Puvirnituq Airport

CYPX · Canada

Climate Puvirnituq Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Puvirnituq Airport (CYPX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.9 39 41 38 43 58
February 58.8 71 57 50 43 71
March 48.1 36 52 34 55 59
April 51.9 37 64 61 50
May 39.7 32 43 37 38
June 71.3 85 82 40 71
July 65.8 49 58 72 73
August 62.0 63 58 50 71
September 51.8 45 32 64 67
October 42.7 31 36 44 53
November 54.8 36 47 67 48
December 37.5 28 39 50 17
Average 53.2 40.0 46.9 47.7 52.2 58.7

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 63.5 58 58 55 59 69
February 68.2 74 68 57 56 80
March 63.3 60 58 56 66 70
April 72.0 59 79 81 70
May 75.7 69 69 80 78
June 84.0 90 89 62 89
July 80.1 66 88 81 86
August 82.7 83 78 74 85
September 82.9 75 69 90 91
October 77.3 69 77 77 77
November 72.7 53 65 84 70
December 61.9 58 53 57 51
Average 74.4 60.8 68.2 70.3 73.4 78.8

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 -20.1 -17 -19 -22 -16 -20
February -24.8 -16 -27 -26 -17 -23
March -15.1 -12 -15 -15 -18 -17
April -8.3 -6 -8 -6 -9
May 1.0 3 2 1 0
June 10.8 13 16 6 12
July 15.9 17 18 13 19
August 14.1 16 13 13 16
September 9.3 10 10 11 9
October 2.2 3 3 6 0
November -6.0 -4 -7 -4 -6
December -12.3 -8 -10 -11 -12
Average -5.8 -15.3 -2.8 -3.0 -2.2 -3.5

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 -27.0 -24 -26 -30 -24 -27
February -30.0 -24 -34 -32 -24 -30
March -23.0 -19 -24 -22 -27 -26
April -16.5 -12 -17 -13 -15
May -5.5 -2 -4 -3 -5
June 2.5 3 5 0 2
July 7.9 9 11 6 11
August 7.9 9 8 7 9
September 4.2 4 5 5 4
October -2.1 -1 -1 2 -5
November -12.5 -8 -12 -8 -13
December -18.0 -14 -16 -18 -18
Average -11.2 -22.5 -8.0 -10.5 -9.8 -10.5

49th lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.4 54 57 48 32 39
February 32.3 42 30 28 45 29
March 45.2 59 44 53 35 32
April 40.3 47 39 25 39
May 29.5 30 34 22 35
June 10.8 5 15 21 7
July 9.4 16 9 9 4
August 12.9 18 26 9 6
September 15.2 19 21 11 16
October 30.3 37 40 10 37
November 48.4 67 58 31 53
December 57.0 68 50 49 74
Average 30.7 56.5 32.9 35.4 22.5 25.5

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 11.8 15 12 12 9 12
February 12.0 10 12 14 14 11
March 12.8 13 11 13 13 14
April 12.9 11 13 13 15
May 13.8 15 15 13 16
June 12.8 12 15 14 12
July 12.4 12 14 13 12
August 14.0 12 16 17 11
September 13.7 14 15 13 14
October 13.8 14 17 14 11
November 13.0 15 14 14 12
December 14.2 15 15 13 19
Average 13.0 13.2 12.6 14.4 13.5 13.0

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 262° 181° 195° 198° 230°
February 156° 189° 224° 202° 138°
March 081° 101° 205° 300° 208°
April 315° 328° 095° 282°
May 282° 137° 322° 315°
June 253° 079° 267° 330°
July 188° 111° 243° 272°
August 254° 221° 227° 287°
September 231° 238° 099° 074°
October 237° 235° 140° 192°
November 159° 324° 049° 205°
December 207° 137° 192° 182°

Prevailing wind direction

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