Akulivik Airport

CYKO · Canada

Climate Akulivik Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Puvirnituq Airport (CYPX) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 44.0 23 39 41 38 43
February 54.7 36 71 57 50 43
March 46.5 37 36 52 34 55
April 51.7 50 37 64 61
May 42.3 59 32 43 37
June 66.8 43 85 82 40
July 63.3 52 49 58 72
August 60.1 48 63 58 50
September 50.4 42 45 32 64
October 45.3 60 31 36 44
November 53.1 46 36 47 67
December 37.9 40 28 39 50
Average 51.9 33.2 47.7 46.9 47.7 52.2

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 59.8 40 58 58 55 59
February 64.0 45 74 68 57 56
March 62.7 59 60 58 56 66
April 71.3 67 59 79 81
May 76.5 81 69 69 80
June 79.9 58 90 89 62
July 77.7 66 66 88 81
August 82.0 77 83 78 74
September 81.5 73 75 69 90
October 78.6 86 69 77 77
November 72.0 69 53 65 84
December 61.1 58 58 53 57
Average 72.6 50.0 68.9 68.2 70.3 73.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -20.9 -13.9 -18.6 -20.8 -23.8 -16.0
February -23.0 -22.8 -17.6 -28.8 -26.3 -17.0
March -16.8 -18.0 -13.5 -15.0 -15.1 -18.5
April -8.6 -5.2 -6.4 -8.0 -6.4
May 1.3 3.9 3.2 1.7 1.3
June 10.8 10.6 12.9 15.9 5.7
July 15.6 14.0 17.3 18.3 13.4
August 14.3 15.0 15.6 13.1 12.8
September 9.6 11.6 10.3 10.1 10.5
October 2.5 5.2 3.1 3.0 6.2
November -6.7 -1.0 -4.2 -7.4 -5.9
December -12.8 -8.4 -8.0 -11.6 -11.0
Average -4.2 -17.0 1.3 -2.8 -3.0 -2.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -26.0 -19.8 -25.8 -26.5 -30.1 -24.1
February -30.3 -28.5 -25.6 -35.7 -32.3 -25.6
March -24.7 -25.0 -19.1 -24.3 -23.8 -27.3
April -15.0 -12.1 -12.0 -17.5 -14.8
May -5.7 -3.2 -3.7 -5.7 -3.1
June 2.6 3.1 3.2 4.5 0.0
July 7.8 7.2 9.0 10.9 5.9
August 8.2 9.9 8.9 8.0 6.9
September 4.4 6.2 4.0 5.0 4.7
October -2.4 1.0 -2.9 -1.3 1.7
November -11.3 -6.2 -9.6 -12.5 -9.8
December -18.4 -15.4 -15.8 -16.0 -18.3
Average -11.7 -24.5 -5.1 -8.0 -10.5 -9.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 48.9 73 54 57 48 32
February 34.6 45 42 30 28 45
March 45.0 44 59 44 53 35
April 39.3 33 47 39 25
May 27.0 11 30 34 22
June 11.5 16 5 15 21
July 10.0 13 16 9 9
August 13.3 16 18 26 9
September 15.1 15 19 21 11
October 31.0 35 37 40 10
November 47.2 42 67 58 31
December 56.6 55 68 50 49
Average 30.0 51.4 29.2 32.9 35.4 22.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 12.3 15 15 12 12 9
February 12.0 12 10 12 14 14
March 12.9 14 13 11 13 13
April 13.0 14 11 13 13
May 13.7 13 15 15 13
June 13.0 14 12 15 14
July 12.7 14 12 14 13
August 13.7 12 12 16 17
September 13.5 13 14 15 13
October 13.6 12 14 17 14
November 13.2 14 15 14 14
December 14.1 14 15 15 13
Average 13.1 13.5 13.3 12.6 14.4 13.5

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 260° 262° 181° 195° 198°
February 236° 156° 189° 224° 202°
March 231° 081° 101° 205° 300°
April 060° 315° 328° 095°
May 064° 282° 137° 322°
June 268° 253° 079° 267°
July 251° 188° 111° 243°
August 221° 254° 221° 227°
September 226° 231° 238° 099°
October 195° 237° 235° 140°
November 095° 159° 324° 049°
December 131° 207° 137° 192°

Prevailing wind direction

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