Climate Golden Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Revelstoke Airport (CYRV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	39.5	29	36	26	41	33
February	57.4	44	36	57	71	56
March	72.3	70	76	52	80	85
April	82.7		81	88	92	88
May	89.3		88	82	92	88
June	89.9		93	84	89	86
July	89.1		92	93	66	93
August	81.1		73	93	62	98
September	76.4		74	73	80	69
October	66.5		62	68	59	55
November	50.1		41	53	44	54
December	46.5		17	55	68	37
Average	70.0	46.8	64.3	70.6	71.7	73.3

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	68.1	51	61	71	76	58
February	72.4	58	61	70	83	80
March	83.2	84	79	71	93	94
April	93.1		94	94	98	93
May	96.3		95	96	95	98
June	95.4		95	95	94	95
July	93.8		95	97	75	99
August	85.4		78	94	68	98
September	85.1		86	77	90	75
October	84.3		81	79	91	69
November	81.6		79	80	77	84
December	76.5		59	72	84	87
Average	83.8	63.9	80.1	84.2	85.5	87.3

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	-1.2	-2	1	-1	1	-1
February	0.0	3	1	1	0	1
March	5.9	9	5	6	8	6
April	12.8		12	12	16	13
May	21.7		25	18	20	21
June	23.1		26	22	27	21
July	26.7		30	28	29	23
August	26.0		28	29	25	26
September	20.0		21	22	19	21
October	10.9		12	15	11	9
November	3.5		4	1	5	4
December	-1.3		1	-4	-3	1
Average	11.3	3.0	13.7	12.9	13.2	11.8

95th 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	-5.3	-6	-3	-5	-3	-5
February	-6.1	-2	-4	-6	-7	-4
March	-3.5	-2	-5	-1	-1	-3
April	1.0		1	0	1	0
May	6.7		9	5	5	7
June	11.2		13	10	12	10
July	13.0		13	14	14	12
August	12.5		12	14	12	13
September	8.9		9	8	9	9
October	3.5		4	4	4	4
November	-1.6		0	-4	0	0
December	-4.1		-2	-8	-7	-2
Average	2.5	-4.5	3.9	3.1	3.3	3.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	39.0	46	41	39	38	61
February	33.0	39	48	29	28	27
March	21.6	16	18	37	19	16
April	18.1		22	16	12	12
May	11.3		13	19	14	16
June	12.4		13	24	9	17
July	5.5		3	8	1	9
August	6.0		13	4	6	5
September	12.7		14	8	18	12
October	18.7		14	19	21	30
November	31.4		34	34	39	29
December	40.2		57	49	44	31
Average	20.7	34.1	23.8	22.3	18.7	19.9

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	3.4	3	3	4	4	5
February	4.4	3	4	4	5	3
March	3.7	4	3	3	4	5
April	4.5		4	5	5	4
May	4.0		4	5	4	4
June	4.0		4	4	4	4
July	3.7		4	4	3	3
August	3.2		3	3	3	4
September	3.0		3	3	3	3
October	3.5		3	3	3	4
November	4.1		3	5	5	5
December	3.9		3	5	6	3
Average	3.7	3.0	3.3	3.9	4.0	3.8

95th 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	345°	054°	342°	162°	073°
February	338°	138°	284°	298°	274°
March	313°	182°	321°	306°	323°
April		175°	158°	336°	330°
May		228°	197°	338°	354°
June		215°	326°	227°	238°
July		230°	212°	189°	208°
August		292°	223°	226°	257°
September		209°	241°	220°	193°
October		294°	175°	130°	201°
November		148°	023°	153°	271°
December		049°	343°	350°	104°

Prevailing wind direction

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