Fredericton Airport

CYFC · New Brunswick, Canada

Climate Fredericton Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fredericton Airport (CYFC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.8 64 42 65 59 65
February 72.2 64 75 59 67 82
March 67.0 44 61 62 81 78
April 69.4 68 62 60 84
May 76.5 70 78 87 80
June 69.0 37 58 83 79
July 72.5 50 82 61 65
August 75.4 61 60 75 86
September 74.6 56 70 78 78
October 70.9 60 70 72 74
November 71.6 66 66 82 74
December 61.6 55 40 71 46
Average 70.2 55.8 57.7 65.0 73.3 75.4

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 85.6 91 80 76 95 88
February 84.5 85 83 81 86 88
March 83.9 73 80 77 93 92
April 86.8 81 86 93 95
May 91.4 92 93 94 91
June 86.3 74 77 94 88
July 87.1 72 90 87 86
August 88.2 78 84 86 93
September 86.9 72 81 92 90
October 88.2 83 81 92 92
November 90.0 91 86 94 93
December 85.1 84 70 88 86
Average 87.1 81.8 80.1 82.4 91.0 90.2

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 -3.9 -2 0 -5 -1 -2
February -1.4 1 -2 0 -2 0
March 3.4 5 3 4 6 4
April 10.4 12 10 12 9
May 18.0 19 20 18 18
June 22.9 21 22 25 25
July 26.2 27 26 23 26
August 25.3 23 26 27 26
September 21.1 22 21 21 21
October 14.9 16 17 16 13
November 6.0 5 8 7 9
December 0.6 3 3 1 3
Average 10.9 1.4 12.5 13.2 12.8 12.6

76th highest temperature of Canada

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 -12.9 -10 -7 -16 -8 -11
February -12.6 -9 -14 -11 -11 -12
March -6.3 -3 -5 -5 -7 -5
April 0.2 1 1 1 -1
May 4.9 4 6 5 5
June 10.4 11 11 13 11
July 14.2 17 14 13 14
August 13.5 13 15 15 13
September 9.5 11 10 11 8
October 4.4 7 4 5 3
November -3.5 -4 -1 -2 -1
December -7.0 -5 -4 -8 -3
Average 0.6 -8.7 2.5 2.2 2.3 1.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 27.6 32 41 35 14 21
February 21.0 27 22 31 21 16
March 24.1 45 35 27 12 12
April 16.7 10 29 18 14
May 11.3 18 6 9 12
June 11.3 20 21 4 3
July 7.0 11 10 11 6
August 9.6 22 19 5 4
September 8.6 16 15 10 2
October 8.9 16 9 7 5
November 17.2 21 21 17 10
December 25.5 39 48 20 19
Average 16.4 35.9 21.6 21.2 11.4 9.6

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 7.7 8 8 8 8 7
February 8.2 8 9 9 8 8
March 9.2 9 9 9 10 9
April 8.9 8 9 10 10
May 8.5 10 8 8 10
June 7.6 8 7 8 8
July 6.5 6 7 7 6
August 6.3 6 6 6 7
September 6.8 6 7 7 8
October 7.1 6 6 6 8
November 7.9 8 9 7 8
December 8.1 8 10 8 8
Average 7.8 8.3 7.4 7.7 7.6 8.1

76th highest wind speed of Canada

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 309° 343° 316° 319° 302°
February 275° 326° 279° 293° 263°
March 312° 350° 282° 260° 326°
April 317° 329° 355° 312°
May 309° 213° 298° 262°
June 042° 196° 220° 215°
July 182° 226° 226° 194°
August 221° 173° 209° 239°
September 351° 268° 241° 215°
October 241° 193° 333° 240°
November 264° 270° 278° 247°
December 268° 004° 286° 272°

Prevailing wind direction

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