Moose Jaw Air Vice Marshal C. M. McEwen Airport

CYMJ · Saskatchewan, Canada

Climate Moose Jaw Air Vice Marshal C. M. McEwen Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Moose Jaw Air Vice Marshal C. M. McEwen Airport (CYMJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.1 69 48 86 78 78
February 80.8 71 89 84 83 82
March 77.9 81 72 68 87 92
April 80.8 79 74 87 87
May 90.7 86 90 85 99
June 91.5 98 94 89 85
July 89.3 76 81 84 97
August 85.6 70 92 77 99
September 85.9 85 88 98 98
October 83.4 80 91 87 89
November 68.8 83 44 83 80
December 81.7 91 60 89 85
Average 82.5 73.9 80.4 80.6 85.6 89.9

56th 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 87.3 84 64 96 92 84
February 89.7 79 93 95 92 93
March 88.3 93 87 84 93 96
April 90.2 87 83 92 96
May 95.9 92 97 92 99
June 97.5 100 98 96 96
July 95.0 89 91 91 99
August 92.7 90 96 84 100
September 93.3 94 94 99 100
October 93.8 92 98 94 99
November 83.5 93 67 91 87
December 88.5 92 72 90 91
Average 91.3 85.5 89.9 90.0 92.1 95.5

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 -7.6 -8 -5 -5 -4 -9
February -8.4 -2 -5 -11 -11 -3
March 1.0 0 -5 1 7 2
April 9.8 7 7 11 14
May 20.1 23 19 18 19
June 24.3 27 24 26 22
July 27.2 26 27 29 26
August 26.6 28 29 24 29
September 20.7 24 22 22 21
October 10.2 9 12 13 8
November 0.3 2 -3 5 3
December -4.8 3 -12 -6 -1
Average 9.3 -3.0 11.4 9.7 11.9 11.4

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 -14.3 -16 -10 -14 -10 -16
February -16.7 -10 -13 -19 -19 -11
March -9.7 -9 -13 -7 -5 -8
April -1.5 -2 -2 -2 0
May 7.3 9 6 3 8
June 12.4 15 10 12 11
July 14.3 13 14 14 13
August 13.0 14 14 12 12
September 8.8 10 9 9 8
October 1.1 2 3 1 -1
November -6.0 -5 -8 -4 -4
December -10.5 -5 -17 -12 -8
Average -1.3 -12.4 1.6 -1.5 0.7 0.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.8 40 36 18 26 25
February 25.0 29 18 29 35 14
March 18.0 17 32 26 11 5
April 11.6 17 24 8 16
May 5.4 9 9 9 1
June 7.0 3 9 8 4
July 3.1 6 8 5 3
August 4.8 5 5 10 1
September 7.6 3 9 0 4
October 9.0 15 6 9 5
November 17.9 3 51 11 2
December 22.6 5 68 22 13
Average 13.6 28.0 12.0 19.1 11.3 6.5

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.5 11 10 11 10 11
February 10.6 10 12 12 13 11
March 11.1 10 11 14 11 12
April 11.2 11 15 10 13
May 10.5 10 12 11 12
June 10.3 9 11 12 12
July 9.6 11 9 9 10
August 9.0 11 9 10 10
September 10.5 10 11 13 12
October 11.1 12 12 10 13
November 11.3 11 14 11 12
December 10.8 12 11 12 9
Average 10.5 10.2 10.6 11.8 10.8 11.3

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 258° 270° 238° 215° 278°
February 245° 276° 277° 287° 268°
March 277° 208° 274° 229° 278°
April 046° 151° 283° 260°
May 128° 283° 219° 262°
June 225° 274° 276° 290°
July 291° 297° 063° 270°
August 262° 266° 333° 292°
September 235° 263° 274° 285°
October 292° 277° 245° 289°
November 263° 274° 243° 241°
December 251° 280° 256° 260°

Prevailing wind direction

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