Old Crow Airport

CYOC · Canada

Climate Old Crow Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fort Yukon Airport (PFYU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.3 77 64 90 74 71
February 80.4 75 84 81 90 82
March 83.1 75 74 90 87 89
April 88.7 77 95 89 81
May 94.3 91 93 94 100
June 91.9 78 100 63 100
July 87.5 78 93 97 88
August 81.7 65 92 81 91
September 82.0 83 84 83 82
October 67.0 78 64 49 72
November 67.6 66 60 88 61
December 71.1 68 49 86 76
Average 81.8 75.4 76.4 85.1 84.0 84.6

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 83.9 82 80 95 87 80
February 87.4 82 94 88 92 86
March 90.2 83 81 98 93 95
April 94.0 83 96 96 91
May 97.8 97 97 99 100
June 99.7 98 100 100 100
July 92.3 81 99 99 98
August 90.9 71 98 92 95
September 91.2 91 93 90 90
October 78.0 85 78 65 81
November 77.4 81 71 92 69
December 84.0 87 76 94 89
Average 89.1 82.5 84.4 92.4 91.7 91.0

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 -22.1 -27 -15 -23 -19 -29
February -19.5 -18 -17 -20 -24 -20
March -7.2 -7 -7 -7 -10 -8
April 2.3 -1 3 4 3
May 15.4 16 14 13 17
June 21.9 21 21 23 22
July 23.9 26 23 24 20
August 18.4 21 19 17 21
September 11.4 11 12 11 11
October -1.9 1 -1 0 -1
November -13.7 1 -14 -15 -14
December -17.4 -7 -16 -20 -17
Average -1.4 -18.6 4.2 1.5 0.5 0.6

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 -30.3 -36 -25 -30 -27 -35
February -29.4 -29 -28 -30 -34 -32
March -21.9 -20 -20 -20 -25 -21
April -11.7 -14 -11 -11 -8
May 3.0 4 2 1 3
June 10.1 11 9 11 10
July 11.4 5 12 12 10
August 7.1 0 9 8 9
September 1.4 -1 2 0 3
October -8.7 -6 -9 -6 -10
November -21.0 -15 -22 -22 -23
December -27.9 -26 -25 -29 -25
Average -12.7 -29.8 -10.6 -9.1 -10.0 -10.2

19th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.6 22 40 22 23 30
February 21.5 13 25 27 23 28
March 18.3 33 27 8 20 16
April 11.2 25 7 11 16
May 5.1 7 4 4 2
June 8.2 25 0 30 0
July 4.7 4 9 6 9
August 10.9 6 8 20 9
September 9.3 6 11 11 7
October 20.2 8 27 23 20
November 27.7 13 39 26 30
December 27.3 30 21 40 24
Average 14.7 23.9 14.9 13.4 15.7 14.0

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 2.7 2 4 4 2 5
February 2.9 2 3 5 3 2
March 4.6 5 3 8 4 5
April 6.3 6 7 5 5
May 5.8 5 5 6 7
June 6.0 7 7 5 8
July 3.8 3 4 4 4
August 4.2 4 4 5 4
September 4.2 4 4 4 4
October 4.1 5 4 3 4
November 3.0 4 2 4 2
December 2.9 2 3 3 4
Average 4.3 3.4 4.0 4.5 4.3 4.6

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 041° 040° 036° 038° 043°
February 038° 020° 042° 040° 006°
March 040° 027° 043° 021° 295°
April 035° 039° 018° 335°
May 007° 005° 031° 044°
June 223° 034° 041° 041°
July 239° 268° 255° 358°
August 253° 309° 321° 023°
September 333° 014° 351° 329°
October 311° 017° 041° 038°
November 020° 037° 045° 041°
December 007° 275° 012° 046°

Prevailing wind direction

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