Dease Lake Airport

CYDL · Canada

Climate Dease Lake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dease Lake Airport (CYDL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.1 63 78 71 87 93
February 80.1 71 71 70 83 87
March 90.8 92 95 90 80 89
April 92.2 92 86 91 94
May 92.5 88 91 88 95
June 89.0 87 82 92 86
July 90.8 84 91 90 93
August 84.8 91 93 85 91
September 85.7 81 90 85 94
October 82.6 85 76 92 81
November 67.4 53 71 71 78
December 76.7 71 71 79 69
Average 84.9 75.9 82.1 83.3 86.1 88.3

34th 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 84.5 74 82 78 90 94
February 83.5 76 76 76 85 90
March 92.8 93 96 94 83 92
April 94.4 93 92 91 96
May 95.9 95 93 94 96
June 93.6 90 90 96 94
July 94.3 88 94 99 95
August 86.9 93 94 90 95
September 89.1 85 92 92 94
October 84.1 85 78 93 83
November 72.9 59 77 74 81
December 80.4 74 79 84 74
Average 88.3 81.5 85.5 87.8 90.1 91.3

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 -10.7 -11 -5 -10 -8 -13
February -7.6 -5 -5 -4 -10 -3
March 0.9 3 0 2 0 -1
April 7.0 7 5 8 7
May 15.1 18 13 11 16
June 18.4 19 20 20 16
July 20.6 23 20 20 19
August 18.9 22 21 18 16
September 14.0 14 15 12 15
October 5.9 7 9 5 4
November -4.2 -1 -4 -4 -5
December -9.2 -4 -11 -16 -6
Average 4.9 -4.0 7.9 7.0 4.8 5.4

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 -18.3 -18 -13 -17 -17 -22
February -18.2 -17 -15 -14 -21 -12
March -13.4 -11 -15 -10 -13 -14
April -6.8 -3 -7 -6 -7
May 1.0 3 -1 0 1
June 5.2 5 5 7 5
July 8.0 9 9 8 8
August 6.5 8 8 8 6
September 2.3 3 2 3 2
October -3.0 -3 -1 -4 -6
November -11.0 -7 -13 -12 -14
December -17.2 -13 -20 -26 -14
Average -7.7 -16.8 -4.5 -5.6 -6.0 -6.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 25.1 45 32 31 17 9
February 27.1 25 48 39 27 15
March 14.6 4 17 24 31 15
April 12.4 22 18 14 9
May 11.5 11 11 19 10
June 15.1 18 16 10 27
July 13.2 17 17 9 17
August 14.9 10 16 14 29
September 16.1 27 11 28 5
October 11.9 11 21 4 14
November 27.2 22 32 32 32
December 19.6 29 16 26 22
Average 17.0 23.5 21.1 20.1 18.1 17.0

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 4.5 5 4 4 5 6
February 4.6 4 4 5 5 4
March 5.6 6 6 5 5 6
April 5.6 6 5 5 6
May 5.3 6 5 5 5
June 4.8 5 5 4 5
July 4.5 4 5 5 4
August 4.4 4 5 5 4
September 4.3 5 5 4 4
October 4.1 4 4 5 4
November 3.4 3 4 4 3
December 3.3 3 3 3 3
Average 4.7 5.2 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.6

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 055° 069° 032° 063° 055°
February 072° 087° 206° 065° 186°
March 178° 061° 197° 186° 006°
April 194° 060° 211° 206°
May 213° 163° 215° 131°
June 222° 150° 208° 215°
July 207° 204° 210° 211°
August 205° 208° 214° 212°
September 204° 205° 212° 204°
October 167° 219° 185° 210°
November 011° 258° 052° 064°
December 082° 180° 065° 112°

Prevailing wind direction

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