Climate Salmon Arm Automatic Weather Reporting System 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Salmon Arm Automatic Weather Reporting System (CWSL) 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	0.6	0	2	0	2	0
February	1.5	5	2	3	2	4
March	8.3	10	9	8	11	8
April	14.4		14	14	16	14
May	21.6		25	18	21	20
June	24.1		26	23	27	22
July	28.5		31	29	31	26
August	27.8		28	30	27	27
September	21.6		23	23	21	23
October	12.9		15	16	13	11
November	5.1		7	1	6	6
December	0.7		3	-4	-2	2
Average	12.8	4.8	15.3	13.9	14.7	13.5

42nd highest temperature of Canada

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	-5.2	-5	-3	-5	-3	-5
February	-7.7	-3	-4	-6	-6	-4
March	-3.7	-2	-4	0	-1	-3
April	2.0		3	1	2	2
May	7.8		10	6	6	8
June	11.1		11	11	12	11
July	13.0		13	14	14	13
August	12.1		13	15	12	12
September	8.8		9	9	8	10
October	2.9		4	4	3	4
November	-1.2		0	-4	0	-1
December	-4.2		-1	-9	-8	-2
Average	2.5	-4.8	4.3	3.2	3.3	3.5

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	1.9	2	1	2	2	2
February	2.4	2	2	3	3	2
March	2.2	3	1	2	3	3
April	3.2		2	4	4	4
May	2.4		2	3	3	2
June	2.3		2	2	2	2
July	2.2		2	2	2	2
August	2.1		2	2	3	2
September	2.0		2	2	2	2
October	2.0		2	2	2	2
November	2.1		2	3	2	2
December	2.3		2	3	4	2
Average	2.2	2.1	1.7	2.4	2.6	2.3

42nd 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	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	199°	006°	069°	173°	276°
February	341°	005°	005°	352°	245°
March	358°	002°	352°	353°	345°
April		017°	347°	355°	355°
May		357°	012°	344°	001°
June		346°	332°	348°	333°
July		345°	345°	345°	346°
August		343°	335°	360°	345°
September		352°	353°	333°	348°
October		351°	150°	175°	354°
November		191°	333°	180°	167°
December		154°	360°	295°	183°

Prevailing wind direction

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