Island Lake Airport

CYIV · Canada

Climate Island Lake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Island Lake Airport (CYIV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.4 45 35 67 40 52
February 70.5 50 54 75 72 85
March 71.2 64 65 67 69 79
April 78.8 86 66 67 89
May 71.8 82 50 53 73
June 74.9 77 71 71 43
July 75.9 68 79 76 48
August 73.0 72 76 70 54
September 66.8 70 75 76 39
October 46.3 49 49 57 20
November 36.2 30 28 48 56
December 55.8 47 52 62 65
Average 64.9 53.7 62.6 63.1 64.3 63.1

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 77.3 68 63 81 86 91
February 86.7 75 74 90 86 95
March 84.3 74 79 81 90 89
April 90.6 96 75 83 96
May 85.1 91 68 78 85
June 90.3 90 92 99 72
July 92.6 90 94 82 93
August 91.6 85 97 86 87
September 89.2 87 94 96 80
October 78.4 75 84 81 86
November 77.7 73 64 81 85
December 77.8 78 67 84 88
Average 85.2 72.4 82.2 82.9 86.1 88.2

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 -15.5 -12 -12 -20 -11 -14
February -13.0 -8 -13 -17 -16 -10
March -4.6 -5 -6 -4 -1 -4
April 4.0 5 4 5 2
May 14.2 19 13 13 13
June 20.8 24 19 19 18
July 23.3 21 23 24 24
August 21.5 22 22 20 22
September 15.8 20 18 18 12
October 6.7 8 8 11 4
November -6.9 -3 -3 -1 -6
December -12.3 -4 -10 -15 -13
Average 2.9 -9.6 6.9 5.0 4.9 3.0

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 -22.2 -19 -19 -29 -17 -19
February -24.1 -18 -26 -29 -24 -22
March -16.8 -16 -20 -17 -9 -16
April -7.8 -6 -6 0 -8
May 3.5 6 3 8 4
June 12.3 14 9 16 12
July 15.9 12 14 21 20
August 13.6 14 13 13 17
September 9.1 12 9 11 8
October 1.7 3 1 5 1
November -11.7 -8 -10 -7 -9
December -19.4 -11 -19 -23 -17
Average -6.7 -18.1 -3.5 -5.6 -2.6 -4.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.4 45 44 39 50 56
February 36.0 39 38 21 38 30
March 26.2 39 25 25 23 28
April 15.1 10 25 20 13
May 16.1 8 30 22 32
June 15.0 8 25 9 24
July 12.6 22 11 3 18
August 10.3 12 9 18 12
September 13.3 7 11 8 21
October 27.5 15 38 14 38
November 51.7 45 49 25 53
December 41.0 34 44 38 16
Average 26.3 40.7 21.0 26.2 21.1 27.0

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 6.6 7 6 7 7 6
February 7.1 6 7 8 8 7
March 8.0 9 6 8 10 8
April 7.9 8 9 9 8
May 7.9 7 9 10 8
June 7.7 7 9 10 8
July 7.5 8 7 8 8
August 7.4 7 8 8 8
September 8.2 7 9 9 9
October 8.6 7 10 8 9
November 9.1 10 9 10 8
December 7.0 7 8 7 5
Average 7.7 7.5 7.2 8.3 8.3 7.8

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 296° 241° 281° 203° 270°
February 335° 269° 290° 283° 261°
March 341° 289° 306° 069° 205°
April 045° 035° 297° 330°
May 080° 061° 309° 019°
June 112° 337° 169° 057°
July 312° 307° 315° 282°
August 299° 262° 318° 339°
September 194° 283° 250° 291°
October 341° 317° 349° 270°
November 295° 325° 285° 282°
December 264° 034° 222° 263°

Prevailing wind direction

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