Igloolik Airport

CYGT · Canada

Climate Igloolik Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Igloolik Airport (CYGT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.1 90 73 66 31 93
February 83.2 69 88 85 83 100
March 74.6 69 74 72 88 84
April 70.7 80 69 57 88
May 55.0 53 84 42 64
June 0 0 0 0
July 60.0 100 68 30 74
August 67.9 61 61 55 76
September 44.8 42 25 41 66
October 36.9 41 36 23 15
November 54.2 35 63 64 51
December 0 0 0 0
Average 63.4 70.9 62.6 60.9 55.0 71.2

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 86.2 95 80 73 83 95
February 89.2 83 93 88 93 100
March 83.3 77 96 83 92 90
April 81.7 84 84 71 94
May 73.3 66 85 54 79
June 0 0 0 0
July 81.7 100 76 38 82
August 81.6 73 88 72 94
September 71.6 63 55 73 87
October 68.5 66 78 58 54
November 76.7 70 88 74 84
December 0 0 0 0
Average 79.4 80.9 77.9 79.8 72.3 86.3

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 -27.4 -24 -30 -28 -18 -29
February -31.6 -27 -37 -32 -23 -32
March -25.9 -22 -21 -23 -27 -27
April -15.0 -14 -16 -12 -15
May -5.3 -4 -6 -5 -6
June 4.5 2 5 3 4
July 10.4 11 14 8 13
August 8.4 9 9 7 9
September 1.6 2 2 0 1
October -5.2 -3 -5 0 -3
November -16.1 -10 -19 -13 -17
December -21.8 -17 -18 -20 -18
Average -12.4 -25.7 -10.7 -10.0 -8.1 -11.7

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 -30.1 -27 -34 -31 -22 -31
February -34.2 -30 -40 -35 -29 -35
March -28.1 -26 -25 -26 -31 -31
April -20.1 -19 -21 -17 -20
May -9.7 -7 -10 -9 -9
June 1.5 0 2 1 1
July 6.5 7 10 5 9
August 5.0 5 6 4 5
September -1.7 0 1 -2 -1
October -7.4 -5 -7 -2 -5
November -20.9 -13 -23 -16 -20
December -24.1 -21 -23 -24 -21
Average -15.1 -28.4 -13.4 -14.6 -12.7 -14.4

10th 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 40.5 29 0 36 48 40
February 23.4 30 13 42 29 14
March 37.1 34 27 51 29 36
April 35.1 10 42 42 20
May 30.4 10 11 46 37
June 0 0 0 0
July 16.7 0 30 28 2
August 14.5 16 13 30 6
September 18.4 7 30 20 9
October 34.2 21 38 29 56
November 36.9 57 46 17 52
December 0 0 0 0
Average 28.6 31.5 16.4 35.4 31.3 25.8

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 10.6 11 6 11 13 10
February 9.1 10 7 10 11 8
March 10.6 10 9 11 10 11
April 10.7 9 10 12 10
May 11.1 11 10 11 13
June 0 0 0 0
July 11.0 8 9 12 9
August 11.1 12 12 12 9
September 12.4 15 12 9 10
October 12.5 11 15 12 15
November 12.4 15 13 11 15
December 0 0 0 0
Average 11.0 10.1 10.7 11.5 11.1 11.0

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 316° 360° 345° 102° 324°
February 327° 329° 329° 333° 329°
March 308° 005° 351° 304° 306°
April 003° 341° 343° 330°
May 350° 337° 011° 035°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 346° 011° 137° 345°
August 018° 341° 048° 340°
September 025° 062° 046° 001°
October 102° 326° 217° 088°
November 004° 315° 014° 320°
December 360° 360° 360° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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