Fort McMurray Airport

CYMM · Alberta, Canada

Climate Fort McMurray Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fort McMurray Airport (CYMM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.2 48 47 55 82 72
February 73.7 68 61 71 74 85
March 79.6 76 75 71 90 78
April 82.9 86 69 91 83
May 86.3 79 84 87 81
June 84.8 66 87 91 87
July 86.1 75 90 83 83
August 86.2 77 87 94 87
September 83.6 72 86 79 85
October 79.2 81 83 88 70
November 59.3 57 64 56 66
December 70.7 91 51 61 67
Average 78.0 63.7 72.1 76.4 82.8 79.6

84th 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 82.6 74 78 82 94 86
February 87.8 89 75 83 88 94
March 90.4 81 89 85 94 90
April 93.6 96 85 99 93
May 95.2 87 98 97 96
June 94.4 79 99 99 98
July 94.0 85 98 93 94
August 94.7 89 92 97 97
September 94.1 83 97 93 97
October 94.2 98 95 98 91
November 88.9 85 92 83 93
December 84.6 100 63 79 82
Average 91.0 80.8 86.4 90.4 93.5 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 -11.8 -13 -7 -13 -6 -12
February -9.4 -2 -8 -11 -13 -5
March 1.4 -1 -3 1 15 -3
April 8.3 11 7 10 6
May 19.0 25 15 17 17
June 22.7 24 23 25 21
July 24.9 25 26 26 24
August 23.2 23 26 24 23
September 17.4 21 21 18 16
October 8.5 10 13 10 4
November -4.8 0 -3 0 -4
December -9.6 0 -14 -17 -6
Average 6.4 -6.5 10.1 8.3 9.2 6.8

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 -19.4 -21 -14 -22 -15 -20
February -20.0 -13 -20 -23 -24 -17
March -13.5 -13 -16 -12 -9 -15
April -4.2 -2 -4 -4 -6
May 4.8 8 3 4 4
June 10.1 11 10 12 9
July 11.9 12 12 13 12
August 10.6 11 12 10 11
September 5.2 7 7 7 5
October -2.9 0 2 0 -3
November -11.4 -7 -12 -9 -12
December -17.0 -10 -22 -25 -13
Average -5.1 -16.2 -2.4 -4.5 -4.7 -4.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 27.1 35 25 37 14 23
February 23.6 19 36 40 24 16
March 18.4 26 31 28 11 16
April 13.9 15 26 9 16
May 7.9 3 24 5 7
June 10.2 13 10 6 16
July 8.2 13 7 5 14
August 7.8 14 8 4 11
September 7.6 2 8 11 12
October 12.8 19 4 2 27
November 29.9 22 44 28 27
December 26.1 7 49 44 28
Average 15.8 27.0 16.2 22.1 11.6 16.6

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 6.2 5 6 7 6 7
February 6.6 6 7 6 7 8
March 7.5 9 7 8 8 8
April 8.1 9 9 7 8
May 7.9 8 9 8 7
June 7.3 7 7 8 7
July 6.8 7 7 7 7
August 7.0 7 7 7 9
September 7.3 7 7 9 7
October 8.3 8 9 9 8
November 7.2 7 8 7 7
December 6.5 6 9 6 7
Average 7.2 6.8 7.1 7.7 7.6 7.5

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 306° 070° 326° 164° 325°
February 289° 310° 315° 289° 285°
March 044° 080° 327° 278° 323°
April 128° 349° 307° 300°
May 144° 059° 043° 005°
June 309° 009° 263° 156°
July 304° 261° 249° 278°
August 263° 280° 271° 255°
September 233° 270° 263° 291°
October 238° 250° 200° 280°
November 300° 315° 109° 290°
December 219° 313° 289° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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