Kugluktuk Airport

CYCO · Nunavut, Canada

Climate Kugluktuk Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kugluktuk Airport (CYCO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.6 66 58 67 78 76
February 70.1 61 69 65 74 86
March 78.1 87 83 67 82 82
April 66.6 49 58 72 84
May 58.2 57 72 59 54
June 0 0 0 0
July 73.0 63 82 76 63
August 65.8 58 73 71 67
September 50.3 39 48 56 53
October 47.6 41 47 53 46
November 60.0 40 51 72 74
December 60.6 58 53 77 50
Average 64.8 74.8 55.8 63.0 68.1 67.1

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 85.5 77 76 77 88 91
February 81.4 74 78 75 85 94
March 87.7 91 91 78 90 91
April 84.4 73 75 89 95
May 80.2 79 89 86 78
June 0 0 0 0
July 88.9 72 92 96 75
August 88.2 87 91 92 89
September 83.8 77 86 79 93
October 81.4 76 84 75 81
November 88.5 76 80 93 93
December 81.1 84 58 94 81
Average 84.7 82.8 79.3 83.1 86.9 87.6

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 -23.8 -23 -22 -25 -22 -23
February -24.5 -20 -28 -26 -26 -26
March -20.5 -19 -23 -20 -23 -20
April -13.9 -8 -11 -13 -11
May 1.0 6 5 1 -2
June 10.4 14 9 11 11
July 17.2 21 20 17 16
August 14.8 16 17 14 15
September 7.3 9 8 8 7
October -2.7 2 -2 2 -3
November -13.4 -10 -11 -12 -15
December -20.0 -14 -23 -25 -20
Average -7.1 -21.2 -3.0 -5.6 -6.5 -6.3

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 -30.9 -30 -29 -32 -29 -28
February -31.6 -26 -34 -33 -34 -33
March -28.3 -28 -31 -28 -30 -29
April -21.6 -16 -20 -22 -19
May -7.1 -2 -5 -9 -9
June 2.1 4 2 2 3
July 7.8 11 9 7 8
August 6.4 7 7 6 8
September 1.6 3 3 3 1
October -6.0 -2 -7 -2 -7
November -19.0 -15 -18 -18 -22
December -27.1 -20 -31 -31 -27
Average -15.8 -29.7 -11.9 -12.1 -13.0 -13.2

29th 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 70.5 63 85 70 57 67
February 66.9 62 51 73 70 67
March 58.0 62 50 67 48 50
April 52.9 52 58 51 30
May 25.1 14 23 21 39
June 0 0 0 0
July 11.7 4 7 17 26
August 14.6 18 19 10 13
September 22.3 21 23 24 19
October 44.6 50 47 43 45
November 58.4 62 61 46 39
December 64.7 58 47 59 56
Average 41.5 61.9 35.3 41.1 35.3 35.8

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 10.4 11 11 13 8 11
February 11.1 10 10 13 11 9
March 9.7 9 6 11 9 12
April 8.6 7 10 9 10
May 7.8 8 8 7 9
June 0 0 0 0
July 8.5 7 9 9 8
August 8.8 9 9 8 9
September 10.2 10 10 9 10
October 11.1 14 13 10 13
November 10.5 11 10 11 12
December 10.0 9 10 12 7
Average 9.5 9.7 8.8 10.2 8.8 10.0

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 239° 283° 250° 239° 231°
February 262° 249° 252° 252° 245°
March 247° 272° 265° 236° 249°
April 025° 268° 295° 236°
May 005° 057° 359° 330°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 025° 058° 277° 345°
August 310° 305° 350° 003°
September 064° 348° 099° 314°
October 296° 317° 322° 307°
November 283° 252° 242° 244°
December 233° 288° 252° 225°

Prevailing wind direction

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