C J.H.L.(Joe) Lecomte) Heliport

CYOY · Quebec, Canada

Climate C J.H.L.(Joe) Lecomte) Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Quebec/Jean Lesage International Airport (CYQB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.3 57 40 67 63 62
February 66.1 68 64 53 75 66
March 74.9 73 77 56 87 76
April 72.9 73 71 85 86
May 85.7 89 81 91 94
June 79.5 63 76 86 89
July 83.0 67 91 86 80
August 82.9 70 80 83 88
September 79.5 79 76 85 85
October 74.0 66 84 80 73
November 67.9 61 71 71 78
December 63.7 41 66 69 66
Average 74.5 66.3 67.3 73.5 81.4 80.1

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 77.7 84 66 74 81 83
February 77.2 79 76 68 81 75
March 82.6 79 84 66 94 82
April 83.3 83 83 94 93
May 93.5 98 89 95 98
June 91.1 84 90 92 96
July 92.6 85 97 95 90
August 94.0 85 92 96 95
September 89.7 91 86 96 91
October 85.8 81 91 91 83
November 81.7 81 82 84 87
December 78.8 73 80 79 83
Average 85.9 80.2 83.2 84.0 90.8 88.9

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 -6.2 -5 -3 -10 -5 -4
February -4.1 -1 -5 -6 -4 -3
March 1.0 3 2 0 3 2
April 7.9 9 8 12 7
May 17.9 19 19 18 18
June 22.5 22 22 24 25
July 25.6 25 25 24 27
August 24.0 22 24 27 23
September 19.6 22 19 20 19
October 12.7 15 14 14 11
November 2.8 3 5 4 6
December -3.2 -1 1 -3 -1
Average 8.8 -1.1 10.8 10.5 11.1 10.6

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 -14.6 -12 -10 -21 -10 -11
February -14.5 -10 -15 -15 -14 -14
March -8.8 -4 -6 -7 -8 -7
April -1.7 0 1 1 -2
May 6.0 6 7 7 6
June 11.8 12 12 13 11
July 15.3 17 15 14 17
August 14.3 13 15 16 14
September 10.0 12 10 10 8
October 4.5 7 3 6 3
November -4.1 -4 -3 -3 -2
December -10.2 -7 -5 -11 -8
Average -1.9 -9.1 2.3 1.3 2.0 1.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.4 40 50 38 41 35
February 33.8 29 38 44 27 34
March 25.2 27 23 43 14 21
April 23.5 22 21 16 22
May 13.0 10 17 12 6
June 14.3 24 18 13 5
July 8.6 18 9 5 9
August 11.1 23 16 4 10
September 11.6 12 8 10 13
October 18.2 26 12 9 22
November 26.6 25 31 24 14
December 35.8 44 35 40 29
Average 21.6 31.2 24.6 22.8 16.0 16.8

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 9.2 10 9 8 8 8
February 9.2 7 9 9 9 9
March 9.6 10 9 10 10 10
April 9.9 10 9 10 11
May 8.4 10 8 8 9
June 8.1 9 8 8 9
July 7.2 6 8 8 7
August 6.7 7 6 7 8
September 6.6 7 7 6 6
October 7.9 6 7 9 7
November 8.3 7 8 8 8
December 8.5 8 10 9 7
Average 8.4 9.0 7.9 8.1 8.1 8.2

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 245° 053° 258° 247° 262°
February 261° 024° 344° 243° 245°
March 051° 255° 294° 259° 051°
April 064° 023° 062° 036°
May 289° 063° 262° 264°
June 078° 214° 244° 213°
July 214° 242° 242° 159°
August 226° 229° 243° 239°
September 217° 275° 253° 249°
October 216° 236° 077° 283°
November 263° 255° 249° 275°
December 047° 058° 287° 274°

Prevailing wind direction

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