Key Lake Airport

CYKJ · Canada

Climate Key Lake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Key Lake Airport (CYKJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.7 54 30 66 57 47
February 62.6 55 49 70 62 70
March 70.2 64 68 67 74 67
April 76.0 78 68 75 67
May 71.3 59 62 70 69
June 75.4 59 84 86 74
July 81.1 71 75 83 83
August 77.5 61 95 75 66
September 72.6 65 96 64 68
October 51.5 50 58 65 40
November 38.7 28 31 49 45
December 61.7 71 69 56 59
Average 67.2 58.0 58.0 70.1 69.8 64.5

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 69.4 78 44 82 75 59
February 80.9 78 75 84 79 84
March 86.3 84 86 79 84 85
April 91.1 91 85 93 86
May 84.8 67 83 85 85
June 88.7 75 94 93 85
July 91.8 84 88 93 94
August 89.8 75 95 94 88
September 88.8 74 98 90 93
October 80.9 82 76 87 81
November 74.8 70 64 80 80
December 75.5 87 80 73 70
Average 84.7 80.0 75.9 84.1 86.6 84.0

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 -15.1 -16 -11 -19 -12 -15
February -15.9 -8 -14 -17 -17 -11
March -5.0 -6 -8 -4 -1 -8
April 3.3 6 3 3 0
May 14.0 21 11 11 12
June 20.3 23 20 22 19
July 23.2 22 23 25 23
August 21.3 22 24 22 21
September 14.6 19 19 15 13
October 4.4 6 9 7 0
November -7.0 -4 -7 -4 -8
December -13.1 -4 -19 -20 -10
Average 2.3 -11.9 6.6 4.4 4.4 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 -24.1 -24 -18 -29 -22 -22
February -27.3 -20 -27 -32 -30 -24
March -20.5 -19 -25 -19 -17 -21
April -10.6 -6 -10 -10 -13
May 0.9 6 0 -2 -1
June 8.6 11 7 9 7
July 10.9 10 11 12 12
August 9.8 11 11 9 11
September 4.7 7 7 7 3
October -3.2 -3 -1 0 -5
November -15.4 -11 -14 -12 -16
December -23.6 -15 -30 -29 -20
Average -9.3 -22.9 -5.0 -8.5 -7.0 -8.6

77th 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 36.7 44 40 41 39 33
February 30.4 30 51 28 27 23
March 23.7 24 34 28 21 29
April 17.4 21 34 14 23
May 8.6 1 13 9 14
June 9.9 12 11 8 10
July 9.5 16 13 4 6
August 8.0 9 7 8 11
September 9.6 3 10 14 14
October 24.1 32 21 7 52
November 46.3 53 46 30 46
December 33.3 24 43 53 35
Average 20.4 31.7 23.6 22.9 16.7 22.3

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 6.2 6 6 7 6 6
February 7.6 7 9 7 7 8
March 8.2 9 8 7 9 9
April 8.2 8 8 8 8
May 8.3 8 9 8 9
June 8.4 8 9 8 9
July 7.4 7 8 8 8
August 7.6 7 7 8 9
September 7.9 7 8 8 8
October 8.3 8 9 8 9
November 7.4 8 8 8 7
December 6.1 8 6 6 6
Average 7.7 7.3 7.7 7.9 7.7 8.0

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 278° 251° 289° 211° 243°
February 254° 290° 278° 288° 269°
March 153° 129° 299° 220° 287°
April 120° 052° 285° 302°
May 183° 066° 103° 074°
June 168° 037° 289° 092°
July 001° 289° 250° 231°
August 268° 281° 246° 230°
September 228° 252° 258° 283°
October 257° 273° 206° 292°
November 293° 264° 211° 245°
December 245° 312° 324° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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