Montreal International (Mirabel) Airport

CYMX · Quebec, Canada

Climate Montreal International (Mirabel) Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Montreal International (Mirabel) Airport (CYMX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.0 49 40 70 62 65
February 72.3 78 68 72 76 71
March 76.9 72 74 70 90 77
April 74.9 72 75 89 86
May 85.1 87 83 93 93
June 83.2 72 84 88 91
July 86.7 72 94 83 91
August 85.8 78 84 91 85
September 82.9 82 74 94 86
October 76.6 70 92 72 79
November 73.1 73 75 77 80
December 61.3 43 61 62 57
Average 76.6 66.6 70.5 78.9 82.9 81.5

69th 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 79.0 77 68 82 87 84
February 81.3 86 80 82 81 77
March 86.2 89 84 80 95 82
April 86.0 85 83 94 94
May 93.4 96 91 97 97
June 92.0 85 93 95 97
July 94.6 85 96 97 96
August 93.4 90 93 95 92
September 91.2 93 87 96 94
October 87.4 88 97 87 88
November 85.7 88 87 87 88
December 79.7 78 76 80 78
Average 87.8 84.5 85.6 87.9 91.8 89.7

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 -5.2 -3 -2 -9 -4 -3
February -3.5 0 -3 -4 -4 -2
March 2.5 6 3 2 5 3
April 10.5 12 10 14 10
May 19.4 20 21 20 19
June 23.6 24 23 26 25
July 26.2 26 26 24 28
August 24.9 24 25 27 24
September 20.8 22 19 21 19
October 14.0 15 15 15 12
November 4.4 4 7 5 8
December -2.4 1 2 -1 0
Average 10.2 0.9 12.1 11.9 12.4 11.9

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 -13.5 -10 -9 -20 -11 -10
February -12.1 -8 -13 -14 -13 -12
March -6.1 -3 -5 -6 -6 -5
April 0.9 2 1 3 0
May 7.5 6 10 7 7
June 12.7 13 13 15 12
July 15.8 17 15 15 17
August 14.8 14 15 17 14
September 10.6 12 10 11 9
October 5.0 8 3 7 3
November -3.1 -3 -1 -2 -1
December -9.7 -5 -5 -9 -7
Average 1.0 -7.0 3.2 2.1 2.9 2.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 34.5 34 42 35 26 24
February 30.0 21 32 36 26 32
March 22.2 24 28 29 11 22
April 22.1 20 22 15 19
May 10.8 11 11 3 5
June 10.7 10 15 8 5
July 6.8 11 7 6 7
August 8.1 9 13 6 12
September 8.8 4 15 7 8
October 16.3 26 9 16 15
November 21.9 22 20 13 13
December 32.1 32 34 22 28
Average 18.5 26.0 19.2 19.0 12.1 14.7

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 5.6 6 5 5 5 5
February 6.2 5 6 7 6 7
March 6.5 6 7 6 7 6
April 7.0 6 7 7 8
May 6.3 6 6 6 7
June 5.4 4 5 6 6
July 4.7 4 5 5 4
August 4.6 4 4 4 5
September 4.5 4 4 5 5
October 5.3 4 4 5 5
November 5.7 5 6 5 6
December 5.5 4 6 5 6
Average 5.6 5.6 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.7

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 291° 298° 315° 256° 271°
February 267° 296° 287° 261° 247°
March 299° 278° 270° 266° 296°
April 210° 327° 341° 279°
May 293° 136° 277° 269°
June 058° 257° 241° 247°
July 227° 243° 239° 230°
August 257° 237° 238° 253°
September 224° 305° 252° 237°
October 240° 214° 049° 253°
November 256° 241° 257° 276°
December 010° 335° 301° 277°

Prevailing wind direction

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