Waskaganish Airport

CYKQ · Quebec, Canada

Climate Waskaganish Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Waskaganish Airport (CYKQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.1 54 59 23 40
February 63.3 50 66 60 59 44
March 66.6 53 55 55 83 69
April 73.0 84 57 81 66
May 70.8 69 83 64 74
June 73.8 83 63 92 60
July 80.1 73 72 81 77
August 72.0 76 67 68
September 68.6 100 70 42 59
October 57.9 35 65 59 47
November 39.2 100 42 36 21
December 44.8 48 55 28
Average 62.7 52.1 66.9 62.3 62.4 56.1

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 68.6 66 69 50 68
February 73.3 100 74 66 62 63
March 79.0 67 77 65 89 81
April 85.4 96 68 84 83
May 84.3 92 91 80 91
June 87.2 88 80 96 75
July 88.7 82 84 85 83
August 85.4 84 75 85
September 84.4 100 81 66 81
October 81.4 95 84 75 78
November 62.6 100 59 57 51
December 64.4 56 75 49
Average 78.6 73.9 80.8 73.5 75.2 75.3

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 -14.9 -11 -19 -9 -12
February -13.2 6 -12 -15 -14 -12
March -6.0 -11 -9 -6 0 -4
April 2.0 2 2 7 -1
May 10.7 12 14 12 10
June 18.5 22 21 20 16
July 21.7 23 19 20 24
August 19.7 20 22 19
September 15.4 14 17 16 14
October 8.5 8 12 12 4
November -3.6 4 -2 -1 -1
December -11.8 -10 -13 -6
Average 3.2 -8.1 1.9 4.0 6.2 4.2

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 -19.9 -17 -26 -12 -16
February -20.8 3 -19 -22 -19 -18
March -13.6 -15 -14 -12 -8 -11
April -4.4 -4 -2 0 -6
May 5.0 7 9 6 5
June 12.3 15 15 12 10
July 15.7 16 14 15 19
August 14.1 15 17 13
September 9.5 9 10 11 9
October 3.6 5 6 6 0
November -6.6 1 -4 -3 -3
December -15.2 -16 -17 -10
Average -2.0 -12.3 -5.9 -2.3 0.8 -1.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.0 36 48 57 45
February 41.0 50 33 40 36 56
March 29.4 39 35 41 13 32
April 18.1 3 37 11 36
May 17.7 13 18 11 21
June 12.9 1 24 6 24
July 10.4 3 17 12 14
August 12.0 15 15 17
September 18.7 0 13 32 28
October 25.2 15 19 20 35
November 48.9 0 49 45 50
December 48.4 44 39 49
Average 27.7 41.3 20.5 31.0 23.6 32.7

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 8.2 7 10 7 8
February 8.7 8 7 9 6 9
March 9.0 10 9 9 9 9
April 8.8 10 9 8 10
May 9.1 9 8 10 9
June 8.7 9 9 8 8
July 8.4 7 7 9 8
August 8.5 8 10 8
September 9.3 10 10 9 11
October 8.8 7 9 7 9
November 9.4 9 10 10 10
December 8.4 8 9 7
Average 8.8 9.6 8.2 8.9 8.5 8.7

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 237° 241° 234° 233°
February 150° 222° 238° 262° 279°
March 295° 289° 282° 245° 185°
April 270° 307° 326° 303°
May 302° 271° 283° 287°
June 307° 202° 271° 292°
July 288° 277° 288° 281°
August 259° 262° 293°
September 015° 267° 246° 245°
October 283° 195° 225° 241°
November 179° 259° 250° 231°
December 231° 218° 225°

Prevailing wind direction

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