Umiujaq Airport

CYMU · Canada

Climate Umiujaq Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Umiujaq Airport (CYMU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.0 34 35 37 48 33
February 56.3 47 48 62 74 40
March 56.6 52 50 41 50 52
April 54.6 31 54 73 57
May 49.8 50 47 52 40
June 63.4 75 74 37 73
July 60.3 29 33 65 81
August 57.6 100 27 59 67
September 54.1 75 53 72 50
October 53.6 43 46 58 45
November 51.9 33 37 59 52
December 39.0 30 51 34 31
Average 52.7 43.7 51.0 49.6 58.3 53.1

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 72.2 53 54 61 78 68
February 80.0 86 64 72 92 74
March 75.9 62 66 68 73 78
April 74.8 55 55 87 70
May 72.6 73 70 81 75
June 72.9 82 82 57 84
July 63.9 37 39 67 81
August 66.3 100 37 65 81
September 75.8 87 67 84 79
October 83.8 69 83 74 91
November 79.6 64 64 90 81
December 75.0 65 72 73 87
Average 73.4 68.4 68.0 68.4 77.3 79.2

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 -19.7 -15 -23 -21 -13 -17
February -19.0 -13 -23 -24 -16 -18
March -12.0 -9 -12 -11 -12 -13
April -5.2 -4 -5 -1 -6
May 2.8 6 5 4 0
June 11.0 16 16 6 12
July 14.3 16 5 14 19
August 13.7 20 11 13 16
September 10.1 13 12 12 10
October 5.0 8 6 10 2
November -4.2 -3 -4 -1 -4
December -11.6 -7 -9 -10 -11
Average -3.5 -13.0 1.2 -3.9 0.1 -1.4

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 -22.7 -19 -26 -24 -17 -20
February -23.2 -15 -27 -28 -20 -22
March -17.0 -14 -17 -15 -18 -19
April -10.5 -7 -10 -6 -9
May -2.8 2 1 -1 -2
June 5.8 10 10 1 6
July 9.5 11 2 9 13
August 9.8 15 9 9 12
September 6.4 8 8 7 7
October 1.8 4 3 6 0
November -7.7 -5 -6 -3 -7
December -13.0 -9 -13 -12 -14
Average -7.7 -17.4 -3.1 -7.9 -4.0 -5.6

86th lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.3 76 75 86 60 88
February 78.1 50 72 71 56 90
March 69.2 70 59 75 64 86
April 55.4 54 51 26 68
May 34.5 25 28 22 42
June 21.6 5 17 46 21
July 21.0 15 24 9 13
August 23.0 0 37 21 12
September 30.7 4 21 23 46
October 37.5 15 33 25 66
November 68.6 69 75 46 78
December 85.5 76 94 82 81
Average 50.3 64.1 35.7 48.5 37.9 55.4

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 13.2 16 11 16 11 12
February 13.2 12 11 15 13 14
March 13.3 14 12 12 15 16
April 13.3 13 13 13 17
May 12.0 10 12 12 13
June 10.8 9 14 10 12
July 10.6 10 11 9 11
August 10.5 10 14 13 9
September 12.6 11 11 13 16
October 13.6 12 15 13 13
November 15.5 18 17 16 17
December 16.0 17 18 16 16
Average 12.9 13.7 11.5 13.9 12.8 13.5

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 256° 195° 198° 111° 195°
February 089° 148° 207° 161° 172°
March 122° 102° 148° 061° 139°
April 109° 082° 067° 091°
May 250° 185° 349° 242°
June 065° 115° 271° 074°
July 192° 211° 228° 120°
August 030° 218° 209° 311°
September 177° 208° 102° 208°
October 082° 153° 099° 213°
November 211° 062° 094° 173°
December 184° 107° 142° 141°

Prevailing wind direction

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