Gillam Airport

CYGX · Canada

Climate Gillam Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Thompson Airport (CYTH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.7 46 42 87 56 56
February 77.0 57 65 89 81 75
March 78.6 75 81 80 82 74
April 83.0 91 79 82 72
May 76.1 75 65 69 80
June 73.6 84 75 72 54
July 82.2 71 81 88 73
August 76.4 70 77 76 67
September 72.4 61 79 70 66
October 55.8 56 67 53 66
November 47.8 40 37 42 47
December 59.0 53 59 72 48
Average 70.8 60.2 67.8 73.5 71.3 66.0

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 77.6 70 69 93 75 63
February 90.0 78 78 97 91 95
March 91.4 85 91 95 93 92
April 92.3 95 92 94 86
May 89.3 83 83 89 92
June 87.2 95 91 90 67
July 91.7 90 92 93 87
August 89.2 84 87 90 88
September 89.1 79 89 91 90
October 80.1 78 80 77 93
November 74.8 81 55 74 70
December 75.3 64 76 82 72
Average 85.9 78.1 83.5 86.6 87.3 83.6

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 -16.1 -14 -14 -21 -13 -15
February -15.4 -11 -16 -18 -16 -12
March -5.4 -6 -7 -5 -1 -6
April 3.6 5 4 5 1
May 13.5 19 12 10 13
June 20.6 24 20 21 18
July 23.8 22 23 26 24
August 21.3 22 22 21 21
September 15.2 19 18 16 13
October 4.9 7 7 8 1
November -8.2 -4 -7 -4 -8
December -15.5 -6 -16 -20 -14
Average 2.1 -11.7 5.9 4.1 4.5 3.1

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 -25.9 -22 -20 -31 -20 -22
February -27.0 -22 -29 -32 -29 -24
March -19.1 -20 -23 -19 -16 -19
April -10.2 -9 -8 -8 -13
May 0.0 4 0 -2 -1
June 7.7 10 7 7 7
July 10.6 10 10 10 13
August 9.0 10 9 8 10
September 4.6 8 6 7 3
October -3.3 -2 -2 0 -5
November -16.5 -11 -16 -12 -16
December -23.3 -15 -23 -29 -22
Average -10.9 -22.5 -6.5 -8.3 -7.2 -8.6

73rd 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 59.0 71 55 52 54 61
February 45.4 42 59 43 49 41
March 33.4 38 29 37 24 45
April 18.5 9 17 12 33
May 16.5 14 34 19 8
June 17.7 7 21 13 31
July 13.3 21 14 7 18
August 12.6 17 13 7 12
September 12.7 10 14 16 20
October 28.5 23 27 19 41
November 51.4 49 48 39 62
December 49.9 30 46 57 59
Average 29.5 49.5 24.0 27.5 23.0 32.5

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 5.8 6 5 7 5 5
February 6.8 6 6 7 7 7
March 7.3 8 7 7 8 7
April 7.2 7 8 8 7
May 7.7 7 8 8 9
June 6.7 6 8 7 7
July 6.6 7 6 7 6
August 6.5 6 7 7 6
September 6.8 6 8 6 8
October 6.8 5 9 6 8
November 6.4 7 7 7 6
December 5.5 6 5 5 6
Average 6.8 6.7 6.2 7.2 6.7 6.9

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 321° 273° 293° 342° 293°
February 325° 310° 287° 295° 282°
March 357° 348° 294° 273° 347°
April 053° 042° 313° 324°
May 042° 026° 008° 019°
June 039° 352° 343° 052°
July 312° 315° 277° 298°
August 298° 301° 290° 278°
September 236° 270° 278° 292°
October 306° 305° 304° 280°
November 272° 004° 302° 353°
December 261° 349° 313° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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