Nain Airport

CYDP · Canada

Climate Nain Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nain Airport (CYDP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.7 82 85 89 54 92
February 78.1 66 81 93 72 84
March 65.9 52 57 67 70 73
April 59.0 65 40 34 60
May 55.4 78 57 38 48
June 54.3 70 76 57 63
July 56.4 65 45 65 72
August 60.1 57 77 74 58
September 65.3 73 79 52 62
October 63.7 64 75 57 64
November 63.7 91 74 49 78
December 64.8 72 58 64 61
Average 62.3 63.9 69.6 66.9 56.5 65.8

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 88.4 88 90 91 89 97
February 87.6 81 83 95 90 96
March 84.8 80 76 84 84 90
April 80.5 79 75 59 83
May 82.6 91 85 74 78
June 86.4 91 97 94 82
July 83.1 79 70 96 94
August 83.1 70 89 96 79
September 93.6 94 94 91 93
October 91.6 83 87 89 95
November 85.1 94 87 83 97
December 85.8 90 74 85 86
Average 85.3 82.2 83.8 85.3 85.8 87.8

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 -13.7 -10 -11 -17 -6 -14
February -15.8 -11 -17 -18 -8 -15
March -7.0 -7 -5 -9 -7 -9
April -2.7 -1 -1 1 -1
May 3.8 5 5 4 4
June 9.1 11 12 11 9
July 13.8 16 11 18 16
August 14.7 14 16 17 16
September 10.7 12 12 10 11
October 5.7 7 7 7 4
November -2.2 -1 -2 0 -3
December -6.8 -3 -1 -6 -5
Average 0.0 -10.8 2.2 1.6 3.5 0.9

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 -19.2 -18 -19 -23 -12 -20
February -22.9 -17 -25 -24 -15 -22
March -14.3 -11 -11 -15 -14 -16
April -8.8 -6 -6 -3 -6
May -2.4 -1 -1 0 0
June 2.6 3 4 4 3
July 7.2 10 6 8 8
August 8.2 8 9 10 9
September 5.3 6 7 5 6
October 1.8 4 3 3 1
November -6.5 -6 -6 -3 -7
December -11.6 -8 -6 -11 -11
Average -6.2 -16.8 -4.3 -5.8 -3.8 -5.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.5 24 29 27 34 16
February 33.8 54 32 18 22 25
March 34.6 44 40 29 34 38
April 33.5 26 49 46 33
May 23.9 15 23 29 31
June 19.9 19 13 13 25
July 23.1 18 26 18 19
August 18.9 14 19 9 19
September 20.1 13 25 22 27
October 20.6 18 25 14 22
November 31.7 14 29 34 21
December 40.7 44 53 38 38
Average 28.1 41.8 22.1 26.6 24.8 26.1

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 12.7 15 12 13 11 13
February 11.9 12 13 11 10 13
March 11.9 12 8 13 13 14
April 11.0 9 11 9 13
May 10.0 9 12 10 11
June 8.9 7 9 10 10
July 7.8 5 7 8 8
August 8.3 7 8 9 8
September 10.9 8 10 11 11
October 12.1 11 13 8 14
November 13.2 13 13 11 15
December 13.8 13 13 18 12
Average 10.8 12.7 8.9 10.5 10.4 11.4

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 294° 285° 277° 320° 286°
February 308° 295° 275° 294° 286°
March 343° 335° 308° 307° 296°
April 004° 014° 027° 315°
May 337° 329° 341° 324°
June 075° 012° 338° 002°
July 066° 068° 014° 349°
August 048° 299° 297° 036°
September 314° 315° 353° 283°
October 304° 284° 334° 283°
November 275° 296° 291° 280°
December 291° 167° 299° 290°

Prevailing wind direction

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