Geraldton Greenstone Regional Airport

CYGQ · Ontario, Canada

Climate Geraldton Greenstone Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Armstrong Airport (CYYW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.5 42 30 71 36 55
February 61.9 42 49 67 69 71
March 73.1 59 76 62 81 74
April 68.3 51 52 66 81
May 76.8 81 64 75 78
June 83.3 75 82 86 80
July 85.0 84 84 76 86
August 75.3 66 69 72 66
September 67.4 67 63 84 66
October 59.9 47 69 46 78
November 41.1 43 38 63 34
December 51.1 37 52 53 45
Average 66.6 47.7 60.2 64.7 68.9 69.0

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 76.7 75 69 90 66 73
February 85.4 75 89 84 86 95
March 87.8 82 86 82 91 91
April 83.1 73 75 78 89
May 89.7 95 86 88 88
June 93.4 91 94 94 89
July 93.7 96 96 84 98
August 90.5 84 87 90 88
September 86.0 85 82 98 91
October 85.5 81 91 83 91
November 81.3 78 84 90 78
December 77.4 70 72 74 82
Average 85.9 77.3 83.5 85.6 85.9 88.1

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 -10.6 -9 -8 -15 -7 -2
February -9.4 -3 -8 -12 -10 -7
March -1.3 -1 -2 -2 3 1
April 5.6 4 4 9 6
May 16.0 19 15 16 16
June 22.6 25 21 24 22
July 25.2 23 24 26 27
August 22.8 23 23 24 23
September 17.2 20 18 18 15
October 8.5 9 11 13 4
November -2.5 0 0 0 1
December -7.4 -1 -8 -8 -7
Average 6.0 -5.4 8.6 7.3 9.0 7.3

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 -21.8 -18 -18 -28 -16 -18
February -22.6 -15 -21 -28 -24 -19
March -16.6 -14 -18 -16 -13 -15
April -7.2 -7 -6 -4 -7
May 1.7 2 3 2 1
June 8.1 9 8 9 8
July 11.6 10 12 10 15
August 10.3 9 11 13 13
September 6.1 7 5 7 6
October 0.3 1 1 4 -4
November -9.3 -8 -7 -7 -7
December -18.7 -9 -18 -20 -17
Average -6.1 -16.1 -4.4 -5.3 -4.8 -5.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 33.2 44 38 31 25 36
February 33.6 45 43 39 30 26
March 24.1 48 26 37 16 20
April 23.2 45 42 16 17
May 13.1 15 21 15 16
June 8.8 11 14 6 12
July 5.1 8 10 3 2
August 8.0 13 10 7 11
September 13.8 10 22 10 18
October 20.4 35 17 10 16
November 40.6 42 42 31 35
December 34.4 35 43 43 38
Average 21.9 45.7 25.7 26.4 15.9 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 5.6 6 5 7 5 5
February 6.6 6 8 7 6 7
March 7.2 8 6 7 8 7
April 6.9 7 8 7 8
May 6.8 7 7 7 7
June 6.3 5 8 7 6
July 6.1 6 6 5 6
August 6.1 6 6 7 6
September 6.1 5 6 6 8
October 6.3 5 7 6 6
November 6.7 8 7 7 7
December 5.6 5 6 6 6
Average 6.4 6.7 5.9 6.8 6.4 6.4

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 286° 291° 287° 265° 292°
February 300° 287° 290° 265° 285°
March 308° 321° 311° 278° 261°
April 020° 056° 340° 272°
May 153° 169° 198° 286°
June 137° 258° 228° 152°
July 265° 292° 250° 255°
August 258° 257° 216° 204°
September 147° 268° 242° 280°
October 310° 279° 230° 259°
November 284° 305° 292° 282°
December 267° 039° 284° 289°

Prevailing wind direction

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