Yarmouth Airport

CYQI · Nova Scotia, Canada

Climate Yarmouth Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yarmouth Airport (CYQI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.4 42 34 33 43 44
February 53.7 47 51 43 61 56
March 57.5 38 54 46 64 71
April 64.4 69 52 64 71
May 68.1 78 58 74 68
June 59.4 28 65 63 57
July 53.9 33 59 51 52
August 59.6 55 40 56 69
September 63.3 52 60 71 62
October 71.1 72 70 76 69
November 62.0 62 62 68 60
December 47.9 43 35 62 46
Average 57.7 42.0 51.4 52.8 62.7 61.1

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 70.5 72 60 62 87 72
February 73.9 79 68 65 84 74
March 73.6 52 74 64 80 88
April 77.5 83 66 84 89
May 76.6 87 64 83 75
June 65.7 36 71 66 66
July 60.3 36 60 61 69
August 65.2 63 45 65 73
September 72.0 58 70 80 68
October 82.5 82 76 90 81
November 82.9 84 82 88 75
December 75.5 63 77 88 76
Average 72.0 65.9 63.8 65.5 78.2 75.3

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 2.5 2 5 2 2 3
February 2.6 2 3 3 2 3
March 4.5 7 5 6 6 5
April 9.0 11 9 10 8
May 13.5 14 15 14 13
June 18.0 18 18 19 19
July 21.9 23 22 21 22
August 22.2 21 23 23 22
September 19.3 20 19 20 19
October 15.1 16 16 16 14
November 9.2 7 11 10 11
December 4.7 6 6 6 7
Average 10.9 3.4 12.3 12.7 12.3 12.1

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 -4.0 -4 -1 -7 -3 -4
February -5.6 -4 -6 -5 -4 -3
March -2.2 0 -1 -1 -2 -1
April 2.4 3 3 3 1
May 6.2 6 7 6 6
June 10.7 11 11 12 11
July 14.6 16 15 14 15
August 14.9 14 16 16 15
September 12.1 13 13 14 11
October 8.2 10 9 9 7
November 2.6 1 4 3 4
December -2.6 0 -1 -1 1
Average 4.1 -3.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 36.3 31 46 55 21 34
February 31.1 35 36 37 19 36
March 26.2 43 29 31 21 13
April 18.0 11 28 14 19
May 12.1 7 11 14 8
June 13.9 27 18 6 7
July 8.2 16 8 12 6
August 9.1 20 12 6 4
September 7.8 8 9 9 8
October 12.5 17 14 11 6
November 19.5 26 15 18 17
December 29.7 33 29 15 29
Average 19.5 37.0 21.9 20.7 13.3 14.0

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 12.1 12 11 13 11 12
February 12.6 13 13 13 12 11
March 13.5 14 13 12 14 14
April 12.2 11 13 13 13
May 10.9 12 11 11 13
June 9.4 9 9 9 9
July 8.0 8 9 8 8
August 8.1 9 8 8 9
September 9.6 9 10 10 10
October 10.1 9 9 9 11
November 12.1 11 14 11 11
December 11.8 11 13 13 12
Average 11.0 12.9 10.1 10.8 10.6 10.9

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 345° 353° 352° 355° 313°
February 324° 334° 273° 322° 286°
March 275° 348° 288° 288° 328°
April 279° 301° 315° 304°
May 267° 220° 268° 251°
June 195° 231° 231° 227°
July 201° 236° 224° 222°
August 232° 220° 219° 250°
September 251° 283° 226° 222°
October 260° 167° 336° 276°
November 307° 278° 312° 258°
December 349° 018° 321° 291°

Prevailing wind direction

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