St. Anthony Airport

CYAY · Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Climate St. Anthony Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of St. Anthony Airport (CYAY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 43.4 37 30 47 30 74
February 45.9 29 57 38 47 46
March 50.0 42 33 45 72 63
April 52.9 51 28 44 60
May 54.3 46 54 51 54
June 50.0 31 49 66 47
July 57.2 35 56 66 60
August 55.3 40 49 69 59
September 63.1 47 61 50 78
October 56.5 43 57 46 60
November 54.9 59 50 57 50
December 42.4 44 23 45 49
Average 52.6 36.2 41.3 47.0 55.0 58.4

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 67.4 56 66 64 70 89
February 63.7 59 67 57 65 61
March 70.5 65 61 62 86 78
April 71.3 71 51 61 80
May 74.9 70 71 78 71
June 66.8 42 71 83 65
July 75.2 58 72 82 81
August 79.2 70 74 91 79
September 81.7 66 82 76 89
October 80.5 60 80 83 84
November 76.8 86 67 73 72
December 72.5 72 66 66 78
Average 73.4 60.2 63.9 68.0 77.4 77.2

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 -5.6 -4 -4 -5 -2 -6
February -6.3 -3 -9 -7 -4 -4
March -2.2 0 0 -3 -1 -3
April 2.0 3 2 4 2
May 7.1 8 8 8 8
June 13.6 12 16 16 14
July 19.3 21 19 18 19
August 19.3 18 21 20 19
September 14.6 15 16 15 16
October 9.1 10 11 8 9
November 2.4 2 1 5 2
December -1.5 1 1 1 2
Average 5.2 -3.8 6.4 6.9 7.5 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 -12.1 -13 -11 -14 -6 -14
February -15.7 -9 -19 -17 -10 -14
March -9.9 -6 -6 -11 -8 -11
April -4.7 -3 -2 -1 -4
May 0.5 0 1 2 1
June 5.1 4 6 7 6
July 10.4 13 10 10 10
August 11.7 12 13 12 11
September 7.3 8 8 8 7
October 3.1 4 5 3 3
November -4.7 -5 -5 0 -4
December -7.1 -6 -4 -8 -4
Average -2.2 -10.9 -1.4 -1.3 0.8 -1.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.3 61 51 63 41 20
February 46.1 57 44 59 47 43
March 35.6 35 51 43 27 28
April 23.8 21 42 26 19
May 19.4 27 21 24 21
June 20.3 33 22 11 15
July 13.4 20 23 12 8
August 12.5 24 18 4 13
September 13.5 15 15 17 6
October 12.4 14 14 13 10
November 27.4 28 43 20 16
December 36.3 49 35 30 27
Average 25.6 50.2 30.7 31.9 20.8 17.3

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 13.3 15 13 14 12 13
February 14.2 15 15 14 13 14
March 14.5 15 13 15 15 16
April 13.5 13 14 14 13
May 12.9 14 13 13 13
June 12.3 13 15 11 11
July 12.2 10 16 11 11
August 10.7 11 6 13 13
September 12.6 12 11 13 14
October 12.8 14 13 12 13
November 12.9 14 11 13 11
December 13.7 14 15 13 12
Average 13.1 15.1 12.6 13.0 12.7 12.7

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 252° 270° 241° 300° 282°
February 264° 242° 256° 288° 245°
March 156° 352° 281° 227° 262°
April 342° 020° 063° 228°
May 333° 257° 297° 269°
June 014° 203° 218° 208°
July 195° 191° 228° 207°
August 135° 194° 231° 227°
September 010° 212° 253° 227°
October 275° 220° 349° 224°
November 236° 298° 171° 245°
December 263° 057° 266° 182°

Prevailing wind direction

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