Kamloops Airport

CYKA · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Kamloops Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kamloops Airport (CYKA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.5 78 78 67 84 84
February 85.2 85 76 95 89 86
March 95.1 99 100 88 100 99
April 97.8 100 100 99 100 97
May 98.3 100 92 99 100 99
June 99.1 100 100 96 100 97
July 92.2 99 95 100 60 100
August 86.2 99 85 100 76 99
September 95.9 96 96 99 96
October 93.4 97 100 92 86
November 81.3 88 63 87 90
December 75.9 80 65 87 86
Average 91.2 95.7 91.1 91.2 89.4 94.0

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 95.4 88 96 95 100 94
February 92.0 91 87 96 94 92
March 98.3 100 100 97 100 100
April 99.5 100 100 99 100 98
May 99.6 100 97 100 100 100
June 100.0 100 100 100 100 100
July 94.5 99 96 100 70 100
August 89.6 100 88 100 81 100
September 98.8 98 100 100 97
October 98.4 100 100 99 95
November 96.7 98 94 93 99
December 94.2 97 83 93 97
Average 96.6 97.7 96.4 97.7 93.8 97.8

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 1.4 0 4 -1 4 1
February 2.0 5 3 4 3 4
March 10.6 12 10 12 13 10
April 16.0 17 16 15 18 16
May 23.3 22 27 19 23 22
June 26.3 24 28 25 30 24
July 31.3 34 32 32 33 29
August 30.3 31 31 33 29 29
September 23.8 24 26 23 26
October 14.5 16 19 14 13
November 5.8 8 1 7 7
December 0.9 5 -5 -3 4
Average 15.9 18.2 17.0 15.7 16.1 15.3

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 -5.7 -6 -1 -6 -2 -5
February -6.3 -2 -3 -4 -6 -3
March -1.4 0 -2 2 0 -2
April 3.3 4 3 2 3 2
May 9.1 8 11 8 8 9
June 12.4 12 13 12 14 12
July 15.4 17 15 16 17 14
August 14.7 15 15 17 15 14
September 10.5 10 11 11 12
October 4.0 5 6 5 4
November -1.5 0 -5 1 0
December -5.9 0 -11 -10 -2
Average 4.7 6.0 5.6 4.5 4.7 4.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.6 16 13 9 14 16
February 14.8 15 25 2 13 12
March 5.7 6 4 9 1 2
April 5.6 5 3 7 1 3
May 8.1 12 9 9 7 11
June 8.0 12 8 13 2 16
July 3.8 5 1 3 0 9
August 4.2 6 6 1 6 3
September 6.6 7 3 8 3
October 6.0 5 1 7 12
November 11.0 11 19 5 5
December 13.4 9 29 18 10
Average 7.9 9.0 7.9 7.9 6.2 8.4

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 7.8 8 7 7 8 10
February 6.9 7 9 7 6 7
March 7.1 7 5 8 8 8
April 7.5 8 8 7 7 7
May 6.2 7 5 8 6 7
June 6.2 6 6 7 6 6
July 5.1 6 5 5 4 5
August 5.2 6 5 5 6 6
September 5.7 6 5 6 5
October 6.6 7 6 8 6
November 7.7 7 8 9 9
December 7.2 8 5 8 7
Average 6.5 6.8 6.5 6.5 6.6 6.7

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 086° 091° 100° 102° 095°
February 171° 119° 116° 226° 120°
March 119° 113° 115° 032° 268°
April 193° 107° 139° 254° 270°
May 271° 250° 175° 239° 137°
June 175° 265° 182° 136° 112°
July 224° 239° 163° 244° 199°
August 232° 271° 156° 272° 233°
September 130° 131° 114° 133°
October 109° 150° 100° 107°
November 099° 102° 099° 110°
December 097° 184° 093° 096°

Prevailing wind direction

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