Blue River Airport

CYCP · Canada

Climate Blue River Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Blue River Airport (CYCP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.4 51 49 54 80 57
February 73.5 59 61 72 86 75
March 81.7 76 90 66 95 90
April 84.7 78 89 92 88
May 88.9 90 80 89 89
June 88.4 86 85 90 85
July 89.6 91 92 89 88
August 81.5 92 88 70 87
September 76.6 72 74 76 74
October 69.9 71 57 66 70
November 64.4 59 73 60 71
December 65.0 39 70 78 72
Average 76.9 62.2 74.8 77.2 81.3 80.0

79th 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 71.5 68 66 63 86 67
February 79.6 70 69 76 89 81
March 85.9 82 94 72 96 92
April 89.3 85 92 95 92
May 92.9 97 83 95 94
June 93.5 94 92 94 91
July 94.0 97 95 94 93
August 86.5 97 90 77 90
September 84.9 83 78 84 83
October 77.2 79 63 75 75
November 72.3 70 83 66 75
December 77.2 55 88 82 80
Average 83.7 73.7 83.4 82.5 86.5 85.6

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 -4.8 -3 -1 -4 -2 -4
February -2.4 1 -1 1 -2 1
March 6.0 7 7 6 7 5
April 11.0 11 9 14 11
May 19.9 25 14 18 19
June 22.0 25 21 25 19
July 26.5 28 27 30 23
August 25.9 27 28 25 25
September 18.7 20 22 18 21
October 9.0 11 13 8 8
November 1.2 2 -3 2 1
December -4.2 -1 -8 -8 -2
Average 9.9 1.4 12.8 11.2 11.3 10.4

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 -9.6 -9 -5 -9 -7 -10
February -11.7 -6 -7 -8 -11 -8
March -6.5 -4 -9 -3 -4 -7
April -2.2 -2 -2 -2 -4
May 3.7 5 3 3 4
June 8.0 8 8 9 8
July 9.9 10 10 11 10
August 9.4 9 12 10 9
September 6.9 6 10 7 7
October 1.4 2 6 3 2
November -4.9 -2 -8 -2 -3
December -8.0 -4 -12 -13 -6
Average -1.4 -7.4 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.6 34 32 39 28 47
February 36.3 29 54 31 26 29
March 23.2 20 15 31 15 23
April 17.6 19 19 13 12
May 14.6 11 23 19 17
June 20.0 18 25 17 26
July 10.1 7 8 1 21
August 10.1 13 10 13 7
September 17.2 19 9 21 11
October 22.9 9 21 27 38
November 29.8 18 34 41 30
December 36.7 38 44 43 29
Average 22.2 27.3 20.1 22.9 20.5 22.8

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 1.3 1 1 2 1 2
February 2.5 2 2 2 3 2
March 2.4 3 2 2 2 4
April 2.9 2 4 4 3
May 2.7 3 3 3 3
June 2.7 3 3 2 3
July 2.6 3 3 3 2
August 2.4 2 2 2 4
September 2.1 2 2 2 2
October 2.0 2 2 2 2
November 1.8 1 4 1 1
December 1.2 1 2 3 1
Average 2.2 1.9 1.9 2.4 2.3 2.5

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 019° 032° 007° 310° 004°
February 033° 028° 018° 016° 196°
March 016° 054° 045° 148° 021°
April 161° 093° 047° 055°
May 118° 130° 122° 078°
June 185° 119° 085° 163°
July 142° 101° 122° 185°
August 122° 084° 123° 180°
September 113° 122° 134° 022°
October 033° 211° 027° 013°
November 197° 016° 188° 034°
December 263° 019° 266° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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