Watson Lake Airport

CYQH · Yukon, Canada

Climate Watson Lake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Watson Lake Airport (CYQH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.4 67 51 78 89 89
February 84.4 85 78 74 78 85
March 86.8 96 86 80 80 93
April 88.6 79 89 90 98
May 93.8 98 92 94 88
June 93.3 92 94 100 95
July 92.5 86 97 95 98
August 89.0 92 95 83 82
September 89.6 80 98 84 91
October 80.0 89 69 87 89
November 74.1 70 88 51 82
December 80.1 66 79 82 82
Average 86.6 84.2 82.6 87.7 86.0 90.2

9th 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 87.5 79 72 86 95 95
February 90.8 93 91 78 90 86
March 93.4 100 97 88 90 96
April 96.7 94 98 92 100
May 98.1 100 95 98 98
June 98.3 95 99 100 99
July 96.8 88 98 98 99
August 95.1 95 97 94 91
September 95.9 95 99 93 95
October 90.5 93 84 95 96
November 86.9 86 93 73 91
December 88.7 83 97 89 83
Average 93.8 91.9 91.7 93.5 93.2 94.9

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 -15.8 -17 -8 -15 -13 -21
February -11.2 -9 -9 -8 -17 -7
March -2.0 0 -3 -1 -2 -3
April 5.7 6 4 6 6
May 15.3 19 13 12 15
June 19.6 21 21 21 18
July 22.1 24 22 22 20
August 20.2 23 22 20 17
September 14.1 14 17 13 14
October 5.3 6 9 5 4
November -9.7 -6 -7 -9 -11
December -15.3 -11 -15 -24 -11
Average 2.9 -9.5 6.5 5.8 2.9 3.4

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 -23.4 -24 -15 -24 -22 -30
February -24.2 -23 -20 -20 -29 -20
March -17.4 -15 -18 -14 -17 -17
April -7.4 -4 -9 -9 -7
May 2.5 4 0 1 3
June 7.9 8 8 9 7
July 10.3 12 11 10 10
August 8.2 9 9 10 9
September 2.8 5 4 3 2
October -4.8 -4 0 -3 -6
November -17.3 -14 -16 -16 -20
December -24.9 -20 -24 -33 -19
Average -9.7 -21.4 -5.3 -6.3 -8.0 -8.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 27.0 41 20 31 15 17
February 24.0 17 40 36 24 29
March 19.9 7 21 28 25 18
April 12.4 16 11 14 7
May 8.7 5 8 12 14
June 13.4 10 10 10 14
July 9.2 7 6 6 13
August 16.8 11 11 15 36
September 9.4 13 9 11 6
October 12.8 13 13 3 15
November 26.2 18 14 42 27
December 19.6 14 29 15 27
Average 16.1 19.8 14.4 15.0 14.8 17.5

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 2.8 3 2 3 2 3
February 3.2 3 3 4 3 3
March 4.6 4 4 5 5 7
April 5.9 7 5 6 6
May 5.6 5 5 5 6
June 5.4 5 5 5 6
July 4.8 4 6 5 5
August 5.3 5 5 6 6
September 5.1 6 5 5 5
October 5.1 5 6 5 5
November 3.4 4 4 3 3
December 2.6 3 3 2 3
Average 4.6 3.6 4.5 4.8 4.6 4.9

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 214° 261° 131° 285° 116°
February 286° 186° 226° 271° 236°
March 153° 185° 154° 165° 279°
April 118° 117° 247° 282°
May 252° 212° 144° 121°
June 269° 127° 232° 261°
July 277° 251° 258° 263°
August 274° 267° 249° 233°
September 219° 235° 175° 260°
October 275° 167° 187° 264°
November 285° 264° 201° 291°
December 278° 256° 286° 137°

Prevailing wind direction

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