Thunder Bay Airport

CYQT · Ontario, Canada

Climate Thunder Bay Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Thunder Bay Airport (CYQT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.7 54 52 70 55 44
February 79.5 73 77 69 85 87
March 80.9 81 75 70 87 81
April 75.6 66 61 69 88
May 83.0 86 76 84 89
June 89.4 85 92 90 92
July 92.3 92 86 92 96
August 81.8 85 80 82 79
September 76.4 68 78 92 82
October 71.8 63 87 56 87
November 68.1 71 65 84 73
December 55.5 50 39 50 55
Average 76.7 70.3 73.6 74.8 78.3 80.8

96th 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 88.0 88 86 91 93 85
February 90.1 89 94 80 92 96
March 91.5 90 88 82 96 92
April 88.6 82 78 87 94
May 93.3 94 90 94 95
June 94.3 94 95 91 98
July 97.6 97 95 99 99
August 91.8 91 91 89 90
September 90.8 90 86 97 95
October 92.5 91 97 83 97
November 94.1 95 93 98 99
December 85.4 83 81 78 94
Average 91.5 89.1 90.5 88.5 91.5 94.4

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 -7.7 -5 -5 -10 -4 -4
February -6.9 0 -5 -8 -7 -3
March 1.8 3 0 0 5 3
April 7.4 6 4 10 8
May 16.4 18 16 17 17
June 22.6 23 23 25 23
July 25.8 24 25 27 27
August 23.8 23 25 26 24
September 19.0 21 19 21 18
October 10.8 11 13 14 7
November 2.2 4 3 4 6
December -4.9 3 -3 -3 -3
Average 8.4 -1.3 10.3 9.4 11.2 10.1

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 -16.1 -13 -13 -23 -14 -13
February -18.8 -11 -16 -23 -20 -17
March -10.3 -7 -11 -11 -8 -8
April -4.7 -3 -3 -1 -4
May 2.8 4 4 3 3
June 9.1 10 9 11 9
July 12.0 11 11 12 13
August 11.6 11 13 13 12
September 8.1 10 7 8 6
October 1.9 3 2 6 -1
November -6.2 -5 -4 -4 -4
December -12.3 -5 -11 -14 -12
Average -3.4 -11.6 -1.7 -2.0 -1.5 -2.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 30.9 32 27 42 12 39
February 24.8 15 24 40 24 21
March 15.2 21 20 30 5 14
April 18.4 31 31 19 6
May 10.6 11 12 9 7
June 8.5 6 12 8 8
July 6.3 8 11 1 6
August 7.0 9 6 5 7
September 9.3 6 13 7 8
October 14.8 16 11 6 14
November 22.6 12 39 9 14
December 29.0 22 44 41 24
Average 16.2 22.4 15.5 22.1 11.0 12.8

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 6.9 7 7 8 7 7
February 7.9 7 8 8 8 8
March 8.6 9 8 9 9 8
April 8.9 9 10 8 9
May 8.1 9 9 8 8
June 7.3 7 8 7 8
July 6.6 6 7 7 6
August 6.8 6 7 8 7
September 7.1 7 7 8 8
October 7.5 7 7 7 8
November 7.7 7 8 9 8
December 7.1 6 8 8 7
Average 7.6 7.7 7.2 8.0 7.6 7.7

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 287° 290° 282° 290° 289°
February 320° 292° 288° 274° 289°
March 310° 056° 332° 310° 340°
April 044° 062° 047° 331°
May 066° 080° 079° 042°
June 070° 294° 175° 044°
July 254° 271° 180° 242°
August 268° 253° 222° 142°
September 097° 342° 240° 272°
October 321° 291° 009° 267°
November 273° 342° 296° 275°
December 317° 086° 296° 280°

Prevailing wind direction

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