Dawson Creek Airport

CYDQ · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Dawson Creek Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dawson Creek Airport (CYDQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.9 65 63 77 89 82
February 78.9 86 77 71 77 90
March 82.0 85 79 78 91 80
April 81.9 80 61 93 98
May 85.0 72 73 94 81
June 90.0 81 84 97 92
July 85.6 68 88 79 90
August 88.4 85 95 91 94
September 86.7 79 95 96 92
October 84.3 87 89 74 83
November 77.2 78 71 84 81
December 84.3 92 71 77 87
Average 83.4 78.4 78.0 79.4 87.5 87.5

63rd 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 84.8 81 71 83 92 88
February 87.9 92 82 81 86 95
March 90.7 91 89 90 97 86
April 94.0 96 84 98 98
May 93.9 78 93 100 95
June 96.7 88 96 100 97
July 94.0 81 95 93 99
August 94.4 92 99 96 100
September 95.7 84 99 98 98
October 94.4 94 96 86 94
November 85.1 82 84 90 87
December 91.3 94 82 88 92
Average 92.1 88.0 86.0 90.7 94.3 94.6

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 -5.0 -11 -3 -3 -2 -9
February -5.1 0 -3 -1 -9 -1
March 1.1 4 -2 5 4 -2
April 8.6 11 6 11 9
May 18.4 24 14 17 17
June 21.6 24 21 24 19
July 23.3 25 25 25 22
August 23.5 25 27 24 22
September 17.7 20 22 18 18
October 10.0 11 15 8 7
November 0.2 4 -2 3 0
December -4.1 3 -10 -12 -2
Average 7.8 -3.6 11.7 10.4 9.3 8.0

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 -15.8 -18 -12 -15 -11 -20
February -16.1 -13 -12 -12 -21 -11
March -11.4 -9 -15 -6 -7 -14
April -3.1 -1 -4 -3 -4
May 4.5 6 2 4 4
June 8.6 9 8 10 9
July 10.5 10 12 11 11
August 9.7 10 11 10 10
September 4.9 6 6 6 6
October -1.4 0 2 -1 -3
November -9.0 -4 -11 -7 -10
December -14.5 -8 -22 -20 -10
Average -4.3 -14.9 -1.0 -2.2 -3.6 -4.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.3 25 18 37 18 20
February 23.0 15 39 35 19 10
March 18.1 12 32 17 11 21
April 13.6 18 31 8 5
May 12.3 8 27 9 16
June 9.3 7 14 6 12
July 7.5 11 5 4 11
August 5.5 5 4 7 7
September 5.9 4 5 8 4
October 9.3 12 8 7 17
November 21.3 10 37 13 19
December 16.9 10 44 24 11
Average 13.4 17.1 13.9 20.4 10.2 12.3

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 6.5 6 6 8 8 6
February 6.9 6 8 8 7 8
March 6.5 7 5 8 8 8
April 8.0 8 8 8 9
May 7.6 6 9 8 8
June 7.8 7 7 8 9
July 7.1 6 8 7 8
August 7.7 7 8 9 8
September 7.7 8 8 9 8
October 8.1 7 9 9 8
November 6.5 7 7 8 7
December 6.3 6 8 6 6
Average 7.2 6.4 6.7 7.8 8.0 7.7

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 294° 270° 273° 254° 257°
February 300° 281° 280° 270° 257°
March 286° 321° 281° 255° 294°
April 246° 325° 277° 267°
May 270° 287° 268° 293°
June 269° 284° 265° 266°
July 269° 249° 274° 266°
August 270° 254° 256° 245°
September 240° 254° 249° 264°
October 260° 248° 242° 278°
November 258° 299° 236° 246°
December 218° 303° 274° 250°

Prevailing wind direction

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