Climate Arctic Bay Cs 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Arctic Bay Cs (CXAT) 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
July				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
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
July				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
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	-25.1	-24	-30	-28	-19	-30
February	-28.2	-24	-34	-30	-24	-31
March	-23.3	-22	-22	-23	-24	-26
April	-15.6		-15	-15	-11	-15
May	-4.4		-4	-5	-3	-4
June	4.4			4	5	5
July	8.5			9	7	11
August	8.1		9	8	8	8
September	2.0		4	3	1	2
October	-5.4		-4	-6	1	-3
November	-16.1		-11	-19	-14	-17
December	-20.4		-18	-15	-19	-19
Average	-12.7	-24.7	-13.0	-10.5	-8.3	-10.2

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	-32.2	-29	-36	-32	-25	-35
February	-36.8	-29	-39	-36	-31	-37
March	-31.4	-29	-29	-30	-30	-32
April	-23.5		-24	-22	-18	-22
May	-10.4		-10	-13	-9	-9
June	-1.8			-1	0	0
July	3.0			3	2	5
August	3.6		5	3	3	4
September	-2.8		0	0	-2	-2
October	-9.6		-7	-10	-2	-7
November	-21.3		-16	-25	-18	-21
December	-26.1		-23	-23	-24	-25
Average	-18.9	-29.1	-19.7	-16.9	-13.3	-15.0

11th lowest temperature of Canada

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
July				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
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	3.4	5	3	0	7	2
February	2.5	2	2	0	4	2
March	3.5	5	2	1	6	4
April	4.4		2	4	7	5
May	4.4		5	2	7	4
June				0	0	0
July				0	0	0
August	7.5		9	8	7	7
September	7.2		7	6	8	7
October	7.4		7	9	6	7
November	4.6		6	8	0	8
December			0	0	0	0
Average	5.4	4.2	5.0	4.9	6.3	5.6

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	067°	116°	360°	090°	360°
February	106°	344°	360°	100°	053°
March	135°	073°	085°	133°	089°
April		320°	305°	129°	189°
May		155°	329°	142°	321°
June			360°	360°	360°
July			360°	360°	360°
August		119°	305°	318°	301°
September		339°	016°	300°	040°
October		093°	079°	106°	084°
November		066°	062°	360°	110°
December		360°	360°	360°	360°

Prevailing wind direction

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