Hopedale Airport

CYHO · Canada

Climate Hopedale Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Goose Bay Airport (CYYR) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 69.6 63 64 68 72 51
February 74.0 65 52 79 78 73
March 69.5 70 55 54 70 73
April 65.7 54 74 46 52
May 69.7 74 44 70 74 62
June 69.7 74 62 70 72
July 77.4 78 79 61 87
August 76.4 86 65 82 84
September 76.8 86 57 58 67
October 72.6 69 59 80 64
November 60.2 51 56 75 55
December 60.6 68 45 46 67
Average 70.9 68.8 65.7 64.9 67.6 68.3

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 84.6 88 84 81 82 81
February 86.4 77 83 88 87 86
March 84.3 78 87 78 84 84
April 86.9 92 91 76 76
May 89.2 92 81 86 96 89
June 89.8 96 84 95 93
July 92.8 93 96 85 99
August 93.6 99 96 91 94
September 93.7 95 82 89 95
October 92.2 93 87 100 94
November 83.2 87 91 93 75
December 82.9 85 90 79 85
Average 88.6 84.2 90.0 87.7 88.4 88.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -10.3 -6.4 -8.5 -11.3 -14.5 -6.5
February -10.4 -9.5 -6.7 -13.6 -13.0 -6.0
March -3.6 -4.7 -1.7 -2.9 -4.0 -2.8
April 4.1 7.5 5.2 3.2 5.0
May 10.3 11.5 11.0 11.4 11.3 9.9
June 17.1 21.8 18.0 18.5 18.1
July 22.6 24.6 25.1 19.6 23.5
August 21.3 23.5 19.6 22.3 22.3
September 15.9 17.8 17.1 17.1 15.1
October 8.9 9.0 10.5 11.0 9.8
November -1.8 2.3 -1.4 -2.6 1.8
December -5.3 -5.5 -3.7 -2.9 -6.2
Average 5.4 -2.7 8.3 6.7 6.2 7.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -19.6 -12.5 -18.1 -20.6 -24.1 -13.5
February -20.1 -18.8 -15.3 -25.1 -25.8 -16.6
March -12.0 -15.4 -9.9 -9.6 -15.9 -13.4
April -5.9 -2.1 -5.7 -3.9 -1.4
May 0.7 -1.9 2.2 0.5 0.8 1.9
June 7.2 9.9 7.2 7.4 8.5
July 12.5 12.4 16.6 11.6 11.3
August 12.0 11.8 11.9 12.5 12.9
September 7.2 7.7 7.9 8.5 8.0
October 2.0 0.7 4.0 3.5 2.2
November -6.2 -3.3 -7.0 -8.9 -4.9
December -13.9 -12.6 -10.3 -9.5 -13.5
Average -4.6 -11.3 -1.0 -2.0 -3.4 -1.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 49.1 58 48 51 43 53
February 45.0 48 50 37 47 32
March 39.0 38 36 40 40 37
April 30.1 29 18 49 31
May 27.2 19 43 32 22 34
June 24.2 15 22 28 23
July 18.7 17 13 32 14
August 20.2 13 28 20 17
September 18.6 12 29 31 28
October 19.5 21 17 14 18
November 39.5 36 35 38 42
December 44.4 44 43 30 42
Average 30.0 37.2 28.1 28.6 32.2 28.9

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 9.5 11 11 8 8 8
February 10.0 11 8 10 10 10
March 9.8 8 9 9 12 10
April 9.3 10 9 9 6
May 9.4 10 9 10 9 10
June 8.6 9 9 9 8
July 8.1 9 7 9 7
August 7.6 7 7 7 9
September 9.7 8 9 9 10
October 9.8 8 10 10 8
November 9.5 9 11 8 8
December 9.9 10 11 9 10
Average 9.2 9.7 8.8 8.8 9.0 8.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 285° 287° 265° 271° 275°
February 274° 241° 258° 272° 254°
March 265° 004° 017° 328° 280°
April 262° 352° 024° 021°
May 347° 034° 346° 323° 321°
June 333° 046° 329° 255°
July 261° 190° 005° 246°
August 262° 339° 262° 276°
September 259° 352° 274° 323°
October 280° 328° 241° 354°
November 348° 282° 299° 280°
December 241° 296° 197° 276°

Prevailing wind direction

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