Climate Peterborough Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Peterborough Airport (CYPQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	52.3	30	33	59	62	65
February	68.4	74	55	66	74	70
March	70.0	62	62	62	87	62
April	74.0		70	76	72	81
May	81.3		84	68	91	88
June	85.0		75	83	89	95
July	85.2		75	78	82	95
August	84.9		75	79	85	85
September	80.0		76	68	83	76
October	71.9		64	83	57	74
November	71.2		72	64	75	79
December	55.1		34	42	65	51
Average	73.1	54.5	65.1	70.3	77.8	78.3

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	81.9	68	77	85	90	85
February	84.7	92	81	81	88	88
March	86.6	84	78	77	96	88
April	90.4		84	96	87	96
May	91.7		95	80	96	96
June	93.8		91	89	95	99
July	92.7		85	86	94	97
August	94.9		95	93	91	96
September	92.4		88	88	94	94
October	90.3		87	93	84	91
November	89.2		92	84	89	92
December	78.4		58	75	84	86
Average	88.9	80.4	84.2	86.1	91.0	93.0

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	-2.3	-1	0	-5	-1	0
February	0.7	4	2	-1	-2	0
March	4.8	8	4	4	8	7
April	11.5		15	12	13	10
May	18.9		20	19	19	18
June	24.0		24	24	26	26
July	26.7		26	25	25	30
August	25.7		24	27	27	26
September	22.0		23	21	21	21
October	14.9		16	15	17	13
November	6.5		7	9	7	10
December	1.2		4	2	3	1
Average	11.8	3.6	13.6	13.0	13.6	13.3

84th highest temperature of Canada

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	-10.0	-6	-6	-18	-9	-8
February	-10.4	-7	-9	-13	-12	-8
March	-5.0	-2	-5	-6	-5	-2
April	0.9		2	1	2	0
May	6.2		5	6	5	5
June	11.6		12	11	13	11
July	14.3		14	13	14	16
August	13.4		13	13	15	13
September	9.4		9	10	9	9
October	4.4		6	2	9	3
November	-3.3		-3	-1	-3	0
December	-7.8		-2	-5	-4	-5
Average	1.3	-6.8	3.1	1.2	2.9	2.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	27.3	37	40	33	14	16
February	25.5	12	43	34	24	22
March	20.1	24	37	30	6	15
April	16.6		18	19	17	15
May	9.8		11	10	5	8
June	8.8		15	16	6	2
July	5.3		10	9	7	2
August	4.8		6	12	2	5
September	6.0		6	13	7	2
October	14.4		23	14	13	15
November	17.1		13	24	15	13
December	26.4		38	35	20	26
Average	14.9	24.6	21.4	19.6	10.5	10.5

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	7.4	7	7	7	7	7
February	8.6	8	9	10	7	9
March	8.9	9	9	8	9	8
April	8.9		8	9	9	10
May	7.1		6	7	7	8
June	6.8		6	7	7	7
July	5.9		5	6	6	6
August	6.0		6	6	5	6
September	6.1		5	6	7	7
October	7.1		7	6	7	7
November	7.7		8	8	7	8
December	6.9		6	8	7	8
Average	7.3	8.1	6.8	7.3	7.0	7.4

84th highest wind speed of Canada

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	260°	306°	276°	304°	278°
February	272°	276°	270°	279°	279°
March	274°	299°	267°	281°	261°
April		222°	270°	288°	287°
May		299°	181°	287°	286°
June		021°	265°	238°	254°
July		251°	250°	315°	245°
August		283°	250°	235°	260°
September		270°	307°	263°	223°
October		263°	209°	279°	260°
November		262°	265°	259°	248°
December		333°	270°	254°	278°

Prevailing wind direction

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