Hope Airport / FVRD Regional Airpark

CYHE · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Hope Airport / FVRD Regional Airpark 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bellingham International Airport (KBLI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.9 61 58 55 68 58
February 67.3 70 70 71 67 58
March 77.3 79 73 68 79 82
April 84.9 78 95 89 93
May 80.6 77 74 85 88
June 87.4 82 87 93 84
July 91.2 95 90 90 88
August 79.7 87 93 80 88
September 80.2 85 86 88 62
October 74.3 72 69 77 67
November 77.0 82 79 68 72
December 66.0 62 59 65 67
Average 77.7 70.3 77.4 78.5 80.1 76.9

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 90.6 88 87 72 93 95
February 89.3 93 88 89 90 85
March 95.2 95 95 88 98 97
April 97.2 93 100 99 97
May 95.1 92 95 94 96
June 96.6 92 95 98 99
July 97.8 99 97 96 98
August 89.5 95 96 93 95
September 87.8 89 89 93 70
October 88.9 86 81 94 82
November 92.9 93 91 88 96
December 88.1 81 83 86 88
Average 92.6 91.7 91.1 90.5 93.7 91.7

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 7.9 6 9 7 9 8
February 7.2 9 8 8 6 8
March 11.2 11 12 12 12 10
April 14.1 13 13 16 15
May 18.7 21 15 18 19
June 20.9 21 20 24 20
July 23.7 24 24 24 23
August 24.1 24 26 23 23
September 20.7 20 22 20 22
October 15.0 15 18 14 14
November 10.3 10 8 11 10
December 7.1 9 4 4 9
Average 14.4 8.8 15.5 15.1 15.1 15.2

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 1.9 1 4 1 3 2
February 1.1 3 2 2 2 2
March 3.1 3 2 5 3 2
April 5.9 5 5 6 6
May 9.4 10 8 9 10
June 11.9 11 12 13 12
July 13.6 14 14 14 13
August 13.7 14 15 14 13
September 11.4 11 11 11 12
October 7.0 7 8 8 8
November 4.0 2 0 6 5
December 1.6 4 -2 -1 3
Average 6.5 2.2 7.1 6.8 7.4 7.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.6 28 19 11 20 25
February 18.3 16 19 14 26 18
March 13.0 11 16 16 11 8
April 12.3 18 8 8 7
May 8.8 8 17 6 11
June 10.0 8 13 12 14
July 2.5 2 2 0 7
August 2.6 1 1 4 4
September 8.2 5 1 16 7
October 14.1 13 12 22 10
November 17.9 8 15 34 18
December 20.0 23 14 21 20
Average 12.2 18.0 11.0 9.8 13.9 11.6

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 7.4 7 6 6 7 10
February 7.6 7 7 6 8 5
March 7.0 6 7 6 7 8
April 7.0 8 7 6 6
May 5.8 6 6 6 6
June 6.5 7 6 6 6
July 6.4 7 5 7 6
August 5.9 6 6 6 6
September 5.4 6 6 5 5
October 5.6 5 5 7 6
November 6.9 4 6 7 8
December 6.2 4 7 9 6
Average 6.5 6.7 6.0 5.9 6.7 6.5

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 054° 106° 139° 144° 146°
February 085° 125° 074° 095° 170°
March 160° 138° 141° 181° 137°
April 171° 176° 201° 150°
May 189° 177° 194° 175°
June 188° 188° 197° 185°
July 190° 192° 189° 196°
August 202° 198° 187° 195°
September 191° 205° 179° 187°
October 037° 182° 146° 178°
November 111° 045° 161° 164°
December 108° 044° 052° 138°

Prevailing wind direction

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