.4 76 54 82 73
November 82.3 92 82 85 75
December 65.5 67 50 88 74
Average 60.1 63.6 60.4 62.9 66.3 20.4

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 4.1 3 7 4 4 4
February 3.2 3 3 4 4 3
March 3.8 5 3 5 5 4
April 6.6 6 7 7 6
May 9.7 9 10 11 10
June 10.9 14 15 3 5
July 13.7 21 20 2 0
August 15.3 21 22 0 0
September 16.1 20 20 0 19
October 14.5 16 16 12 15
November 10.6 9 12 12 11
December 6.0 7 7 7 8
Average 8.9 3.6 11.4 12.0 5.4 7.0

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 -1.1 -1 2 -2 0 -1
February -2.1 -1 -3 -1 0 -2
March -1.4 1 0 0 -1 -1
April 2.3 3 3 2 2
May 4.5 5 4 3 5
June 6.7 9 11 0 1
July 10.4 16 15 0 0
August 12.4 17 18 0 0
September 12.3 15 15 0 14
October 10.2 11 11 9 10
November 5.3 4 6 6 6
December 1.6 3 4 1 4
Average 4.5 -1.8 6.9 7.0 1.7 3.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.5 29 38 30 14 0
February 31.9 37 53 35 25 0
March 20.7 26 25 29 17 0
April 13.5 20 7 17 0
May 10.4 23 3 5 0
June 14.7 36 9 0 0
July 17.7 32 16 0 0
August 7.5 18 8 0 0
September 5.7 5 10 0 13
October 14.0 23 18 9 12
November 16.0 18 19 13 19
December 19.5 28 29 14 21
Average 16.5 30.5 27.1 16.2 8.1 4.5

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 16.0 16 16 17 16 15
February 15.7 9 18 19 18 15
March 15.9 13 16 16 16 17
April 15.1 14 14 17 17
May 13.2 15 12 13 16
June 10.2 11 11 12 3
July 8.5 10 10 10 0
August 8.8 10 10 10 0
September 10.3 10 12 11 12
October 12.6 13 10 12 13
November 16.0 14 18 16 15
December 16.8 15 20 18 17
Average 12.8 12.5 13.2 13.3 13.4 10.7

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 321° 274° 257° 344° 285°
February 248° 309° 252° 285° 257°
March 205° 338° 244° 259° 320°
April 329° 237° 016° 339°
May 181° 017° 225° 227°
June 166° 182° 207° 241°
July 179° 217° 207° 360°
August 184° 201° 216° 360°
September 167° 307° 217° 173°
October 236° 091° 342° 360°
November 294° 266° 220° 238°
December 289° 038° 272° 229°

Prevailing wind direction

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