Nipawin Airport

CYBU · Saskatchewan, Canada

Climate Nipawin Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nipawin Airport (CYBU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.7 52 37 45 70 64
February 78.8 58 73 73 86 86
March 76.7 78 82 64 82 84
April 87.0 84 80 93 92
May 82.2 72 74 81 89
June 80.3 85 84 80 71
July 79.0 78 86 76 54
August 81.3 65 81 86 76
September 85.9 84 85 94 95
October 74.8 63 83 73 81
November 55.6 50 52 65 53
December 74.5 82 70 66 77
Average 76.0 63.1 71.0 73.5 80.3 77.2

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 79.8 85 63 77 89 80
February 88.4 75 81 89 94 96
March 88.7 84 92 83 92 94
April 96.1 94 95 97 97
May 92.6 81 92 94 99
June 90.0 93 96 82 91
July 86.1 89 92 88 57
August 88.8 77 93 91 84
September 92.8 87 92 99 99
October 89.2 77 92 93 94
November 81.8 84 68 86 83
December 89.7 93 82 86 95
Average 88.4 81.2 83.9 87.9 90.9 88.7

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 -11.3 -11 -10 -13 -7 -10
February -11.4 -4 -9 -14 -15 -7
March -3.2 -3 -6 -3 1 -3
April 6.5 6 4 10 4
May 18.9 25 17 18 17
June 22.7 26 22 25 21
July 24.7 24 25 28 25
August 23.9 24 26 24 24
September 19.1 23 22 22 18
October 8.2 9 10 11 5
November -4.7 1 -5 -1 -3
December -9.0 -2 -14 -15 -6
Average 5.7 -6.1 9.3 7.1 8.6 6.9

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 -20.5 -17 -18 -24 -17 -19
February -22.6 -13 -22 -26 -25 -19
March -15.8 -14 -20 -15 -10 -15
April -5.3 -5 -5 -3 -8
May 4.1 7 4 2 3
June 10.4 12 10 12 9
July 12.1 10 12 13 13
August 10.7 12 12 11 11
September 5.9 7 7 7 5
October -2.7 -1 1 0 -2
November -11.3 -6 -12 -9 -12
December -18.6 -10 -21 -23 -15
Average -6.8 -15.2 -3.4 -5.9 -4.7 -4.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.7 41 48 41 25 17
February 18.7 20 30 31 15 14
March 15.6 17 18 25 9 15
April 9.9 15 17 7 10
May 9.2 13 18 7 6
June 7.5 2 14 3 15
July 5.5 9 11 1 6
August 5.7 13 9 7 2
September 5.4 4 8 2 6
October 10.8 22 7 4 12
November 31.2 30 51 13 32
December 20.2 15 35 34 13
Average 14.2 25.5 17.6 21.1 9.1 11.4

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 7.6 8 6 9 8 8
February 8.3 8 9 8 8 9
March 8.3 9 7 9 9 9
April 9.4 10 10 10 9
May 9.9 9 12 10 10
June 8.9 8 10 9 10
July 7.5 8 7 8 7
August 8.1 8 7 8 9
September 9.0 8 9 10 10
October 9.4 8 10 9 11
November 8.9 9 11 8 9
December 7.8 8 9 8 7
Average 8.6 8.4 8.0 9.2 8.7 9.0

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 276° 245° 305° 216° 256°
February 316° 247° 276° 247° 237°
March 323° 208° 290° 174° 295°
April 059° 345° 302° 253°
May 022° 346° 331° 213°
June 157° 328° 261° 007°
July 304° 268° 253° 204°
August 289° 236° 273° 227°
September 208° 233° 243° 263°
October 292° 277° 257° 264°
November 251° 325° 214° 279°
December 238° 315° 255° 227°

Prevailing wind direction

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