Meadow Lake Airport

CYLJ · Saskatchewan, Canada

Climate Meadow Lake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of CFB Cold Lake (CYOD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.9 65 49 69 73 67
February 78.9 75 79 69 84 84
March 80.7 87 81 77 93 78
April 84.2 84 81 92 93
May 90.4 82 92 89 87
June 84.4 70 87 93 79
July 86.5 78 89 82 91
August 85.9 77 89 95 94
September 83.0 74 88 91 91
October 81.4 82 90 87 80
November 55.7 72 58 73 53
December 74.3 92 49 74 69
Average 80.0 76.3 76.5 80.8 86.4 81.8

55th 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 78.7 83 61 76 83 75
February 91.8 93 90 89 91 93
March 89.5 91 90 89 95 91
April 93.9 97 91 97 96
May 96.4 90 96 98 97
June 93.8 85 93 98 95
July 94.4 88 98 92 98
August 93.8 90 95 99 99
September 94.7 85 96 99 99
October 95.5 97 95 98 95
November 83.6 86 80 89 80
December 87.4 97 72 82 88
Average 91.4 89.0 88.1 90.6 94.0 93.1

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 -9.6 -11 -7 -9 -6 -11
February -8.4 -2 -6 -8 -12 -4
March 0.4 -1 -2 1 6 -2
April 8.6 10 7 12 7
May 19.0 24 16 18 17
June 22.4 25 22 26 21
July 24.5 24 25 26 24
August 23.4 23 26 24 24
September 17.8 20 21 20 17
October 9.5 11 15 11 5
November -2.1 2 -4 0 -2
December -7.0 -1 -13 -14 -3
Average 6.9 -5.5 10.2 9.0 9.3 7.8

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 -17.0 -20 -15 -20 -15 -18
February -19.7 -13 -17 -20 -22 -15
March -12.7 -13 -15 -10 -8 -13
April -4.8 -2 -3 -3 -6
May 5.1 7 4 3 5
June 10.6 11 10 12 10
July 12.6 11 13 14 13
August 11.2 11 13 12 11
September 5.9 6 7 7 6
October -1.1 -1 2 0 -3
November -10.8 -6 -11 -9 -9
December -16.6 -12 -21 -22 -12
Average -4.0 -16.7 -2.2 -3.6 -3.6 -3.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.6 17 15 27 24 23
February 22.0 19 21 26 20 18
March 16.9 16 23 20 6 22
April 10.9 10 16 8 10
May 7.4 3 11 7 8
June 11.5 8 15 5 20
July 6.4 8 6 4 9
August 7.2 12 8 7 8
September 10.2 6 10 6 9
October 9.3 12 3 2 13
November 23.4 16 33 22 18
December 19.3 2 40 25 23
Average 13.5 17.2 11.0 15.6 10.0 14.3

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 5.4 5 4 6 5 6
February 6.4 7 6 7 7 7
March 6.9 8 6 8 7 8
April 7.9 8 9 8 9
May 7.5 7 8 8 8
June 7.0 6 7 7 8
July 6.5 6 7 7 7
August 6.6 7 6 7 8
September 7.0 6 7 8 8
October 7.5 9 7 8 8
November 6.5 7 7 6 6
December 5.5 5 6 6 5
Average 6.8 6.8 6.4 7.0 6.9 7.3

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 331° 278° 321° 292° 276°
February 283° 260° 308° 272° 278°
March 080° 129° 328° 280° 319°
April 147° 057° 317° 288°
May 105° 010° 085° 058°
June 057° 041° 268° 010°
July 316° 270° 263° 263°
August 275° 274° 279° 256°
September 212° 267° 259° 284°
October 238° 264° 180° 287°
November 238° 323° 285° 289°
December 211° 317° 270° 256°

Prevailing wind direction

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