Wemindji Airport

CYNC · Canada

Climate Wemindji Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Grande Rivière Airport (CYGL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.7 29 49 52 40 40
February 56.4 44 51 56 70 52
March 61.9 51 53 57 56 69
April 64.7 51 59 83 67
May 64.9 65 71 62 54
June 69.2 71 59 79 66
July 66.2 41 58 77 74
August 64.9 60 63 62 76
September 57.4 67 61 50 43
October 51.7 46 51 51 51
November 28.1 23 36 23 24
December 29.0 14 42 28 27
Average 56.3 42.5 51.2 57.0 59.8 56.6

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 61.2 49 64 68 48 61
February 70.6 59 61 71 83 70
March 78.0 71 77 76 73 80
April 79.2 71 69 92 87
May 83.5 86 87 83 78
June 79.7 78 69 86 79
July 77.3 61 73 83 82
August 80.2 74 75 78 90
September 75.2 77 77 66 62
October 73.1 67 76 70 67
November 51.6 53 52 43 47
December 53.5 36 76 54 46
Average 72.8 60.9 68.9 72.8 74.2 73.2

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 -15.1 -12 -14 -20 -11 -14
February -15.6 -11 -16 -17 -12 -12
March -8.8 -5 -8 -8 -6 -7
April 0.3 1 1 4 -1
May 9.9 13 12 10 8
June 18.0 23 19 17 18
July 21.2 22 19 22 24
August 19.2 20 20 20 20
September 14.0 18 16 15 12
October 6.7 8 9 11 2
November -4.9 -3 -2 -1 -3
December -10.3 -5 -8 -10 -10
Average 1.8 -10.5 4.8 4.0 5.1 3.1

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 -23.5 -20 -22 -28 -17 -21
February -25.3 -19 -29 -29 -23 -23
March -18.0 -16 -16 -19 -18 -19
April -10.5 -7 -8 -7 -10
May -2.9 1 1 -1 -3
June 5.9 10 8 4 7
July 10.0 12 9 9 14
August 9.2 10 10 11 10
September 5.7 7 6 8 6
October 0.7 2 3 5 -3
November -9.9 -8 -7 -4 -8
December -16.2 -11 -14 -17 -17
Average -8.8 -19.8 -5.5 -6.6 -5.8 -6.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.7 87 69 88 52 79
February 63.5 54 66 75 50 66
March 48.7 57 56 53 54 44
April 30.4 34 36 13 33
May 24.6 23 21 24 32
June 17.3 2 33 11 22
July 18.5 14 26 16 19
August 19.1 18 25 25 9
September 28.9 13 26 39 44
October 38.7 28 37 27 65
November 66.4 67 72 51 62
December 77.6 76 59 86 81
Average 41.0 64.1 35.1 41.2 33.1 41.3

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 8.6 10 7 11 6 8
February 9.3 8 10 10 8 10
March 9.3 10 8 9 11 10
April 9.3 9 9 8 11
May 9.5 10 11 9 9
June 8.8 8 10 8 8
July 9.1 8 10 8 8
August 8.4 7 9 9 8
September 9.7 8 10 10 12
October 8.9 8 10 7 9
November 9.4 10 10 9 9
December 9.3 10 8 11 9
Average 9.1 9.0 8.4 9.8 8.7 9.1

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 225° 200° 226° 222° 220°
February 242° 204° 222° 186° 238°
March 242° 299° 259° 256° 186°
April 209° 059° 040° 262°
May 276° 234° 258° 277°
June 063° 182° 270° 307°
July 236° 257° 254° 205°
August 296° 230° 227° 261°
September 234° 239° 203° 234°
October 272° 210° 154° 216°
November 223° 232° 217° 212°
December 221° 130° 207° 209°

Prevailing wind direction

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