Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport

CYQY · Nova Scotia, Canada

Climate Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sydney / J.A. Douglas McCurdy Airport (CYQY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.6 41 25 41 43 38
February 48.8 42 41 42 47 59
March 52.8 29 49 50 73 53
April 55.2 66 43 35 61
May 66.0 62 65 69 73
June 61.5 38 56 71 56
July 65.9 43 82 53 52
August 71.0 62 55 74 75
September 63.8 47 59 65 73
October 66.5 67 62 63 64
November 54.4 60 43 61 70
December 42.7 42 14 50 48
Average 56.7 36.8 50.5 53.8 59.6 60.9

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 75.9 85 58 73 81 74
February 75.6 66 72 70 83 81
March 74.8 67 68 70 90 75
April 70.2 82 60 56 75
May 75.7 74 76 77 83
June 70.3 46 70 76 71
July 75.4 54 89 68 70
August 84.7 81 70 84 88
September 79.2 61 77 76 85
October 85.3 80 75 96 85
November 83.3 91 83 80 87
December 80.4 69 51 88 83
Average 76.8 71.8 68.4 72.7 78.6 79.2

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 0.7 0 4 1 1 0
February 0.1 1 -1 1 1 0
March 2.2 4 1 3 4 1
April 7.1 8 7 8 6
May 12.4 13 14 13 13
June 18.8 18 19 22 20
July 23.4 25 25 21 22
August 23.7 22 24 25 24
September 19.6 21 19 20 20
October 14.1 16 16 15 14
November 8.1 7 9 10 10
December 3.0 5 4 3 6
Average 10.0 1.6 11.3 12.2 11.7 11.2

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 -6.0 -6 -3 -7 -4 -7
February -8.4 -5 -9 -7 -5 -8
March -5.4 -2 -4 -5 -5 -5
April -1.5 -1 0 1 -1
May 2.7 2 3 4 3
June 9.0 9 10 11 10
July 14.1 17 14 13 14
August 14.5 14 16 15 14
September 10.9 13 12 12 11
October 5.7 7 7 7 5
November 0.6 0 2 2 1
December -3.0 -2 -1 -3 -1
Average 2.1 -5.5 3.7 3.8 3.9 2.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.2 32 47 57 36 53
February 32.4 36 35 38 37 27
March 26.7 32 28 31 20 30
April 21.3 8 24 33 24
May 19.5 21 15 15 22
June 16.7 22 18 9 15
July 12.5 21 11 18 16
August 11.4 18 19 5 9
September 16.3 23 21 13 12
October 17.0 26 15 13 19
November 25.9 20 27 26 21
December 35.8 40 48 33 37
Average 23.0 33.2 24.6 24.3 19.9 22.3

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 12.6 12 12 13 12 12
February 13.2 13 13 14 14 12
March 13.1 12 13 13 13 14
April 12.6 12 13 13 13
May 11.8 13 10 12 13
June 10.0 10 10 10 10
July 9.2 8 11 10 8
August 9.4 10 9 9 10
September 10.5 10 11 11 11
October 10.4 10 9 11 11
November 12.8 11 14 12 12
December 12.9 13 14 13 12
Average 11.5 12.3 10.9 11.3 11.4 11.2

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 286° 278° 275° 328° 320°
February 292° 299° 263° 287° 264°
March 210° 357° 255° 256° 320°
April 317° 320° 040° 329°
May 286° 323° 268° 268°
June 135° 203° 223° 229°
July 191° 240° 229° 193°
August 192° 208° 239° 253°
September 197° 271° 237° 233°
October 245° 219° 325° 249°
November 276° 261° 231° 244°
December 279° 064° 280° 216°

Prevailing wind direction

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