North Battleford Airport

CYQW · Saskatchewan, Canada

Climate North Battleford Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of North Battleford Airport (CYQW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.1 59 42 68 72 67
February 77.2 57 81 66 86 84
March 77.6 89 71 77 79 79
April 85.2 82 75 95 88
May 90.6 89 88 91 90
June 84.6 76 80 95 84
July 88.1 84 89 82 92
August 87.6 76 88 94 93
September 86.2 78 93 94 96
October 82.7 79 91 83 84
November 62.0 74 60 76 53
December 77.4 91 61 77 78
Average 80.1 68.3 76.4 79.2 86.1 83.5

66th 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 76.7 72 54 78 88 76
February 87.9 68 90 83 93 96
March 88.9 92 84 85 90 95
April 94.4 90 91 100 95
May 97.0 95 97 98 97
June 94.5 87 93 99 98
July 94.3 91 94 91 97
August 94.2 86 96 98 98
September 94.7 84 97 99 98
October 92.7 91 93 93 97
November 81.7 83 78 88 71
December 88.9 93 71 87 95
Average 89.9 77.4 85.4 89.2 94.1 93.4

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 -9.7 -11 -9 -6 -6 -9
February -9.0 -4 -7 -9 -14 -5
March -2.2 -4 -6 -1 4 -2
April 8.8 8 7 13 6
May 19.7 23 19 19 18
June 23.5 26 22 26 21
July 25.7 25 26 29 25
August 25.0 26 27 26 25
September 19.8 23 24 22 19
October 10.3 11 15 12 7
November -3.9 4 -5 0 -2
December -7.2 1 -14 -13 -5
Average 7.0 -7.7 10.4 9.5 9.8 8.2

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 -18.5 -19 -16 -20 -15 -19
February -19.0 -13 -17 -20 -23 -17
March -12.2 -14 -16 -11 -7 -13
April -4.1 -3 -4 -3 -7
May 4.6 8 4 3 4
June 9.9 11 9 11 10
July 11.8 11 13 13 12
August 10.7 11 12 11 11
September 5.8 6 7 6 5
October -2.2 -1 0 -1 -3
November -9.0 -6 -13 -3 -10
December -16.5 -9 -22 -21 -13
Average -5.6 -16.7 -2.3 -3.0 -3.8 -4.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.1 23 28 25 22 16
February 20.1 32 22 29 11 12
March 12.5 14 21 17 11 11
April 9.9 17 18 2 9
May 5.3 5 7 4 4
June 7.7 5 11 4 16
July 4.7 6 7 1 7
August 4.1 9 5 7 3
September 5.6 4 2 3 4
October 6.2 17 1 3 4
November 18.7 4 31 13 25
December 13.7 2 34 22 14
Average 11.2 22.8 11.6 14.2 7.5 9.8

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 8.2 8 7 8 9 9
February 8.6 8 9 10 10 8
March 9.9 10 8 12 10 10
April 10.9 11 13 9 11
May 10.0 10 11 10 11
June 9.3 9 9 9 10
July 8.4 8 8 9 9
August 8.6 8 8 8 10
September 9.4 8 10 10 11
October 9.7 10 9 10 11
November 9.2 9 10 9 9
December 7.5 6 9 9 7
Average 9.2 8.8 8.7 9.8 9.3 9.7

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 023° 057° 007° 275° 339°
February 030° 300° 006° 292° 281°
March 101° 112° 356° 225° 338°
April 091° 018° 310° 308°
May 111° 336° 189° 144°
June 170° 358° 266° 009°
July 322° 328° 328° 264°
August 304° 284° 315° 258°
September 226° 264° 264° 288°
October 032° 284° 128° 289°
November 257° 334° 069° 326°
December 253° 054° 277° 280°

Prevailing wind direction

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