Climate Bow Island 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bow Island (CWXL) 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	-1.1	-4	0	1	3	-4
February	-3.4	1	1	2	-6	2
March	4.6	3	-2	8	12	5
April	12.2		11	11	14	11
May	20.5		24	19	17	18
June	24.8		26	23	28	23
July	29.0		29	28	30	27
August	28.3		28	31	27	29
September	22.5		24	26	25	23
October	13.1		13	17	16	10
November	4.2		8	-2	9	5
December	-1.8		7	-7	-6	2
Average	11.4	0.0	14.1	13.8	14.2	12.2

47th 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	-11.4	-14	-8	-10	-6	-12
February	-14.7	-9	-8	-10	-17	-8
March	-8.2	-8	-13	-5	-3	-7
April	-2.7		-1	-3	-2	-2
May	5.9		9	5	5	4
June	10.3		11	10	11	11
July	11.7		12	13	13	11
August	11.3		12	13	11	11
September	7.0		8	9	7	7
October	0.2		1	3	1	-1
November	-6.1		-3	-11	-3	-5
December	-10.2		-4	-18	-16	-6
Average	-2.6	-11.4	1.4	0.2	0.3	0.0

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	8.7	8	8	10	8	9
February	9.0	7	10	11	10	10
March	8.8	8	9	10	10	9
April	9.5		10	10	9	10
May	8.4		8	9	8	9
June	7.7		7	9	8	8
July	5.9		6	6	5	6
August	6.3		6	6	7	6
September	7.6		7	8	9	8
October	9.2		8	8	11	9
November	9.1		8	9	12	10
December	8.3		8	8	8	8
Average	8.1	7.8	7.6	8.6	8.5	8.3

47th 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	213°	230°	267°	245°	200°
February	236°	253°	276°	266°	249°
March	148°	165°	272°	245°	269°
April		188°	243°	298°	293°
May		164°	275°	227°	162°
June		234°	269°	258°	286°
July		290°	266°	247°	249°
August		279°	265°	285°	265°
September		232°	241°	261°	260°
October		225°	258°	239°	235°
November		242°	279°	241°	244°
December		220°	283°	219°	247°

Prevailing wind direction

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