Fort Chipewyan Airport

CYPY · Canada

Climate Fort Chipewyan Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fort Chipewyan Airport (CYPY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.2 53 40 68 68 62
February 72.9 70 62 79 72 68
March 81.0 78 70 79 81 82
April 81.6 73 75 85 77
May 83.4 76 69 77 82
June 83.4 65 92 89 82
July 85.1 73 95 79 81
August 81.8 62 91 82 75
September 75.6 65 81 62 69
October 65.2 60 65 77 51
November 53.2 49 51 55 57
December 65.1 76 54 65 71
Average 75.5 67.0 64.5 76.1 75.7 73.1

87th 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 82.9 79 81 86 90 81
February 85.7 79 75 89 86 86
March 91.0 90 85 83 93 92
April 90.5 84 80 93 89
May 91.4 86 79 90 93
June 92.2 75 96 96 93
July 93.1 81 100 91 94
August 91.8 73 95 97 94
September 86.9 74 91 79 86
October 86.1 81 86 90 86
November 84.1 76 82 79 85
December 82.2 94 72 91 82
Average 88.8 82.5 79.9 86.9 90.1 89.3

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 -15.7 -17 -11 -18 -11 -15
February -14.5 -7 -14 -17 -18 -11
March -4.2 -5 -7 -4 -3 -5
April 5.0 8 2 4 2
May 15.8 23 12 13 13
June 21.6 22 22 23 21
July 24.1 25 24 25 23
August 22.3 23 25 22 20
September 15.9 20 20 16 14
October 6.1 8 10 8 2
November -6.2 -3 -5 -3 -7
December -13.4 -3 -17 -20 -11
Average 3.4 -10.4 7.7 5.3 4.8 3.8

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 -23.5 -25 -17 -27 -19 -22
February -26.9 -18 -26 -29 -29 -22
March -18.5 -17 -20 -18 -17 -20
April -8.8 -3 -9 -9 -9
May 2.9 9 2 1 1
June 9.7 11 10 11 10
July 12.3 12 13 13 13
August 11.0 11 12 11 13
September 5.1 9 7 7 5
October -2.2 -1 0 0 -4
November -13.3 -10 -13 -10 -15
December -22.6 -13 -26 -28 -19
Average -8.7 -21.8 -4.8 -6.3 -6.4 -6.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 35.6 40 36 51 34 26
February 28.7 28 47 31 27 24
March 16.0 15 32 21 14 20
April 15.9 31 25 12 25
May 8.1 1 26 5 11
June 7.7 13 5 6 11
July 6.0 10 4 6 8
August 7.1 8 4 4 17
September 8.3 5 10 18 11
October 16.6 25 20 7 32
November 40.1 42 48 30 44
December 33.2 13 58 43 27
Average 17.1 27.5 20.7 22.6 14.4 19.3

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 5.8 5 5 6 6 6
February 6.7 7 7 7 7 7
March 7.6 8 7 8 8 8
April 8.0 9 9 8 8
May 8.2 7 8 8 9
June 7.7 8 7 8 8
July 6.9 7 7 7 7
August 7.0 6 7 7 9
September 7.0 7 7 7 7
October 7.3 8 7 7 8
November 6.3 6 7 6 7
December 5.7 6 7 6 5
Average 7.1 6.7 6.9 7.3 7.1 7.6

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 316° 325° 360° 057° 298°
February 036° 024° 329° 310° 290°
March 074° 071° 025° 026° 012°
April 101° 048° 313° 007°
May 141° 064° 089° 059°
June 006° 082° 290° 094°
July 077° 267° 259° 349°
August 265° 272° 270° 264°
September 248° 281° 273° 304°
October 268° 290° 218° 280°
November 285° 315° 096° 289°
December 252° 351° 308° 294°

Prevailing wind direction

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