Muskoka Airport

CYQA · Ontario, Canada

Climate Muskoka Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Muskoka Airport (CYQA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.9 20 36 59 35 52
February 55.9 57 42 52 64 67
March 63.2 53 53 52 82 62
April 64.0 53 58 70 72
May 81.4 83 76 84 85
June 78.0 66 75 81 85
July 81.0 74 80 76 84
August 78.7 65 74 86 76
September 76.3 74 59 75 80
October 66.4 55 69 61 71
November 59.6 57 57 69 63
December 47.7 32 40 58 41
Average 66.2 43.0 57.4 63.6 71.6 71.7

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 72.2 61 65 78 77 81
February 76.9 76 73 71 74 92
March 81.3 76 73 69 94 85
April 83.1 73 83 86 86
May 92.0 96 87 92 91
June 88.8 77 85 92 95
July 91.6 86 89 88 95
August 90.5 87 87 94 89
September 91.4 89 86 94 91
October 87.7 83 86 87 93
November 83.3 85 77 85 87
December 70.8 56 66 83 69
Average 84.1 70.7 78.2 80.9 87.9 88.5

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 -4.8 -2 -1 -6 -3 -2
February -2.6 2 0 -3 -3 -2
March 2.9 6 3 3 6 4
April 10.1 13 10 13 9
May 18.4 19 21 18 17
June 23.5 24 24 25 25
July 26.1 26 25 25 28
August 24.7 23 25 27 24
September 20.8 22 20 20 19
October 13.5 14 14 16 11
November 4.8 5 8 5 9
December -1.7 2 1 2 0
Average 10.5 1.8 12.4 12.2 12.6 11.8

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 -12.3 -8 -7 -19 -10 -10
February -12.8 -8 -11 -15 -14 -12
March -7.3 -3 -6 -8 -6 -4
April -1.5 1 -1 1 -1
May 5.4 4 8 4 5
June 11.0 12 11 13 10
July 14.1 14 13 14 16
August 13.4 13 14 16 13
September 9.4 10 10 9 9
October 4.5 6 3 8 2
November -4.9 -4 -1 -3 -1
December -8.5 -3 -6 -7 -6
Average 0.5 -7.8 2.4 1.1 2.2 1.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 34.9 51 44 37 22 26
February 37.1 34 53 41 37 25
March 24.2 30 39 38 11 15
April 20.8 30 26 15 20
May 10.6 11 15 9 6
June 10.3 17 15 11 4
July 6.3 8 13 10 4
August 7.7 15 14 3 7
September 7.6 9 14 8 5
October 18.0 34 28 10 16
November 23.6 31 29 22 18
December 30.4 36 43 20 34
Average 19.3 38.2 26.9 24.8 13.6 13.2

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 6.0 6 6 3 5 6
February 7.8 8 9 9 7 7
March 8.1 9 9 8 9 7
April 7.6 8 8 6 8
May 6.8 6 7 7 8
June 6.4 5 7 7 6
July 5.8 5 6 5 6
August 5.7 6 6 5 6
September 6.0 5 6 7 7
October 6.8 7 6 6 7
November 7.2 8 8 6 7
December 5.7 6 7 2 7
Average 6.8 7.5 6.6 6.8 6.1 6.7

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 212° 254° 209° 304° 259°
February 251° 226° 249° 254° 250°
March 246° 281° 247° 266° 203°
April 233° 267° 236° 266°
May 289° 194° 288° 263°
June 335° 258° 253° 259°
July 268° 254° 285° 264°
August 298° 237° 235° 269°
September 259° 270° 243° 200°
October 252° 186° 200° 215°
November 242° 240° 227° 222°
December 160° 198° 224° 279°

Prevailing wind direction

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