Pond Inlet Airport

CYIO · Canada

Climate Pond Inlet Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pond Inlet Airport (CYIO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.1 78 25 100 43 83
February 86.0 86 63 93 85 95
March 85.1 82 80 81 81 88
April 79.6 55 79 81 88 83
May 68.8 72 40 100 95 67
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 0 0 0 0 0
August 82.6 63 88 84 72 89
September 73.3 69 75 73 75 77
October 61.4 64 47 58 70 64
November 58.8 43 52 54 45
December 0 0 0 0
Average 78.0 67.5 71.7 78.2 78.6 81.4

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 80.7 78 25 100 71 83
February 90.4 92 70 94 92 98
March 90.5 87 83 91 89 93
April 87.6 73 83 91 93 88
May 88.7 99 64 100 97 97
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 0 0 0 0 0
August 92.3 86 94 93 87 97
September 91.0 81 84 89 95 97
October 86.1 81 77 90 94 86
November 82.5 70 74 84 95
December 0 0 0 0
Average 90.0 82.3 81.6 90.7 91.4 93.0

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 -27.2 -25 -30 -28 -19 -32
February -30.0 -25 -34 -30 -26 -32
March -26.6 -23 -25 -24 -26 -26
April -16.4 -12 -17 -16 -13 -15
May -5.6 -5 -5 -7 -3 -3
June 5.2 4 3 5 7 6
July 10.3 10 10 12 8 13
August 9.1 9 10 9 7 9
September 2.2 6 3 3 1 1
October -5.8 0 -4 -6 0 -3
November -17.9 -9 -21 -14 -17
December -20.0 -20 -14 -20 -17
Average -10.7 -7.6 -10.3 -10.5 -8.0 -10.2

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 -33.9 -30 -35 -33 -26 -37
February -35.2 -30 -38 -35 -32 -36
March -31.3 -29 -30 -29 -31 -32
April -22.7 -17 -23 -22 -19 -21
May -10.8 -10 -10 -12 -8 -9
June 0.8 0 -1 1 2 1
July 3.8 3 3 5 3 5
August 4.0 4 4 4 3 4
September -2.3 2 -2 -1 -3 -3
October -9.7 -4 -9 -11 -3 -7
November -22.6 -15 -26 -19 -22
December -27.9 -25 -23 -25 -25
Average -15.7 -12.9 -15.1 -15.3 -14.9 -16.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.3 11 75 0 43 33
February 14.3 20 25 5 22 13
March 20.9 24 20 22 23 19
April 28.6 60 24 31 15 23
May 20.7 27 56 1 0 10
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 0 0 0 0 0
August 13.2 21 19 11 18 10
September 17.7 33 20 24 10 9
October 33.7 38 34 39 27 38
November 41.3 67 73 26 38
December 0 0 0 0
Average 21.3 34.8 25.7 23.7 17.6 18.1

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 4.8 6 5 6 7 5
February 4.9 5 5 5 5 5
March 5.0 4 4 6 6 6
April 4.8 6 4 5 5 4
May 4.5 5 5 4 3 5
June 0 0 0 0 0
July 0 0 0 0 0
August 6.3 8 7 7 8 7
September 6.2 5 6 7 6 7
October 7.2 8 8 7 6 8
November 7.9 8 9 9 10
December 0 0 0 0
Average 5.7 5.8 5.4 6.0 6.0 6.1

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 163° 186° 192° 192° 186°
February 162° 180° 176° 178° 187°
March 186° 188° 161° 187° 172°
April 202° 202° 202° 174° 195°
May 201° 198° 194° 186° 207°
June 360° 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 360° 360° 360° 360° 360°
August 237° 059° 134° 058° 227°
September 129° 178° 060° 233° 211°
October 099° 165° 162° 126° 121°
November 138° 192° 152° 204°
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.