Climate Chatham Kent Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chatham Kent Airport (CYCK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	52.9	34	37	72	63	50
February	71.1	70	63	69	84	70
March	73.5	68	61	76	94	63
April	80.3		75	79	86	82
May	85.5		89	89	87	88
June	90.1		80	95	95	98
July	90.5		85	92	85	97
August	89.5		84	88	94	94
September	86.0		79	85	90	89
October	82.6		83	90	74	87
November	77.5		82	76	84	86
December	62.3		53	46	67	69
Average	77.3	56.2	72.6	81.5	84.3	82.6

50th best VFR conditions of Canada

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	77.1	63	65	87	84	88
February	88.4	92	83	82	94	95
March	88.2	84	83	86	98	86
April	91.9		89	89	96	91
May	94.8		98	96	96	95
June	94.4		85	96	97	99
July	96.5		94	96	91	98
August	96.2		96	93	95	99
September	95.3		95	95	100	94
October	92.9		97	95	83	96
November	92.6		93	87	95	93
December	85.5		72	84	87	91
Average	90.4	78.4	87.4	91.0	93.1	94.0

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	0.3	0	3	-3	1	2
February	2.2	5	5	0	-2	1
March	6.1	9	5	6	10	8
April	11.7		13	10	13	10
May	19.1		19	20	19	18
June	24.7		23	25	25	26
July	26.9		26	27	25	29
August	25.3		24	26	27	26
September	22.5		22	22	23	22
October	16.2		16	16	18	15
November	7.9		9	10	8	11
December	3.6		7	3	6	3
Average	12.8	4.6	14.4	13.8	14.5	14.1

45th highest temperature of Canada

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	-6.5	-5	-2	-11	-4	-3
February	-5.0	-3	-3	-7	-9	-4
March	-2.4	1	-2	-2	-1	0
April	2.8		3	2	4	2
May	8.8		7	10	9	7
June	15.1		14	15	17	15
July	17.7		17	17	17	19
August	16.2		15	17	18	16
September	13.4		13	13	13	12
October	8.2		9	6	11	6
November	0.8		0	2	0	4
December	-2.0		2	-2	-1	-2
Average	4.8	-3.8	6.4	5.2	6.1	6.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	25.7	45	34	21	16	15
February	20.4	8	29	41	21	10
March	17.3	22	33	24	4	9
April	13.9		24	21	10	13
May	8.5		10	12	8	7
June	4.5		9	4	5	1
July	4.4		10	5	7	2
August	3.5		6	4	2	4
September	4.1		4	7	6	2
October	8.5		11	9	12	9
November	12.9		14	23	10	11
December	15.3		22	18	9	20
Average	12.3	26.2	16.9	15.3	8.6	7.9

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	11.3	12	10	12	10	11
February	12.1	12	14	13	11	12
March	12.3	12	13	13	13	12
April	12.2		12	12	11	12
May	10.9		10	11	10	12
June	10.1		10	10	10	10
July	8.3		8	9	9	8
August	7.9		9	8	7	8
September	8.5		8	9	9	9
October	10.4		10	12	9	10
November	11.5		12	13	10	13
December	10.9		10	12	12	12
Average	10.6	12.1	10.2	10.9	9.9	10.5

45th highest wind speed of Canada

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	251°	270°	283°	289°	246°
February	256°	207°	263°	290°	279°
March	265°	302°	247°	242°	234°
April		226°	236°	254°	264°
May		222°	152°	219°	106°
June		026°	250°	217°	203°
July		231°	230°	288°	233°
August		262°	231°	222°	232°
September		147°	279°	246°	225°
October		277°	235°	209°	254°
November		253°	247°	256°	248°
December		231°	250°	240°	261°

Prevailing wind direction

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