Quesnel Airport

CYQZ · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Quesnel Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Quesnel Airport (CYQZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.2 51 46 73 81 77
February 67.9 53 59 71 68 88
March 82.8 87 82 77 95 89
April 92.7 93 86 97 95
May 90.6 83 84 91 95
June 92.5 93 86 93 89
July 82.0 63 76 89 86
August 77.2 83 78 87 84
September 70.4 59 68 85 67
October 74.3 81 66 73 49
November 65.5 61 46 80 72
December 59.5 54 41 64 71
Average 77.1 62.8 71.7 72.2 84.9 81.2

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 76.8 71 52 79 91 82
February 76.6 67 64 77 79 90
March 90.1 99 85 89 97 93
April 95.8 95 91 100 96
May 94.2 90 91 94 96
June 94.6 96 90 94 91
July 86.4 71 80 93 90
August 80.9 89 79 88 85
September 78.3 68 71 89 74
October 83.5 85 70 84 73
November 78.3 77 60 88 81
December 73.4 63 52 76 82
Average 84.8 78.5 78.2 78.4 90.1 86.7

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 -1.0 -3 1 -2 2 -2
February -1.3 1 1 3 -3 3
March 6.9 9 6 9 8 5
April 12.5 13 11 14 12
May 20.1 24 16 18 19
June 22.8 25 22 25 20
July 25.3 27 26 28 23
August 25.3 26 28 25 23
September 19.3 21 23 19 19
October 11.7 14 16 11 8
November 3.4 5 -2 6 4
December -2.1 4 -10 -9 2
Average 10.9 2.1 13.8 12.3 12.1 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 -9.4 -10 -7 -9 -6 -11
February -11.6 -9 -7 -7 -13 -6
March -6.7 -6 -9 -2 -2 -7
April -2.8 0 -3 -1 -3
May 4.9 7 3 4 5
June 7.7 9 8 10 8
July 9.1 10 10 11 10
August 9.9 10 12 10 9
September 6.3 5 6 7 9
October 0.8 0 2 1 1
November -4.7 -2 -8 -1 -3
December -9.4 -2 -18 -18 -4
Average -1.2 -9.9 1.3 0.1 0.1 0.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.2 28 20 22 21 17
February 24.3 27 40 29 16 8
March 12.8 5 24 15 6 12
April 7.4 5 10 9 6
May 7.5 6 17 6 9
June 8.7 9 13 8 13
July 7.5 7 10 3 16
August 7.2 13 8 6 9
September 9.2 10 7 10 11
October 10.6 5 7 11 24
November 20.2 19 42 11 15
December 19.4 20 39 26 6
Average 12.5 20.1 14.4 17.0 9.9 12.0

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 4.8 4 4 5 6 5
February 5.5 4 6 6 5 6
March 5.2 6 4 6 6 6
April 5.7 7 6 6 5
May 4.2 4 5 4 5
June 4.3 5 5 4 4
July 3.5 3 4 4 3
August 3.7 4 3 4 4
September 4.0 3 3 5 4
October 5.2 5 4 5 5
November 5.7 4 7 6 6
December 4.7 5 4 4 5
Average 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.9 4.7

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 207° 149° 155° 157° 149°
February 265° 141° 140° 129° 142°
March 212° 323° 162° 152° 314°
April 161° 294° 300° 319°
May 329° 252° 302° 328°
June 337° 182° 236° 013°
July 318° 331° 333° 180°
August 270° 203° 327° 151°
September 164° 194° 161° 154°
October 170° 174° 153° 321°
November 153° 313° 151° 148°
December 152° 321° 173° 152°

Prevailing wind direction

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