Cartwright Airport

CYCA · Canada

Climate Cartwright Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cartwright Airport (CYCA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.4 57 55 62 53 91
February 66.2 52 76 62 55 86
March 52.1 54 22 45 64 77
April 51.3 45 27 49 85
May 44.0 42 57 39 39
June 54.4 36 61 75 55
July 65.8 71 47 76 74
August 61.0 51 62 75 68
September 69.7 61 64 60 81
October 67.1 57 82 52 78
November 66.2 73 61 66 81
December 55.6 51 44 63 57
Average 60.4 53.9 50.7 54.3 61.1 70.6

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 78.5 81 75 75 67 98
February 80.1 74 85 70 80 93
March 70.6 81 49 60 81 83
April 67.0 64 44 73 90
May 64.7 67 77 55 59
June 70.9 53 72 85 77
July 79.8 83 66 87 88
August 78.5 71 79 92 79
September 88.9 85 86 84 96
October 86.9 75 93 84 89
November 85.0 93 82 85 89
December 78.7 82 69 84 75
Average 78.9 78.5 70.8 70.9 79.5 83.1

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 -8.4 -6 -7 -10 -4 -10
February -9.6 -4 -11 -11 -5 -9
March -3.6 0 -1 -4 -2 -3
April 2.7 2 2 5 3
May 6.5 7 8 7 6
June 14.0 13 15 17 14
July 20.3 24 17 20 21
August 18.9 18 20 20 20
September 14.3 15 17 14 15
October 8.1 10 11 7 8
November 0.6 1 -1 3 1
December -3.6 -1 -1 -4 0
Average 3.6 -4.6 5.8 5.6 6.6 5.3

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 -16.3 -15 -16 -20 -9 -17
February -18.7 -11 -22 -22 -11 -18
March -11.3 -8 -7 -13 -11 -13
April -4.5 -4 -2 -1 -4
May 0.2 0 0 1 1
June 4.7 3 5 6 5
July 10.0 13 8 10 10
August 10.0 10 11 10 10
September 5.9 6 7 7 6
October 2.3 4 3 2 2
November -5.5 -5 -6 -2 -6
December -9.5 -6 -6 -10 -6
Average -4.2 -12.6 -2.1 -3.2 -1.3 -3.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 35.7 43 40 42 44 11
February 35.8 55 35 39 31 16
March 36.1 31 52 43 28 24
April 36.2 39 54 25 24
May 32.6 43 29 35 24
June 25.8 33 26 21 21
July 14.3 12 26 8 10
August 19.5 27 27 10 14
September 19.3 24 23 22 12
October 21.4 29 20 22 17
November 28.6 25 42 19 21
December 36.8 49 35 29 36
Average 28.2 42.0 34.0 33.7 23.3 18.7

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 10.9 12 9 11 12 10
February 10.6 10 11 11 10 10
March 11.1 11 11 13 10 11
April 10.2 9 12 8 9
May 9.5 10 11 10 7
June 9.1 9 11 9 8
July 7.3 7 7 7 8
August 7.4 7 7 8 8
September 9.5 8 9 10 10
October 9.8 10 9 9 11
November 11.0 12 11 10 12
December 11.4 13 10 12 11
Average 9.9 10.8 9.4 10.1 9.2 9.3

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 275° 281° 257° 328° 265°
February 270° 259° 280° 322° 263°
March 346° 001° 343° 284° 288°
April 348° 356° 028° 270°
May 336° 329° 355° 002°
June 009° 341° 260° 319°
July 243° 005° 276° 281°
August 002° 244° 304° 040°
September 356° 269° 313° 235°
October 312° 243° 339° 249°
November 266° 305° 244° 261°
December 298° 042° 267° 279°

Prevailing wind direction

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