Powell River Airport

CYPW · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Powell River Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Powell River Airport (CYPW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.1 52 57 43 67 61
February 65.7 59 72 63 72 72
March 80.8 77 84 70 91 81
April 83.0 72 82 91 92
May 89.2 93 78 89 91
June 91.3 93 86 97 87
July 93.2 98 87 97 95
August 90.9 89 100 90 89
September 80.1 90 94 81 67
October 76.7 66 91 73 69
November 66.7 69 59 70 76
December 56.6 53 37 70 56
Average 77.9 63.3 79.4 76.9 84.0 79.7

81st best VFR conditions of Canada

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 82.0 80 91 65 93 85
February 84.7 77 92 87 85 91
March 94.7 95 98 85 99 97
April 97.0 96 99 99 100
May 97.0 97 97 97 95
June 97.4 100 95 100 96
July 98.3 100 96 100 99
August 95.9 95 100 96 94
September 89.0 97 96 90 75
October 89.9 84 98 88 85
November 82.1 81 74 89 94
December 80.9 72 69 93 83
Average 90.9 84.6 92.6 90.1 94.4 91.5

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 5.8 6 7 5 6 6
February 5.7 8 6 7 5 6
March 9.1 10 9 9 9 8
April 12.5 11 11 14 14
May 18.2 21 14 17 18
June 20.6 22 19 24 19
July 24.0 26 24 26 23
August 24.4 25 26 25 23
September 19.7 20 22 19 21
October 13.2 14 17 11 13
November 7.9 8 6 8 8
December 5.2 8 3 3 6
Average 13.1 7.6 14.9 13.9 13.9 13.7

40th 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 1.8 2 3 2 3 2
February 0.5 2 1 1 0 1
March 1.8 2 2 3 2 1
April 4.2 4 2 4 4
May 8.1 10 6 7 9
June 11.2 11 11 13 12
July 12.9 13 14 14 13
August 13.2 13 15 13 12
September 10.7 10 10 11 13
October 6.3 7 8 6 7
November 3.3 4 1 4 3
December 1.5 5 -1 -1 3
Average 5.8 1.9 6.8 6.2 6.2 6.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.6 43 34 25 30 46
February 26.1 22 28 19 31 27
March 19.6 23 18 26 17 16
April 21.0 29 21 14 8
May 11.0 6 23 10 13
June 12.5 4 17 10 19
July 4.7 4 10 0 6
August 4.8 9 2 4 9
September 14.7 16 5 19 4
October 19.0 23 9 33 16
November 26.1 18 17 39 32
December 29.1 30 28 28 32
Average 18.6 29.0 17.2 16.2 17.9 17.4

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 5.9 6 5 5 6 9
February 5.4 5 7 5 5 6
March 6.2 6 6 7 8 6
April 6.9 8 7 6 6
May 5.8 6 7 5 6
June 6.2 6 6 6 6
July 5.8 6 5 6 6
August 5.8 6 6 6 6
September 5.9 6 6 6 6
October 6.1 6 6 7 6
November 5.9 6 4 7 7
December 5.3 6 4 5 6
Average 5.9 5.5 6.2 5.9 6.2 6.2

40th 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 097° 101° 107° 106° 104°
February 119° 112° 131° 142° 108°
March 123° 139° 115° 118° 123°
April 114° 123° 240° 239°
May 266° 142° 267° 243°
June 265° 173° 230° 264°
July 229° 250° 273° 259°
August 270° 263° 276° 263°
September 171° 243° 112° 142°
October 128° 201° 107° 262°
November 100° 106° 104° 101°
December 102° 059° 103° 103°

Prevailing wind direction

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