Kelowna International Airport

CYLW · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Kelowna International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kelowna International Airport (CYLW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.5 51 62 44 76 73
February 81.4 65 77 88 89 91
March 92.1 93 94 84 100 96
April 96.4 96 96 99 100
May 97.4 95 93 100 99
June 98.2 99 93 99 99
July 95.9 99 97 82 100
August 85.3 84 96 78 98
September 91.0 88 90 100 77
October 94.7 98 100 92 90
November 79.4 83 61 86 89
December 61.9 52 51 80 70
Average 85.8 69.4 86.4 84.6 90.5 91.2

25th 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 85.6 84 77 81 92 88
February 90.0 78 86 96 94 96
March 97.0 98 100 91 100 98
April 99.3 99 100 99 100
May 99.2 97 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 99 100 100
July 97.4 99 100 87 100
August 88.8 87 97 81 99
September 94.1 92 94 100 79
October 98.0 100 100 98 96
November 94.3 99 83 96 96
December 89.4 84 77 90 89
Average 94.0 86.3 93.4 93.9 94.7 95.4

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.8 0 2 0 3 1
February 2.3 6 4 4 3 5
March 9.6 11 10 11 11 10
April 14.9 15 14 17 15
May 22.3 26 18 22 21
June 25.4 27 24 29 23
July 30.5 32 31 34 28
August 29.7 30 32 29 29
September 22.8 23 25 22 25
October 13.7 15 19 13 13
November 5.6 7 1 7 6
December 1.0 4 -4 -2 3
Average 13.8 5.4 16.1 15.1 15.7 14.7

11th highest temperature of Canada

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 -5.4 -6 -3 -5 -3 -5
February -6.4 -2 -4 -5 -5 -3
March -2.0 -2 -3 0 -2 -3
April 1.7 2 1 2 0
May 7.2 9 6 5 7
June 10.5 11 11 12 10
July 12.8 12 13 15 12
August 12.2 13 14 13 12
September 8.6 9 8 8 9
October 2.5 4 4 3 3
November -2.7 -1 -5 0 -1
December -5.7 -1 -9 -10 -3
Average 2.4 -4.8 4.0 3.1 3.2 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 15.5 25 15 14 15 23
February 17.7 29 35 7 10 9
March 7.3 7 10 14 1 6
April 8.1 10 8 3 3
May 6.9 10 8 4 13
June 8.5 6 24 3 12
July 2.7 1 4 1 4
August 2.3 3 1 6 1
September 4.8 6 3 6 4
October 6.8 2 5 11 11
November 13.8 10 28 15 10
December 17.0 21 26 24 16
Average 9.8 20.3 10.1 11.2 7.4 8.7

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 4.1 4 3 5 3 5
February 5.1 4 5 6 5 4
March 5.0 5 5 5 5 7
April 6.0 6 8 6 6
May 5.5 5 6 7 6
June 5.3 5 6 5 5
July 5.2 6 5 6 6
August 4.9 6 5 5 4
September 4.8 5 5 5 5
October 4.6 5 4 4 5
November 4.2 4 4 4 4
December 4.3 3 7 5 4
Average 4.9 3.9 5.1 5.4 5.0 5.1

11th highest wind speed of Canada

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 113° 014° 166° 054° 001°
February 255° 118° 043° 358° 180°
March 318° 323° 272° 231° 321°
April 231° 264° 316° 333°
May 221° 246° 288° 318°
June 265° 312° 268° 321°
July 286° 318° 336° 273°
August 317° 241° 262° 303°
September 281° 278° 280° 318°
October 326° 252° 259° 333°
November 172° 010° 181° 155°
December 157° 353° 352° 144°

Prevailing wind direction

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