Prince Rupert Airport

CYPR · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Prince Rupert Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Prince Rupert Airport (CYPR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.5 67 63 47 89 86
February 65.6 70 52 52 63 74
March 70.9 68 69 60 57 72
April 79.8 72 83 81 68
May 70.4 60 66 68 82
June 68.7 66 58 69 67
July 56.8 53 34 62 61
August 56.0 57 36 62 63
September 66.2 63 54 65 66
October 75.0 79 59 90 71
November 69.5 56 72 67 73
December 72.5 60 60 73 77
Average 69.4 68.3 62.2 55.8 69.8 70.7

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 92.1 93 89 81 99 96
February 87.0 88 77 77 92 96
March 90.6 84 88 93 86 95
April 94.4 97 98 93 81
May 86.8 85 83 93 94
June 83.8 81 71 86 83
July 73.8 68 60 83 78
August 76.1 80 62 80 83
September 80.1 77 70 84 81
October 90.2 96 80 99 89
November 90.8 82 91 95 96
December 91.8 90 80 89 97
Average 86.7 87.7 83.6 77.4 89.2 88.0

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 5.6 5 7 6 6 3
February 4.8 6 5 7 4 6
March 7.5 9 7 8 6 7
April 10.2 10 9 11 10
May 13.4 15 12 12 15
June 15.1 16 15 17 14
July 16.9 17 17 17 17
August 17.4 19 18 17 16
September 15.7 16 17 14 16
October 11.4 13 14 8 11
November 7.3 9 5 6 7
December 5.0 8 1 1 8
Average 10.4 6.5 11.6 10.9 9.7 10.7

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 1.1 1 3 1 2 -1
February -1.5 0 1 2 -1 2
March 1.1 1 0 3 2 0
April 3.4 3 2 3 4
May 7.0 8 6 7 7
June 9.6 9 10 11 9
July 11.7 12 12 12 11
August 11.9 12 13 12 13
September 9.9 10 10 10 11
October 5.7 6 8 2 6
November 3.2 5 0 3 3
December 0.7 3 -4 -5 3
Average 4.8 0.6 6.0 5.4 4.6 5.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.5 41 56 46 27 31
February 35.0 28 59 54 39 26
March 29.8 25 29 44 46 27
April 27.7 41 30 24 21
May 22.1 22 35 24 15
June 21.6 15 21 25 29
July 17.5 19 24 7 27
August 18.9 14 22 20 37
September 27.0 32 35 42 26
October 28.2 30 37 27 24
November 36.4 49 33 34 43
December 34.9 55 33 24 38
Average 26.6 30.9 33.2 33.2 27.3 27.8

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 7.2 6 8 8 8 8
February 7.1 6 9 8 8 8
March 6.9 7 7 8 8 7
April 6.9 8 7 6 6
May 5.5 5 6 5 5
June 5.3 5 5 5 6
July 4.6 4 5 4 5
August 5.2 5 5 5 6
September 5.5 6 6 7 5
October 6.6 7 8 8 5
November 7.5 8 7 9 9
December 7.5 10 5 6 9
Average 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.2 6.4 6.4

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 121° 134° 137° 141° 118°
February 093° 143° 146° 137° 150°
March 142° 139° 144° 145° 142°
April 146° 145° 165° 167°
May 240° 176° 189° 164°
June 242° 205° 188° 183°
July 239° 191° 224° 182°
August 198° 213° 208° 155°
September 152° 148° 147° 151°
October 136° 151° 142° 115°
November 136° 133° 147° 129°
December 131° 106° 108° 133°

Prevailing wind direction

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