Clyde River Airport

CYCY · Nunavut, Canada

Climate Clyde River Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Clyde River Airport (CYCY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.7 88 44 35 80 77
February 70.4 50 71 50 75 89
March 71.6 65 86 60 76 77
April 70.3 70 65 64 77
May 62.9 63 73 73 59
June 0 0 0 0
July 56.8 64 5 100 35
August 55.8 47 44 40 75
September 61.9 55 41 82 84
October 64.3 49 64 82 69
November 61.7 37 61 84 85
December 0 0 0 0
Average 65.2 60.1 60.3 53.8 68.8 75.6

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 76.5 97 66 39 83 79
February 77.8 70 77 57 78 93
March 80.6 74 94 77 81 79
April 81.1 78 80 69 86
May 80.8 86 84 81 76
June 0 0 0 0
July 69.3 80 34 100 35
August 71.5 58 63 54 92
September 84.9 82 63 95 96
October 85.5 75 89 83 90
November 87.7 76 96 93 92
December 0 0 0 0
Average 79.8 73.2 76.0 71.8 76.0 86.5

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 -23.3 -20 -25 -21 -18 -25
February -25.3 -21 -29 -25 -21 -26
March -22.5 -22 -20 -20 -22 -22
April -13.4 -13 -14 -10 -11
May -4.4 -3 -4 -3 -5
June 3.9 2 4 4 4
July 8.3 7 8 8 11
August 8.2 8 7 7 10
September 2.8 3 3 2 3
October -3.6 -3 -4 1 -2
November -12.6 -6 -16 -9 -12
December -17.7 -15 -12 -17 -15
Average -10.7 -21.0 -8.2 -8.4 -7.4 -8.2

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 -29.0 -26 -32 -28 -25 -32
February -31.3 -27 -35 -31 -29 -32
March -29.8 -29 -27 -26 -28 -29
April -20.4 -19 -22 -17 -18
May -10.7 -8 -11 -9 -10
June -1.2 -2 0 0 -2
July 2.1 1 2 2 4
August 3.1 3 3 3 5
September -1.2 -1 0 -1 -1
October -7.1 -7 -9 -1 -7
November -18.7 -11 -22 -15 -18
December -23.0 -22 -20 -22 -21
Average -16.9 -28.6 -14.8 -14.6 -12.0 -14.4

14th 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 65.2 30 64 84 53 77
February 58.9 74 40 60 58 56
March 49.5 33 31 41 53 53
April 41.1 31 45 37 37
May 33.6 40 33 30 34
June 0 0 0 0
July 23.5 14 59 0 30
August 17.6 22 24 29 10
September 25.1 31 36 23 17
October 38.0 46 45 26 28
November 47.6 61 38 58 22
December 0 0 0 0
Average 37.8 47.6 33.9 39.6 36.6 31.9

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 10.8 9 12 17 8 11
February 10.7 13 10 14 8 10
March 8.8 6 7 10 10 10
April 9.6 11 7 11 12
May 9.9 13 12 8 9
June 0 0 0 0
July 9.1 12 10 8 9
August 8.9 8 10 9 9
September 9.1 12 8 9 8
October 10.2 12 10 9 10
November 11.6 14 10 12 14
December 0 0 0 0
Average 9.4 9.0 10.1 9.7 9.6 9.8

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 291° 305° 310° 295° 301°
February 310° 297° 309° 306° 295°
March 313° 314° 308° 295° 293°
April 317° 327° 290° 314°
May 308° 311° 323° 324°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 324° 343° 099° 103°
August 118° 336° 011° 340°
September 350° 328° 313° 313°
October 293° 314° 218° 295°
November 314° 296° 297° 282°
December 360° 360° 360° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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