Kindersley Airport

CYKY · Saskatchewan, Canada

Climate Kindersley Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kindersley Airport (CYKY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.3 69 57 79 75 77
February 81.2 63 89 89 85 88
March 78.0 82 67 74 83 82
April 82.4 77 74 94 89
May 89.4 85 92 88 92
June 88.1 80 88 96 84
July 89.0 80 87 83 95
August 89.8 86 93 92 97
September 86.9 80 94 94 96
October 86.8 80 94 96 91
November 68.2 75 67 86 68
December 82.8 95 64 88 82
Average 82.5 71.5 79.3 84.0 88.7 87.3

30th best VFR conditions of Canada

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 82.7 82 63 84 81 84
February 89.3 76 94 94 89 94
March 85.8 89 75 85 89 89
April 92.3 87 89 99 98
May 95.3 90 96 95 98
June 94.9 89 96 98 92
July 92.8 85 90 88 97
August 94.6 93 97 96 100
September 92.4 86 97 99 97
October 94.9 93 96 97 99
November 80.0 84 74 92 74
December 90.3 96 76 93 90
Average 90.0 82.5 86.2 90.5 93.3 93.2

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 -8.9 -11 -6 -7 -6 -9
February -9.8 -3 -7 -6 -13 -3
March -1.9 -2 -6 1 4 1
April 9.9 8 9 14 8
May 20.4 24 19 18 19
June 24.4 27 23 27 23
July 26.6 27 26 30 24
August 26.8 27 29 26 27
September 20.9 23 25 23 21
October 11.4 11 16 14 8
November -1.4 4 -5 4 -1
December -6.5 3 -13 -11 -5
Average 8.2 -6.6 11.2 10.6 10.8 9.5

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 -17.8 -20 -15 -17 -14 -18
February -19.6 -14 -16 -17 -23 -15
March -11.4 -12 -16 -9 -7 -10
April -4.4 -4 -4 -3 -4
May 4.7 8 4 3 4
June 10.1 11 10 11 10
July 11.6 11 12 13 11
August 10.5 11 12 11 10
September 6.0 7 7 6 6
October -2.0 -2 1 -1 -3
November -10.5 -6 -13 -8 -10
December -15.5 -8 -22 -20 -14
Average -5.9 -15.1 -2.4 -3.6 -3.5 -3.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.5 20 3 20 10 16
February 17.6 25 9 22 11 8
March 11.8 8 23 15 6 12
April 7.7 12 16 2 8
May 5.2 4 6 7 4
June 6.6 5 8 4 8
July 4.2 8 3 2 4
August 3.4 4 1 5 1
September 6.0 6 4 2 6
October 6.1 8 3 1 10
November 16.3 12 16 6 17
December 10.0 3 30 13 6
Average 9.6 17.4 8.1 10.5 5.4 7.8

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 9.9 9 8 11 12 10
February 9.9 9 10 11 11 11
March 11.4 10 10 13 11 12
April 12.2 10 13 11 13
May 11.7 10 12 11 13
June 11.5 10 11 10 12
July 9.5 9 8 8 11
August 9.4 9 8 9 11
September 10.8 9 10 12 13
October 11.8 11 10 11 12
November 11.1 10 12 10 12
December 9.9 9 10 10 9
Average 10.7 9.5 9.6 10.8 10.4 11.7

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 296° 267° 280° 247° 265°
February 296° 252° 280° 275° 251°
March 133° 128° 288° 245° 283°
April 182° 299° 298° 294°
May 126° 293° 232° 225°
June 227° 332° 276° 278°
July 301° 307° 360° 256°
August 290° 265° 258° 264°
September 255° 237° 262° 272°
October 255° 273° 201° 277°
November 248° 298° 238° 264°
December 229° 310° 273° 258°

Prevailing wind direction

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