Aklavik Airport

CYKD · Canada

Climate Aklavik Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport (CYEV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.3 70 51 76 65 69
February 73.9 77 61 81 89 75
March 83.1 84 81 85 90 82
April 76.8 62 83 89 75
May 64.6 67 40 67 56
June 0 0 0 0
July 70.6 51 60 74 75
August 53.5 33 58 67 64
September 52.2 46 47 55 39
October 53.0 33 61 47 58
November 63.2 57 60 61 73
December 66.0 27 75 86 100
Average 67.1 79.0 53.2 63.4 70.8 65.4

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 79.5 85 66 83 87 75
February 84.5 86 76 84 96 85
March 92.5 92 90 95 96 90
April 90.4 84 87 94 91
May 78.6 81 63 80 75
June 0 0 0 0
July 84.2 55 82 90 94
August 78.9 62 74 86 82
September 73.6 72 66 77 64
October 70.0 57 79 62 77
November 81.3 78 78 75 92
December 88.6 73 100 100 100
Average 82.5 88.7 72.5 78.1 84.2 82.1

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 -21.2 -26 -19 -23 -20 -24
February -20.1 -17 -25 -24 -26 -23
March -13.0 -16 -13 -16 -17 -13
April -6.8 -9 -5 -4 -3
May 8.5 11 8 7 7
June 17.8 20 16 20 19
July 21.5 27 22 22 16
August 16.2 18 18 16 17
September 9.6 12 10 10 9
October -2.9 -1 -2 -1 -2
November -12.3 -9 -9 -14 -12
December -19.5 -16 -18 -21 -21
Average -4.5 -20.3 -1.9 -2.7 -3.9 -3.3

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 -28.9 -33 -25 -30 -26 -30
February -28.4 -24 -32 -33 -33 -31
March -23.7 -24 -22 -25 -27 -23
April -16.7 -18 -16 -15 -13
May -2.6 0 -1 -2 -3
June 6.5 8 5 8 8
July 10.8 16 12 11 7
August 7.4 10 8 7 8
September 2.4 4 3 3 2
October -7.8 -5 -7 -5 -7
November -18.5 -14 -15 -20 -19
December -25.2 -22 -25 -28 -28
Average -12.4 -27.1 -9.9 -10.2 -11.5 -11.3

67th lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 49.4 49 64 54 42 46
February 38.7 36 42 37 35 45
March 32.1 46 22 34 36 35
April 24.1 50 17 19 23
May 15.2 13 29 10 24
June 0 0 0 0
July 8.7 0 22 4 9
August 17.7 24 16 16 8
September 23.6 21 28 19 24
October 29.5 36 34 28 39
November 46.9 52 44 55 39
December 43.3 55 75 57 0
Average 27.6 43.5 29.5 28.6 23.3 26.1

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 4.5 5 4 5 4 5
February 4.4 5 4 4 3 4
March 5.5 6 6 5 6 6
April 5.9 6 5 6 6
May 6.4 6 7 7 7
June 0 0 0 0
July 5.9 5 5 6 5
August 5.9 6 6 6 6
September 5.6 6 6 6 5
October 5.5 6 6 5 5
November 4.7 6 5 5 5
December 5.4 5 10 4 4
Average 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6

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 056° 071° 285° 059° 337°
February 360° 071° 140° 320° 071°
March 066° 091° 017° 086° 257°
April 342° 110° 273° 287°
May 310° 328° 062° 022°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 047° 327° 244° 351°
August 010° 298° 284° 021°
September 055° 008° 026° 010°
October 295° 063° 082° 294°
November 054° 056° 004° 147°
December 155° 315° 012° 093°

Prevailing wind direction

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