Saglek Bay

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Climate Saglek Bay 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kangiqsualujjuaq (Georges River) Airport (CYLU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 43.1 17 33 51 37 32
February 49.0 58 29 49 41 56
March 51.7 55 44 47 41 57
April 52.0 46 39 64 65
May 56.3 26 57 72 51
June 64.3 77 76 60 61
July 67.0 49 78 71 69
August 72.3 76 68 68 81
September 50.0 41 47 63 51
October 44.1 23 34 51 41
November 45.3 44 47 56 44
December 42.9 42 55 41 39
Average 52.6 47.0 44.5 53.0 56.4 54.8

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 68.8 55 66 58 69 65
February 70.9 78 54 63 72 82
March 73.7 81 65 75 69 76
April 76.5 69 65 86 74
May 83.6 69 89 90 85
June 83.2 91 89 85 78
July 82.7 69 81 84 84
August 90.1 93 86 87 91
September 81.5 70 81 85 79
October 80.7 69 88 66 75
November 76.6 75 76 87 68
December 72.7 70 62 76 76
Average 77.8 73.7 71.0 76.2 79.8 78.0

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 -18.8 -15 -16 -22 -11 -17
February -20.8 -17 -22 -22 -14 -20
March -12.8 -10 -9 -12 -12 -13
April -5.9 -2 -4 0 -5
May 3.2 3 4 7 0
June 9.9 12 14 9 9
July 15.1 18 16 13 16
August 14.9 15 14 15 17
September 8.7 8 11 10 9
October 3.1 5 4 6 1
November -5.4 -4 -5 -3 -5
December -10.4 -6 -5 -10 -10
Average -3.2 -14.1 -1.6 -2.4 0.8 -2.5

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 -21.9 -18 -19 -24 -14 -21
February -23.2 -21 -26 -26 -17 -24
March -16.9 -13 -13 -16 -16 -18
April -8.5 -5 -7 -3 -8
May -1.9 0 0 2 -2
June 5.6 8 9 5 5
July 10.2 13 11 10 11
August 10.2 10 10 10 11
September 5.1 5 7 6 5
October 0.5 3 3 1 -1
November -7.1 -6 -7 -6 -8
December -13.8 -8 -8 -12 -13
Average -7.7 -18.7 -4.5 -6.9 -3.3 -5.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.9 88 90 89 52 88
February 75.6 61 99 87 65 74
March 61.1 56 60 65 69 69
April 46.4 47 62 30 39
May 31.6 34 29 18 33
June 20.5 4 13 28 24
July 15.6 18 8 14 12
August 18.8 10 23 22 15
September 31.3 11 27 33 35
October 42.1 54 48 22 55
November 65.6 70 63 55 85
December 68.7 50 68 79 71
Average 48.0 65.2 47.1 48.9 38.3 48.4

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 11.5 13 12 14 8 11
February 11.4 10 13 12 10 10
March 10.4 9 9 10 12 11
April 9.8 8 11 9 10
May 10.7 10 12 11 10
June 9.7 9 9 11 9
July 7.8 7 8 8 7
August 8.6 8 8 9 7
September 9.6 8 10 10 10
October 10.6 10 13 9 12
November 11.7 14 11 10 14
December 11.9 11 13 12 13
Average 10.2 10.4 9.6 10.9 9.8 10.2

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 219° 204° 168° 181° 178°
February 178° 201° 174° 177° 175°
March 159° 096° 180° 225° 185°
April 266° 138° 129° 346°
May 276° 196° 081° 313°
June 319° 301° 273° 320°
July 240° 260° 309° 291°
August 213° 237° 186° 304°
September 293° 313° 133° 252°
October 260° 252° 169° 244°
November 173° 263° 156° 230°
December 176° 148° 202° 162°

Prevailing wind direction

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