Cat Lake Airport

CYAC · Canada

Climate Cat Lake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pickle Lake Airport (CYPL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 43.7 31 18 61 37 46
February 56.8 30 52 67 62 75
March 67.4 51 65 57 80 71
April 72.0 54 60 70 77
May 75.2 86 66 69 78
June 78.8 72 79 81 75
July 81.7 81 73 73 90
August 76.3 66 68 68 79
September 66.3 66 60 76 68
October 51.5 41 58 47 69
November 36.2 38 35 57 24
December 46.4 30 42 61 31
Average 62.8 37.8 57.2 62.1 66.5 68.2

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 67.3 63 43 80 61 71
February 80.3 63 85 82 81 97
March 81.2 62 80 74 93 87
April 85.0 74 82 79 86
May 87.5 94 78 86 93
June 89.7 85 91 93 83
July 91.8 94 89 83 96
August 89.5 82 83 84 92
September 84.6 84 83 91 87
October 81.0 73 81 83 93
November 74.0 71 70 87 67
December 67.4 56 63 81 65
Average 81.3 62.8 77.9 80.9 84.0 85.9

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 -12.3 -11 -8 -17 -8 -10
February -11.5 -5 -10 -15 -12 -9
March -2.0 -3 -4 -3 1 -1
April 4.9 3 3 7 4
May 14.2 19 6 15 15
June 22.2 25 21 23 22
July 25.0 23 24 26 27
August 22.5 22 23 24 23
September 16.2 19 17 18 14
October 7.3 8 9 12 3
November -4.3 -3 -2 -1 -3
December -10.2 -3 -13 -11 -9
Average 4.8 -7.5 7.8 5.8 8.0 6.4

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 -19.0 -18 -12 -27 -15 -18
February -21.3 -15 -20 -26 -23 -20
March -14.3 -14 -16 -14 -10 -14
April -7.8 -7 -5 -4 -7
May 3.3 5 2 4 3
June 11.1 14 9 12 11
July 14.2 12 14 14 16
August 12.3 12 13 13 13
September 7.5 10 8 9 6
October 0.8 2 2 5 -3
November -10.2 -9 -7 -7 -9
December -18.5 -10 -21 -20 -16
Average -5.4 -16.4 -2.4 -4.7 -2.3 -3.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.1 52 39 38 26 42
February 45.9 58 38 32 37 25
March 32.3 52 31 36 18 26
April 23.9 41 28 15 21
May 13.3 6 5 13 17
June 11.9 7 23 7 13
July 8.1 12 17 4 3
August 8.6 15 12 9 8
September 15.4 9 15 13 16
October 26.6 35 22 13 26
November 51.4 49 46 36 38
December 44.8 43 42 36 42
Average 28.0 53.8 26.0 24.4 16.9 20.7

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 6.8 7 5 8 7 6
February 7.7 7 8 8 8 8
March 7.9 9 7 7 9 8
April 8.1 9 9 9 8
May 7.9 8 10 8 8
June 7.6 7 8 8 8
July 7.5 7 7 7 8
August 7.6 7 7 9 8
September 8.1 8 8 8 9
October 8.1 7 9 8 8
November 7.6 9 9 9 2
December 7.2 8 7 7 7
Average 7.7 7.8 7.5 8.1 7.9 7.5

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 261° 262° 256° 222° 229°
February 290° 264° 271° 246° 268°
March 301° 355° 293° 235° 234°
April 044° 082° 017° 253°
May 188° 169° 242° 237°
June 129° 245° 252° 166°
July 266° 286° 265° 262°
August 255° 256° 228° 227°
September 169° 244° 232° 258°
October 317° 262° 225° 248°
November 262° 289° 272° 276°
December 232° 217° 235° 255°

Prevailing wind direction

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