Attawapiskat Airport

CYAT · Ontario, Canada

Climate Attawapiskat Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Attawapiskat Airport (CYAT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.5 49 47 73 21 58
February 73.6 48 64 77 79 85
March 76.9 72 77 55 76 82
April 61.1 43 31 67 68
May 73.3 71 75 64 68
June 76.3 93 63 86 63
July 83.5 96 68 85 83
August 77.6 78 73 75 75
September 70.7 73 75 54 68
October 60.0 43 58 54 77
November 55.0 66 41 56 44
December 57.6 59 46 66 46
Average 69.3 57.3 68.0 62.1 68.6 69.3

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 80.7 83 69 82 61 87
February 83.6 71 71 84 93 92
March 87.8 84 89 62 89 92
April 76.9 74 35 81 84
May 88.8 83 89 84 92
June 90.4 96 82 94 81
July 91.7 97 84 93 89
August 92.0 92 88 91 93
September 88.8 87 91 80 91
October 83.5 71 81 81 93
November 78.9 87 73 77 74
December 81.0 79 65 82 79
Average 85.9 79.7 83.2 77.7 85.4 87.6

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 -13.2 -11 -12 -15 -4 -12
February -13.4 -9 -14 -15 -11 -11
March -6.4 -5 -7 -7 -4 -6
April 1.0 0 1 5 0
May 11.3 14 12 12 9
June 18.0 21 20 18 18
July 22.6 23 21 22 25
August 20.7 21 22 22 20
September 15.8 20 18 16 14
October 8.3 9 11 13 4
November -3.4 -2 -1 0 -2
December -10.0 -4 -10 -12 -9
Average 3.2 -9.7 5.9 5.7 7.1 4.2

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 -23.0 -20 -23 -29 -11 -22
February -25.4 -20 -29 -29 -24 -21
March -18.0 -17 -20 -16 -16 -18
April -9.3 -8 -5 -5 -11
May -1.9 1 2 0 -1
June 5.8 7 9 5 6
July 10.3 11 10 9 13
August 9.3 9 10 10 10
September 6.1 7 6 8 6
October 0.8 1 2 5 -3
November -10.6 -9 -7 -6 -10
December -19.3 -12 -20 -22 -18
Average -8.7 -19.1 -6.6 -5.3 -4.6 -6.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 28.6 40 35 31 13 30
February 22.6 29 38 30 14 11
March 16.4 20 23 9 25 13
April 17.2 39 14 5 15
May 13.4 17 14 17 18
June 8.4 6 17 6 8
July 9.4 10 18 3 6
August 8.9 12 13 12 10
September 9.3 2 9 13 17
October 17.2 20 29 11 21
November 31.3 33 41 30 33
December 30.2 22 47 32 37
Average 17.1 28.9 20.7 21.4 14.0 16.6

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 7.3 9 7 10 6 7
February 7.5 8 8 9 7 9
March 8.1 10 9 7 11 9
April 7.5 10 5 9 9
May 7.6 9 9 9 9
June 7.1 8 9 8 8
July 6.6 7 8 7 8
August 6.3 7 8 9 8
September 5.8 7 9 8 9
October 6.0 8 9 6 8
November 6.5 9 9 9 8
December 6.3 7 7 8 8
Average 7.0 9.0 7.9 8.3 8.1 8.4

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 294° 291° 260° 241° 278°
February 325° 270° 271° 251° 288°
March 324° 343° 300° 318° 330°
April 358° 026° 033° 346°
May 344° 321° 344° 330°
June 049° 287° 039° 025°
July 244° 315° 007° 316°
August 360° 264° 271° 023°
September 315° 286° 287° 265°
October 338° 275° 307° 258°
November 264° 302° 284° 278°
December 258° 299° 263° 272°

Prevailing wind direction

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