Princeton Airport

CYDC · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Princeton Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Princeton Airport (CYDC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.9 48 66 55 86 73
February 85.1 74 92 89 87 87
March 92.6 89 95 89 96 97
April 95.8 99 97 98 96
May 97.5 93 98 99 99
June 97.5 94 95 99 97
July 96.6 97 99 91 99
August 86.8 92 97 78 99
September 91.3 98 85 99 87
October 85.7 87 75 85 90
November 71.1 71 64 69 79
December 64.2 51 66 79 68
Average 85.5 71.0 87.6 86.1 89.5 90.4

14th 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 83.5 75 85 72 94 84
February 89.9 84 95 93 89 90
March 96.2 97 99 94 96 98
April 97.8 100 98 99 99
May 98.8 97 99 100 100
June 99.0 98 98 100 98
July 98.3 99 100 96 99
August 90.5 94 100 86 99
September 94.3 99 89 100 88
October 91.1 93 81 93 93
November 84.3 93 81 83 83
December 85.1 81 88 87 83
Average 92.2 85.5 94.8 92.0 93.9 93.5

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 -2.6 -3 0 -2 0 -1
February 0.9 3 2 4 0 3
March 8.2 11 8 10 9 7
April 13.7 14 12 16 14
May 20.9 25 16 20 20
June 23.8 25 22 28 22
July 29.3 30 30 32 27
August 29.6 30 32 28 28
September 22.6 23 25 22 26
October 13.4 14 18 13 13
November 3.6 4 -1 6 4
December -2.0 2 -7 -5 0
Average 12.4 3.6 14.6 14.0 14.1 13.6

38th 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 -8.5 -8 -5 -8 -7 -7
February -8.1 -4 -6 -7 -8 -6
March -4.1 -3 -5 -1 -4 -5
April -1.4 -1 -2 -1 -1
May 5.0 7 4 3 5
June 8.4 9 9 10 8
July 10.3 11 11 12 9
August 10.1 11 12 11 9
September 6.3 6 6 6 7
October 0.6 1 3 1 1
November -4.7 -3 -8 -1 -4
December -8.9 -3 -12 -12 -6
Average 0.2 -6.8 1.8 0.9 0.8 0.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.9 27 5 11 9 21
February 16.8 15 11 9 20 17
March 8.0 10 9 7 2 9
April 8.4 7 7 9 5
May 8.7 10 13 4 11
June 6.7 9 9 2 12
July 2.8 1 3 0 6
August 3.0 3 3 6 1
September 6.5 9 0 10 2
October 8.9 9 3 9 12
November 14.3 7 23 20 14
December 18.6 19 22 24 16
Average 9.9 16.5 7.8 8.4 8.8 9.9

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 1.3 1 1 1 1 1
February 2.0 2 2 2 2 2
March 2.6 3 3 3 3 3
April 3.9 4 5 4 4
May 3.5 3 5 4 3
June 3.6 3 4 4 3
July 3.3 4 3 3 3
August 3.1 3 3 3 4
September 2.7 3 3 3 3
October 2.4 2 2 2 3
November 1.8 2 2 2 2
December 1.4 1 1 2 1
Average 2.6 1.8 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.8

38th 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 022° 015° 032° 273° 360°
February 186° 344° 313° 003° 239°
March 203° 023° 290° 262° 323°
April 207° 236° 282° 297°
May 140° 239° 261° 221°
June 246° 236° 256° 228°
July 239° 251° 273° 245°
August 242° 236° 259° 253°
September 259° 230° 232° 244°
October 189° 212° 192° 221°
November 203° 001° 180° 097°
December 010° 018° 288° 004°

Prevailing wind direction

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