Yorkton Municipal Airport

CYQV · Saskatchewan, Canada

Climate Yorkton Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yorkton Municipal Airport (CYQV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.1 45 41 52 67 62
February 75.8 53 77 64 83 79
March 73.5 68 78 61 75 83
April 79.9 71 62 82 90
May 85.6 80 59 81 92
June 89.0 93 83 96 83
July 89.3 88 83 84 93
August 83.4 65 80 76 91
September 84.3 74 80 96 95
October 71.9 57 72 76 74
November 56.2 57 43 70 62
December 73.3 87 61 71 69
Average 76.0 55.5 72.2 66.3 80.4 82.7

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 76.3 66 59 75 86 73
February 88.3 75 87 81 92 93
March 86.4 78 90 81 88 93
April 91.7 84 83 93 97
May 95.2 87 87 95 100
June 96.3 97 91 99 95
July 95.1 93 91 92 96
August 91.0 79 91 91 91
September 93.6 83 93 99 99
October 89.7 80 88 93 93
November 80.0 81 73 83 82
December 86.7 92 84 83 83
Average 88.4 72.7 84.0 84.7 91.6 92.3

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 -10.7 -10 -9 -11 -6 -10
February -10.5 -3 -8 -11 -14 -5
March -2.1 -4 -6 -2 4 -1
April 7.7 5 3 12 7
May 19.2 23 16 18 18
June 23.8 26 20 26 23
July 26.2 24 25 29 27
August 25.0 25 26 24 26
September 19.5 22 21 23 18
October 9.6 9 12 14 6
November -1.0 1 -3 2 1
December -7.1 0 -13 -12 -3
Average 6.7 -6.0 9.4 6.8 10.0 9.0

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 -18.4 -16 -17 -21 -15 -17
February -20.8 -12 -18 -23 -24 -17
March -12.1 -14 -18 -11 -7 -11
April -4.1 -5 -4 -2 -5
May 4.7 8 6 3 4
June 11.2 14 8 13 11
July 13.0 10 14 15 14
August 11.4 12 13 12 11
September 7.0 9 8 9 6
October -1.1 0 0 2 -3
November -10.9 -5 -12 -7 -9
December -16.8 -9 -20 -20 -13
Average -5.9 -15.8 -2.4 -4.4 -2.1 -3.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 25.9 43 33 31 17 19
February 16.4 24 23 28 6 13
March 14.3 26 8 24 9 15
April 12.9 21 26 9 10
May 6.8 5 27 6 2
June 5.9 4 13 1 6
July 4.0 5 12 2 2
August 4.8 13 4 6 3
September 5.5 5 5 2 6
October 10.8 23 7 7 15
November 25.9 27 45 15 24
December 17.4 7 26 20 22
Average 13.4 31.2 14.2 20.7 7.6 10.3

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 9.4 11 7 12 9 9
February 9.8 11 10 11 10 10
March 9.9 10 8 11 11 10
April 11.3 12 13 11 12
May 10.3 9 14 10 10
June 9.8 8 10 10 12
July 8.8 8 8 8 10
August 8.6 8 8 9 9
September 9.7 9 10 11 11
October 10.7 10 11 10 12
November 9.7 10 11 10 10
December 9.1 9 10 11 8
Average 9.8 10.3 8.9 10.6 10.1 10.2

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 296° 244° 286° 227° 233°
February 307° 273° 283° 267° 246°
March 317° 271° 289° 207° 262°
April 039° 017° 313° 300°
May 073° 006° 270° 191°
June 173° 341° 274° 241°
July 303° 291° 208° 244°
August 281° 250° 285° 251°
September 210° 264° 266° 283°
October 321° 302° 234° 278°
November 261° 295° 226° 244°
December 245° 309° 256° 260°

Prevailing wind direction

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