Port Hawkesbury Airport

CYPD · Nova Scotia, Canada

Climate Port Hawkesbury Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Port Hawkesbury Airport (CYPD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 28.7 25 13 31 31 34
February 39.9 38 32 23 36 61
March 47.4 32 31 43 68 52
April 52.7 54 36 39 60
May 61.7 54 57 65 70
June 55.8 24 52 68 56
July 61.4 33 75 54 52
August 68.1 50 54 74 72
September 61.2 41 58 64 70
October 63.9 68 50 61 60
November 52.6 49 46 61 62
December 32.5 28 17 44 32
Average 53.1 31.6 38.5 46.8 56.8 58.1

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 65.8 68 48 63 79 69
February 67.6 59 64 56 71 81
March 67.2 50 53 60 85 73
April 68.8 65 60 58 79
May 72.3 63 66 77 82
June 66.1 31 72 77 68
July 73.9 45 85 72 73
August 83.5 70 74 86 89
September 78.6 64 76 82 87
October 81.1 79 61 92 79
November 82.4 89 78 79 87
December 72.4 62 57 81 80
Average 73.3 58.2 58.6 67.9 78.0 78.9

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 0.4 -1 3 1 0 -1
February -1.9 1 -1 1 0 0
March 2.3 4 1 3 5 1
April 7.6 8 8 9 6
May 12.5 13 14 13 14
June 19.0 18 19 22 20
July 23.3 25 25 21 23
August 23.4 22 24 25 24
September 19.6 21 19 20 20
October 14.0 15 16 14 14
November 7.9 6 10 10 10
December 2.8 5 4 3 5
Average 9.9 1.3 11.2 12.1 11.7 11.3

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 -7.5 -7 -3 -8 -5 -7
February -9.9 -6 -10 -8 -6 -8
March -5.2 -2 -4 -5 -5 -5
April -1.6 -1 0 1 -1
May 2.9 2 4 3 3
June 9.7 10 10 12 11
July 14.2 17 15 13 14
August 14.5 14 16 15 14
September 10.7 12 11 12 10
October 5.6 7 7 6 5
November 0.5 0 2 2 1
December -4.8 -1 -1 -4 -1
Average 2.0 -5.1 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.9 49 59 56 34 44
February 40.1 45 50 51 42 23
March 27.8 29 42 31 22 27
April 21.7 16 27 34 20
May 16.2 24 13 13 16
June 13.0 23 13 7 10
July 9.4 19 9 10 7
August 8.5 18 14 4 4
September 10.1 13 16 8 6
October 12.8 26 8 5 17
November 23.6 28 26 27 16
December 40.3 49 45 38 33
Average 21.9 40.2 29.6 23.9 18.4 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 10.1 10 10 10 9 9
February 11.1 11 11 12 12 10
March 10.6 10 10 11 10 11
April 10.2 10 10 10 10
May 9.4 10 8 9 10
June 8.3 9 8 8 7
July 7.2 7 8 8 6
August 7.4 8 7 7 8
September 7.9 8 8 8 8
October 8.4 8 7 8 9
November 10.4 9 12 10 9
December 10.4 10 10 11 10
Average 9.3 10.2 9.0 9.2 9.0 8.9

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 299° 307° 289° 310° 306°
February 294° 302° 267° 291° 270°
March 208° 319° 273° 272° 302°
April 300° 305° 014° 312°
May 309° 282° 281° 271°
June 092° 197° 224° 195°
July 150° 239° 250° 189°
August 184° 130° 233° 263°
September 213° 268° 239° 230°
October 271° 180° 308° 271°
November 288° 274° 252° 256°
December 291° 033° 282° 249°

Prevailing wind direction

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