Gaspé (Michel-Pouliot) Airport

CYGP · Quebec, Canada

Climate Gaspé (Michel-Pouliot) Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gaspé (Michel-Pouliot) Airport (CYGP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 64.5 69 56 76 47 64
February 76.2 79 78 64 71 82
March 67.2 54 62 63 83 76
April 69.2 74 67 51 84
May 80.3 80 78 76 94
June 78.9 40 78 86 91
July 84.4 73 92 84 71
August 86.1 66 90 90 91
September 76.2 65 76 60 93
October 77.1 67 84 60 84
November 72.0 63 70 78 74
December 66.0 63 47 79 55
Average 74.8 65.7 65.6 75.7 73.1 81.4

90th 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 84.9 95 76 86 90 78
February 86.9 89 87 78 86 91
March 82.9 72 80 77 90 88
April 86.5 92 83 77 91
May 91.2 92 85 92 98
June 90.9 72 91 95 95
July 93.4 86 96 94 90
August 94.8 85 93 97 97
September 91.6 83 86 87 98
October 90.5 87 86 90 93
November 87.9 89 83 94 86
December 89.7 91 73 96 82
Average 89.0 83.3 84.8 85.8 90.8 91.5

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 -5.7 -3 -2 -7 -2 -5
February -4.3 -1 -5 -5 -3 -3
March 0.6 2 1 0 3 0
April 5.7 7 6 8 5
May 13.5 14 15 14 15
June 19.9 18 20 22 22
July 23.9 25 24 22 23
August 23.4 21 24 26 23
September 18.2 20 18 18 19
October 12.4 14 15 13 11
November 3.7 3 4 6 6
December -1.2 2 1 0 2
Average 8.2 -1.4 9.8 9.9 10.5 9.7

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 -14.7 -13 -10 -17 -9 -13
February -14.0 -12 -17 -15 -11 -13
March -9.9 -5 -6 -9 -9 -10
April -3.7 -2 -1 0 -4
May 2.4 3 3 3 4
June 8.7 10 9 10 10
July 12.9 16 13 11 14
August 12.4 12 14 14 12
September 7.9 10 8 10 7
October 3.0 5 4 4 2
November -4.4 -4 -3 -2 -3
December -8.2 -5 -4 -7 -6
Average -2.7 -10.3 1.0 0.3 1.3 -1.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 30.5 29 35 31 22 36
February 25.8 26 24 36 24 21
March 28.4 40 27 36 18 26
April 19.9 11 25 33 11
May 15.0 19 20 17 6
June 12.1 26 11 11 9
July 7.9 11 11 11 10
August 9.8 25 12 7 6
September 15.3 22 22 27 5
October 13.8 27 11 14 9
November 22.5 36 21 13 18
December 22.9 25 38 16 32
Average 19.2 32.4 23.0 21.1 17.5 13.8

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 7.2 8 6 7 7 6
February 8.1 8 8 7 8 8
March 8.8 8 8 9 10 9
April 8.2 8 9 7 9
May 8.1 9 8 7 10
June 7.0 6 7 7 7
July 6.6 7 7 6 6
August 6.3 6 6 6 7
September 6.7 6 7 7 7
October 7.1 6 7 5 8
November 7.9 8 8 7 7
December 8.0 8 8 9 8
Average 7.5 7.8 7.1 7.4 7.0 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 290° 301° 286° 303° 304°
February 296° 295° 299° 297° 293°
March 038° 012° 301° 297° 307°
April 024° 330° 027° 326°
May 335° 014° 344° 320°
June 079° 079° 107° 061°
July 085° 291° 096° 099°
August 074° 075° 073° 292°
September 053° 311° 289° 249°
October 004° 253° 044° 274°
November 280° 288° 276° 277°
December 288° 350° 284° 269°

Prevailing wind direction

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