Chesterfield Inlet Airport

CYCS · Canada

Climate Chesterfield Inlet Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rankin Inlet Airport (CYRT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.6 44 52 45 61 60
February 58.1 46 49 56 61 48
March 61.3 48 61 64 68 70
April 63.2 56 55 73 54 63
May 54.5 57 62 63 47 53
June 78.8 73 77 88 72 72
July 82.2 81 76 88 76 77
August 70.4 78 78 76 66 67
September 44.5 44 41 31 40
October 41.4 52 26 30 59
November 53.8 39 50 51 67
December 49.2 44 35 47 39
Average 62.2 62.8 60.3 62.9 56.5 61.2

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 64.3 54 62 46 72 71
February 64.7 53 59 61 64 62
March 67.7 56 70 70 75 73
April 74.2 71 70 82 68 69
May 74.1 61 77 84 73 79
June 89.2 90 83 93 94 88
July 90.5 88 89 94 91 86
August 87.1 89 92 96 85 83
September 74.9 72 73 56 83
October 73.6 80 74 57 87
November 68.3 57 71 65 82
December 59.6 59 39 63 48
Average 76.7 72.4 75.4 78.5 74.1 78.1

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 -24.7 -19 -22 -27 -18 -22
February -28.3 -24 -33 -31 -23 -27
March -20.8 -18 -21 -20 -20 -20
April -11.4 -8 -10 -11 -10 -12
May -1.0 1 4 0 -2 -4
June 9.3 10 11 12 9 9
July 16.5 18 17 18 15 16
August 14.4 17 16 15 13 15
September 7.5 9 9 7 7
October -1.5 2 0 3 -2
November -13.1 -9 -14 -8 -15
December -20.9 -12 -20 -19 -20
Average -6.8 -3.2 -4.2 -6.8 -5.6 -7.8

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 -31.3 -29 -29 -32 -27 -30
February -34.0 -31 -38 -36 -31 -33
March -28.7 -26 -28 -27 -28 -29
April -20.9 -16 -18 -20 -18 -19
May -8.7 -5 -3 -5 -8 -11
June 1.8 2 3 3 2 1
July 7.9 8 9 9 7 9
August 7.7 9 9 8 7 9
September 2.7 4 3 4 3
October -5.4 -2 -4 1 -5
November -20.1 -16 -22 -16 -21
December -27.8 -22 -26 -26 -26
Average -13.8 -12.9 -11.2 -12.2 -11.0 -13.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.6 94 92 98 76 91
February 92.8 98 99 92 64 99
March 80.5 81 99 80 76 82
April 46.9 31 36 34 68 65
May 25.1 15 16 20 21 34
June 8.5 8 11 14 7 8
July 9.2 7 11 7 8 5
August 13.1 12 10 13 20 8
September 20.1 11 20 29 28
October 33.6 14 30 27 45
November 75.3 77 84 64 75
December 87.1 81 97 77 80
Average 39.6 35.4 37.6 38.7 38.1 43.1

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 13.2 15 12 18 10 12
February 12.5 13 11 15 13 13
March 13.5 14 11 15 14 14
April 12.3 12 8 11 15 14
May 12.7 11 12 13 12 15
June 10.9 12 11 12 11 9
July 11.5 12 11 11 13 11
August 12.4 12 11 13 15 11
September 13.6 13 14 12 14
October 14.7 13 18 13 15
November 13.6 15 14 12 13
December 12.7 12 12 14 13
Average 12.6 12.1 11.4 13.5 13.0 12.7

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 340° 345° 336° 341° 323°
February 339° 334° 328° 317° 338°
March 357° 005° 333° 347° 327°
April 041° 358° 354° 029° 018°
May 086° 340° 039° 344° 346°
June 028° 141° 053° 330° 017°
July 307° 032° 001° 330° 078°
August 003° 302° 343° 326° 119°
September 221° 314° 092° 014°
October 299° 348° 237° 336°
November 327° 343° 358° 318°
December 349° 012° 351° 330°

Prevailing wind direction

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