Baker Lake Airport

CYBK · Canada

Climate Baker Lake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Baker Lake Airport (CYBK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.2 66 48 49 61 58
February 65.9 64 88 57 62 63
March 70.3 54 75 70 74 78
April 68.4 57 74 66 73
May 52.2 63 49 49 55
June 78.2 77 87 77 62
July 84.5 87 88 77 84
August 75.4 80 82 67 77
September 51.3 58 47 39 37
October 41.8 50 28 45 45
November 62.5 47 57 60 72
December 66.4 55 69 83 54
Average 65.2 59.9 67.9 64.7 63.2 64.2

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 69.9 76 63 60 80 69
February 72.4 71 92 60 68 68
March 78.6 62 85 82 78 83
April 81.6 77 88 81 80
May 81.1 81 79 80 83
June 91.6 91 97 96 82
July 96.4 100 100 96 96
August 94.0 96 100 94 90
September 86.7 84 87 75 87
October 77.4 76 76 72 88
November 81.2 71 75 78 88
December 80.6 75 76 94 73
Average 82.6 67.8 85.0 84.9 83.5 83.7

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 -25.1 -24 -23 -28 -22 -23
February -29.8 -25 -34 -31 -25 -28
March -21.2 -21 -23 -20 -22 -21
April -13.8 -10 -13 -11 -13
May -2.6 6 -1 -2 -4
June 11.3 14 14 10 11
July 18.2 20 20 17 18
August 16.0 18 16 15 18
September 8.0 10 9 9 7
October -2.7 2 0 3 -2
November -15.3 -11 -17 -10 -16
December -22.6 -15 -22 -23 -23
Average -8.0 -24.8 -4.2 -6.7 -5.0 -7.6

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 -32.8 -31 -30 -32 -28 -30
February -35.8 -32 -38 -36 -32 -33
March -29.4 -29 -30 -26 -30 -31
April -21.3 -17 -21 -21 -22
May -8.0 -2 -8 -9 -12
June 2.2 3 4 2 2
July 8.1 10 10 7 8
August 7.4 9 8 6 8
September 1.8 4 3 3 2
October -6.0 -3 -6 -1 -6
November -21.2 -17 -23 -17 -23
December -28.2 -24 -30 -28 -29
Average -16.9 -31.6 -12.9 -13.5 -13.9 -14.3

32nd 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 85.0 86 87 91 83 82
February 87.0 84 83 94 78 92
March 75.7 78 85 67 88 84
April 46.9 30 29 60 58
May 34.5 18 25 35 49
June 11.4 10 20 6 13
July 8.7 10 4 10 9
August 11.4 12 14 10 10
September 18.6 20 21 19 18
October 37.1 25 39 17 53
November 72.8 79 77 60 61
December 78.3 82 85 82 90
Average 44.0 81.8 35.1 37.4 37.8 43.4

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 13.6 15 14 16 11 13
February 13.2 13 10 15 15 13
March 12.2 11 10 14 13 12
April 11.4 7 10 13 12
May 12.0 12 11 12 12
June 8.5 9 9 10 8
July 9.9 11 9 12 8
August 11.1 10 12 13 10
September 11.9 11 12 10 13
October 13.0 12 16 11 14
November 11.6 13 13 10 9
December 12.1 12 12 12 14
Average 11.6 12.8 10.5 12.0 11.7 11.1

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 321° 318° 317° 316° 302°
February 317° 313° 310° 314° 324°
March 332° 343° 314° 320° 300°
April 348° 326° 347° 344°
May 350° 023° 329° 324°
June 343° 005° 339° 005°
July 359° 344° 326° 027°
August 318° 331° 324° 093°
September 059° 313° 089° 353°
October 275° 335° 187° 341°
November 326° 320° 344° 296°
December 341° 337° 332° 318°

Prevailing wind direction

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