Kasabonika Airport

CYAQ · Canada

Climate Kasabonika Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Big Trout Lake Airport (CYTL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.8 39 31 66 50 62
February 69.7 54 57 77 63 73
March 69.6 51 69 70 84 76
April 77.1 73 68 69 76
May 72.3 79 59 64 74
June 74.2 80 65 69 62
July 72.5 67 63 63 72
August 77.3 56 77 93 73
September 74.3 74 66 99 67
October 52.4 36 52 69 60
November 40.3 34 35 44 34
December 51.0 31 47 69 42
Average 66.2 48.6 58.8 62.7 70.8 66.0

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 74.4 70 63 80 65 75
February 83.8 76 69 83 78 93
March 84.7 69 83 87 91 87
April 89.1 91 79 83 91
May 88.8 92 83 85 91
June 85.7 88 83 84 76
July 83.9 82 79 68 85
August 88.5 65 94 94 90
September 90.1 88 89 100 92
October 80.2 59 82 90 86
November 76.7 77 68 82 75
December 69.9 50 58 82 70
Average 83.4 71.4 76.9 81.5 83.8 85.1

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 -15.8 -12 -10 -19 -10 -14
February -14.4 -9 -17 -16 -14 -12
March -5.2 -6 -7 -5 -2 -4
April 2.9 3 3 5 1
May 12.5 17 12 12 11
June 19.7 24 19 19 19
July 23.1 21 23 23 25
August 20.6 21 22 20 21
September 15.0 19 17 17 13
October 6.1 7 8 11 2
November -6.7 -3 -4 -2 -5
December -13.9 -4 -13 -16 -12
Average 2.8 -9.0 7.1 4.5 5.2 3.7

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 -23.2 -21 -20 -30 -18 -22
February -25.0 -21 -28 -30 -27 -24
March -18.0 -19 -21 -19 -15 -19
April -9.0 -9 -8 -6 -10
May 0.4 3 2 0 -1
June 8.1 11 7 8 8
July 11.7 11 11 11 14
August 10.8 11 11 10 12
September 6.5 10 7 9 5
October 0.2 1 1 4 -3
November -12.7 -10 -10 -7 -12
December -20.0 -12 -20 -24 -19
Average -8.8 -21.8 -4.8 -6.0 -5.7 -6.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.9 57 58 41 43 42
February 30.9 51 34 25 32 27
March 30.5 53 30 29 24 32
April 16.8 24 29 20 14
May 15.3 13 25 21 21
June 13.6 7 27 15 14
July 11.5 24 19 7 7
August 9.9 13 14 10 12
September 12.5 6 21 6 20
October 26.1 31 24 18 39
November 53.9 53 54 44 61
December 46.5 56 55 40 47
Average 25.7 53.4 27.0 28.3 21.0 24.9

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 6.2 7 2 8 6 6
February 6.1 7 9 0 7 8
March 6.5 8 6 0 8 7
April 6.5 7 2 8 8
May 7.1 6 8 7 8
June 6.5 6 7 7 6
July 6.7 7 6 6 7
August 6.9 6 7 7 7
September 7.5 6 8 8 8
October 7.7 6 9 7 8
November 6.9 10 0 9 8
December 6.3 8 0 7 8
Average 6.9 7.4 6.1 4.9 7.1 7.3

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 295° 288° 280° 261° 258°
February 325° 278° 360° 271° 281°
March 323° 303° 130° 296° 263°
April 029° 060° 319° 304°
May 071° 249° 296° 340°
June 164° 293° 257° 127°
July 281° 302° 263° 245°
August 286° 276° 250° 238°
September 234° 278° 248° 287°
October 346° 278° 268° 271°
November 296° 360° 289° 283°
December 263° 360° 272° 273°

Prevailing wind direction

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