Arviat Airport

CYEK · Canada

Climate Arviat Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Arviat Airport (CYEK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.5 47 50 46 54 62
February 63.4 45 80 53 59 72
March 62.3 52 72 59 58 69
April 62.9 47 72 50 58
May 50.4 66 46 52 48
June 70.7 70 72 75 45
July 72.9 66 83 55 44
August 69.4 83 76 72 40
September 50.9 61 58 29 25
October 42.0 65 27 41 33
November 56.7 43 64 44 58
December 53.6 40 50 63 54
Average 59.2 48.3 63.8 61.8 54.7 49.0

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 68.0 60 66 49 79 87
February 70.3 53 88 62 68 75
March 70.4 58 83 73 67 74
April 72.8 63 75 59 69
May 76.6 82 65 81 77
June 79.6 76 80 87 54
July 79.5 79 91 63 49
August 80.8 93 91 87 48
September 75.6 84 81 48 52
October 73.7 82 71 66 57
November 74.9 59 78 76 76
December 70.1 66 63 77 67
Average 73.4 56.6 77.7 75.8 71.0 63.3

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 -20.4 -18 -11 -24 -18 -18
February -24.0 -21 -29 -27 -21 -23
March -17.5 -17 -20 -17 -16 -18
April -9.1 -8 -10 -8 -10
May 0.2 7 0 -1 -2
June 8.5 13 9 9 7
July 16.0 15 17 17 14
August 14.7 16 16 14 15
September 8.5 11 10 8 7
October 1.1 3 3 4 -1
November -10.8 -7 0 -5 -12
December -16.6 -11 0 -19 -17
Average -6.5 -19.4 -2.4 -2.1 -3.0 -5.1

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 -28.4 -28 -25 -30 -25 -26
February -32.6 -29 -36 -34 -29 -30
March -25.0 -26 -28 -24 -25 -26
April -18.7 -17 -19 -17 -17
May -6.0 -1 -4 -7 -9
June 2.0 4 3 3 0
July 7.3 8 9 8 2
August 7.6 9 8 7 8
September 3.6 5 4 5 3
October -4.9 -2 -1 1 -4
November -18.6 -14 -18 -12 -19
December -25.8 -20 -25 -25 -23
Average -13.1 -28.3 -10.4 -11.7 -10.4 -12.3

42nd lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.2 72 78 83 52 71
February 69.6 72 70 78 61 71
March 56.5 60 50 65 53 67
April 33.4 17 28 50 57
May 21.3 14 31 25 14
June 9.4 14 14 11 7
July 8.7 22 7 5 5
August 11.4 11 18 15 6
September 15.7 10 14 32 18
October 20.2 14 25 19 14
November 50.2 41 40 45 36
December 61.6 46 67 67 61
Average 34.4 66.7 26.6 32.5 32.2 30.0

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 13.1 15 11 18 10 12
February 13.4 13 12 16 15 14
March 13.9 15 11 15 15 14
April 12.9 9 11 16 15
May 13.2 12 13 13 14
June 11.5 12 12 12 10
July 11.8 13 11 13 11
August 13.2 11 14 15 12
September 13.9 13 14 14 15
October 12.9 11 9 13 14
November 12.9 14 11 12 12
December 12.6 13 5 14 15
Average 13.1 14.3 11.7 12.6 13.6 13.0

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 332° 322° 322° 326° 327°
February 324° 323° 320° 318° 326°
March 344° 350° 327° 326° 328°
April 352° 006° 302° 018°
May 164° 037° 344° 344°
June 141° 034° 322° 103°
July 028° 017° 308° 095°
August 314° 349° 301° 147°
September 239° 305° 077° 353°
October 290° 317° 238° 322°
November 314° 326° 338° 319°
December 283° 291° 344° 311°

Prevailing wind direction

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