Statistics Kamloops Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kamloops Airport (CYKA) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	78.5	78	67	84	84	75
February	85.2	76	95	89	86	88
March	94.5	100	88	100	99	93
April	97.5	100	99	100	97	97
May	98.0	92	99	100	99	99
June	99.0	100	96	100	97	100
July	91.2	95	100	60	100	100
August	84.4	85	100	76	99	100
September	95.9	96	96	99	96	98
October	93.4	97	100	92	86	94
November	81.3	88	63	87	90	75
December	75.2		65	87	86	52
Average	90.6	92.0	91.2	89.4	94.0	91.0

2nd best VFR conditions of Canada

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 mi or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	96.5	96	95	100	94	98
February	92.3	87	96	94	92	94
March	98.1	100	97	100	100	97
April	99.4	100	99	100	98	99
May	99.5	97	100	100	100	100
June	100.0	100	100	100	100	100
July	93.8	96	100	70	100	100
August	88.0	88	100	81	100	100
September	98.8	98	100	100	97	100
October	98.4	100	100	99	95	100
November	96.7	98	94	93	99	96
December	93.6		83	93	97	98
Average	96.4	96.3	97.7	93.8	97.8	98.7

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	1.6	4	-1	4	1	4
February	1.5	3	4	3	4	-4
March	10.4	10	12	13	10	10
April	15.9	16	15	18	16	16
May	23.5	27	19	23	22	24
June	26.6	28	25	30	24	26
July	31.0	32	32	33	29	28
August	30.3	31	33	29	29	30
September	23.8	24	26	23	26	23
October	14.5	16	19	14	13	13
November	5.8	8	1	7	7	5
December	0.2		-5	-3	4	2
Average	15.8	18.1	15.7	16.1	15.3	14.8

6th highest temperature of Canada

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-5.9	-1	-6	-2	-5	-2
February	-7.7	-3	-4	-6	-3	-12
March	-1.4	-2	2	0	-2	-3
April	3.2	3	2	3	2	3
May	9.2	11	8	8	9	10
June	12.5	13	12	14	12	13
July	15.1	15	16	17	14	15
August	14.6	15	17	15	14	15
September	10.5	10	11	11	12	11
October	4.0	5	6	5	4	3
November	-1.5	0	-5	1	0	-1
December	-5.2		-11	-10	-2	-2
Average	4.6	6.2	4.5	4.7	4.6	4.2

463rd lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	12.2	13	9	14	16	11
February	14.9	25	2	13	12	18
March	5.7	4	9	1	2	4
April	5.7	3	7	1	3	5
May	7.6	9	9	7	11	6
June	7.4	8	13	2	16	5
July	3.7	1	3	0	9	11
August	4.0	6	1	6	3	5
September	6.6	7	3	8	3	14
October	6.0	5	1	7	12	5
November	11.0	11	19	5	5	11
December	14.2		29	18	10	8
Average	7.7	7.8	7.9	6.2	8.4	8.1

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	7.8	7	7	8	10	7
February	6.9	9	7	6	7	9
March	7.0	5	8	8	8	4
April	7.5	8	7	7	7	8
May	6.1	5	8	6	7	5
June	6.2	6	7	6	6	6
July	5.1	5	5	4	5	6
August	5.2	5	5	6	6	5
September	5.7	6	5	6	5	6
October	6.6	7	6	8	6	8
November	7.7	7	8	9	9	6
December	6.9		5	8	7	6
Average	6.5	6.3	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.3

6th highest wind speed of Canada

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	091°	100°	102°	095°	101°
February	119°	116°	226°	120°	257°
March	113°	115°	032°	268°	128°
April	107°	139°	254°	270°	132°
May	250°	175°	239°	137°	188°
June	265°	182°	136°	112°	264°
July	239°	163°	244°	199°	192°
August	271°	156°	272°	233°	150°
September	130°	131°	114°	133°	127°
October	109°	150°	100°	107°	104°
November	099°	102°	099°	110°	125°
December		184°	093°	096°	099°

Prevailing wind direction

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