Deer Lake Airport

CYDF · Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Climate Deer Lake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Deer Lake Airport (CYDF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.6 40 39 51 37 60
February 47.1 45 42 47 49 50
March 55.6 52 58 51 60 58
April 60.5 61 56 51 77
May 65.2 71 60 60 57
June 70.1 54 75 74 71
July 69.7 57 76 59 67
August 73.1 62 73 71 76
September 68.6 50 70 63 83
October 65.3 55 71 66 64
November 50.9 54 37 60 63
December 48.5 54 36 58 40
Average 60.1 46.3 55.8 61.4 60.1 65.1

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 82.7 79 82 81 93 88
February 78.8 81 81 78 76 77
March 86.6 85 92 78 88 90
April 88.7 96 92 89 92
May 95.4 93 98 95 96
June 94.6 88 98 97 93
July 94.8 91 98 90 95
August 93.6 90 92 94 92
September 92.0 84 94 90 99
October 91.2 84 90 86 94
November 88.5 94 75 96 97
December 86.5 91 97 85 83
Average 89.4 82.0 89.1 90.0 90.5 92.0

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 -2.2 -2 -1 -1 0 -4
February -3.3 0 -5 -2 -2 -3
March 1.0 3 1 0 2 0
April 6.0 7 7 9 5
May 11.9 12 13 12 11
June 18.8 18 21 21 21
July 23.3 26 23 21 23
August 23.1 21 24 24 23
September 17.7 19 19 18 19
October 12.0 13 15 12 12
November 4.9 4 4 9 6
December 0.9 3 2 1 4
Average 8.5 0.2 9.8 10.8 10.5 9.6

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 -10.6 -11 -7 -10 -5 -12
February -12.4 -7 -17 -12 -8 -12
March -8.7 -4 -7 -7 -8 -10
April -2.0 -2 0 1 -3
May 1.5 1 2 3 2
June 7.4 7 9 9 10
July 12.1 16 12 11 11
August 12.0 11 14 13 11
September 7.4 9 8 9 8
October 2.6 4 4 3 2
November -2.3 -2 -2 2 -2
December -6.9 -4 -4 -6 -2
Average -1.5 -8.4 0.9 1.5 1.8 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 54.7 61 59 69 29 46
February 58.1 44 56 67 56 64
March 40.2 43 28 47 41 36
April 26.6 19 29 30 22
May 19.5 17 15 24 27
June 16.9 22 12 13 12
July 14.2 22 18 21 10
August 14.2 20 18 12 19
September 18.1 18 13 21 9
October 21.7 23 10 20 21
November 39.9 27 57 27 31
December 46.5 47 28 48 38
Average 30.6 48.9 27.6 28.7 26.4 25.7

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 8.4 8 8 8 8 7
February 9.3 9 8 10 9 10
March 9.9 10 9 10 10 10
April 9.3 9 8 10 11
May 8.7 9 7 9 10
June 7.8 9 7 8 8
July 7.5 7 8 8 7
August 7.2 7 7 8 8
September 8.1 7 7 9 10
October 7.4 8 8 6 8
November 8.7 7 8 8 9
December 8.4 9 10 8 7
Average 8.4 9.0 7.9 8.0 8.4 8.7

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 252° 293° 241° 284° 279°
February 264° 260° 256° 279° 245°
March 304° 009° 257° 235° 289°
April 302° 014° 048° 241°
May 268° 264° 253° 236°
June 045° 225° 228° 225°
July 212° 234° 242° 243°
August 237° 239° 241° 234°
September 286° 225° 242° 228°
October 356° 245° 010° 238°
November 248° 290° 228° 236°
December 237° 053° 254° 218°

Prevailing wind direction

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