The Pas Airport

CYQD · Manitoba, Canada

Climate The Pas Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of The Pas Airport (CYQD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.7 41 43 61 72 64
February 73.7 52 66 81 74 80
March 78.2 79 89 61 88 80
April 83.0 84 73 92 81
May 76.8 73 64 80 84
June 81.6 85 90 89 66
July 86.3 80 90 80 91
August 84.0 71 87 82 84
September 81.1 77 86 90 85
October 62.1 55 72 64 71
November 48.1 42 43 53 54
December 64.5 74 49 61 72
Average 73.1 57.7 70.1 72.1 78.4 76.9

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 77.0 74 62 81 85 78
February 87.6 71 84 89 86 97
March 90.2 91 98 78 96 92
April 92.0 89 88 97 91
May 89.7 80 84 95 96
June 92.9 95 99 93 82
July 95.5 96 97 87 98
August 93.8 88 98 88 95
September 92.5 84 94 98 97
October 86.5 87 89 85 93
November 80.4 77 70 83 83
December 81.3 80 70 78 90
Average 88.2 78.6 85.4 87.0 89.9 91.4

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 -12.2 -11 -11 -17 -8 -11
February -11.1 -5 -10 -15 -14 -8
March -3.3 -3 -6 -4 1 -3
April 5.1 6 3 8 2
May 15.8 21 14 14 15
June 21.5 26 20 23 19
July 24.7 23 25 27 25
August 23.1 23 25 22 24
September 17.1 20 20 19 16
October 7.3 8 10 11 4
November -5.8 0 -4 -1 -5
December -9.5 -2 -14 -16 -7
Average 4.8 -7.3 8.1 6.0 7.3 5.8

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 -20.0 -18 -17 -25 -17 -18
February -22.3 -15 -22 -26 -26 -19
March -15.3 -15 -20 -15 -11 -16
April -6.3 -5 -6 -3 -9
May 3.5 7 4 2 2
June 11.0 14 10 12 10
July 13.9 13 14 15 15
August 12.7 13 14 13 13
September 7.4 10 8 9 6
October -1.9 1 1 3 -2
November -11.2 -7 -11 -8 -13
December -19.8 -11 -21 -24 -17
Average -6.9 -16.1 -2.0 -4.2 -3.2 -4.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 36.5 43 38 48 30 24
February 23.7 32 31 25 20 19
March 18.0 24 11 34 7 19
April 12.0 15 24 6 14
May 11.7 10 21 8 6
June 11.6 6 16 5 21
July 6.2 14 6 2 6
August 6.2 10 10 6 7
September 6.7 3 10 3 6
October 15.6 16 15 9 24
November 38.3 40 55 19 31
December 27.0 13 40 36 18
Average 17.8 32.7 16.7 24.3 10.7 15.2

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 7.8 9 6 9 8 7
February 8.3 8 9 8 9 8
March 8.6 8 8 9 10 8
April 8.7 8 9 9 9
May 8.1 7 9 8 9
June 8.3 8 9 9 8
July 7.5 8 7 4 8
August 6.1 7 8 0 2
September 8.1 9 9 3 10
October 9.8 8 11 9 11
November 8.9 10 10 8 8
December 7.5 8 7 8 8
Average 8.1 8.4 8.0 8.8 6.8 7.9

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 294° 247° 302° 226° 203°
February 323° 274° 285° 273° 251°
March 316° 251° 302° 148° 304°
April 095° 029° 309° 294°
May 085° 358° 053° 122°
June 150° 344° 263° 077°
July 298° 287° 173° 209°
August 273° 259° 360° 258°
September 183° 230° 209° 277°
October 287° 295° 184° 278°
November 266° 337° 237° 214°
December 244° 330° 279° 252°

Prevailing wind direction

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