Kugaaruk Airport

CYBB · Canada

Climate Kugaaruk Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kugaaruk Airport (CYBB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.8 61 53 66 49 57
February 69.2 60 63 69 45 88
March 68.2 62 67 65 69 58
April 67.4 63 59 68 81
May 46.5 57 60 37 51
June 0 0 0 0
July 59.8 94 81 33 51
August 59.2 57 52 41 73
September 28.3 30 23 39 35
October 27.2 27 23 40 16
November 48.3 36 63 46 71
December 35.0 25 40 0 0
Average 54.5 61.3 52.5 52.8 48.8 59.4

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 74.2 67 64 75 68 71
February 78.3 71 68 71 55 90
March 78.0 78 81 71 75 67
April 84.0 85 72 84 92
May 82.6 89 80 58 94
June 0 0 0 0
July 91.2 100 97 66 88
August 89.7 89 89 89 94
September 78.2 78 74 82 87
October 67.6 51 67 83 63
November 79.0 71 81 70 93
December 60.0 25 40 100 100
Average 79.7 73.5 77.1 76.1 74.7 84.4

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 -27.2 -25 -29 -28 -19 -26
February -31.6 -28 -35 -32 -26 -32
March -25.8 -23 -23 -24 -26 -26
April -17.7 -15 -17 -14 -18
May -5.6 -1 -5 -5 -6
June 7.3 7 10 5 8
July 13.3 14 17 10 17
August 11.1 12 9 8 12
September 3.2 5 3 3 3
October -5.7 -2 -5 1 -3
November -16.4 -10 -18 -12 -17
December -23.3 -19 -21 -23 -24
Average -12.7 -26.8 -8.4 -10.9 -9.6 -11.5

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 -33.6 -30 -35 -32 -27 -32
February -36.3 -35 -40 -35 -31 -37
March -30.8 -28 -28 -28 -31 -31
April -22.2 -21 -22 -20 -23
May -9.8 -5 -9 -8 -10
June 3.0 3 5 2 3
July 8.7 9 11 6 12
August 6.5 8 6 4 7
September 0.3 2 1 1 1
October -7.0 -4 -7 -2 -5
November -21.4 -16 -24 -17 -21
December -28.2 -24 -28 -26 -28
Average -16.0 -32.8 -13.8 -14.6 -13.4 -15.0

26th 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 59.0 72 61 55 72 49
February 58.5 50 46 61 87 58
March 59.4 49 56 53 78 64
April 43.3 26 56 49 24
May 31.3 14 24 58 26
June 0 0 0 0
July 13.4 0 8 47 11
August 15.5 13 18 31 14
September 22.6 12 29 24 13
October 40.3 40 46 24 56
November 53.0 68 58 44 47
December 80.0 100 60 0 100
Average 40.6 52.8 31.8 41.3 50.8 34.4

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 10.5 14 8 10 10 14
February 10.8 10 11 12 13 11
March 11.4 11 9 12 13 13
April 9.7 7 10 10 9
May 10.4 12 10 11 11
June 0 0 0 0
July 10.4 9 10 10 10
August 9.8 10 12 11 10
September 9.8 10 12 9 8
October 11.1 9 13 12 11
November 10.6 11 11 9 12
December 11.9 15 10 10 0
Average 10.5 11.1 9.6 11.4 11.1 10.6

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 248° 255° 240° 220° 244°
February 234° 231° 235° 240° 231°
March 230° 232° 240° 234° 227°
April 239° 257° 235° 236°
May 256° 272° 305° 272°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 004° 312° 310° 271°
August 287° 316° 344° 269°
September 360° 021° 089° 189°
October 256° 264° 220° 022°
November 329° 257° 268° 238°
December 127° 237° 263° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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