Sudbury Airport

CYSB · Ontario, Canada

Climate Sudbury Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sudbury Airport (CYSB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.9 27 43 58 42 46
February 59.9 54 47 67 75 70
March 69.9 62 68 61 79 70
April 68.7 57 68 78 79
May 79.2 83 78 86 80
June 80.1 67 88 78 83
July 84.7 81 81 81 87
August 75.8 77 77 79 69
September 72.2 77 62 68 78
October 57.4 39 66 59 66
November 49.6 51 58 64 49
December 46.7 38 40 51 40
Average 66.1 49.2 62.5 69.3 71.8 70.3

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 73.1 63 68 78 80 76
February 75.5 77 65 80 82 83
March 83.3 83 79 71 94 85
April 82.4 74 83 91 88
May 89.8 92 90 95 93
June 90.2 77 95 91 92
July 92.2 90 90 89 95
August 87.9 92 87 86 85
September 86.1 86 79 89 92
October 80.6 71 83 77 88
November 75.8 80 85 82 80
December 71.2 61 68 75 74
Average 82.6 75.0 79.0 83.4 86.7 86.9

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 -7.8 -5 -4 -10 -5 -4
February -5.8 -1 -3 -6 -6 -4
March 0.9 4 1 0 4 2
April 8.0 9 8 12 7
May 17.5 19 20 18 16
June 22.7 24 22 23 24
July 25.2 25 25 24 26
August 23.3 22 24 25 23
September 19.0 21 19 18 17
October 11.3 12 12 15 8
November 2.4 3 5 3 6
December -4.6 0 -2 -2 -3
Average 8.4 -1.2 10.6 10.2 10.8 9.8

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 -15.9 -11 -11 -22 -11 -11
February -14.1 -10 -14 -17 -15 -14
March -9.6 -5 -9 -9 -7 -7
April -2.1 -1 -2 1 -3
May 5.7 6 8 5 5
June 11.1 12 11 12 11
July 14.2 14 13 14 16
August 13.3 12 14 15 13
September 9.4 10 10 9 8
October 3.7 5 3 7 1
November -5.3 -5 -2 -4 -2
December -11.7 -5 -9 -10 -9
Average -1.2 -9.4 1.3 0.2 1.4 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 41.1 43 42 51 20 50
February 37.1 24 46 42 24 35
March 24.3 28 30 37 13 19
April 24.5 30 29 15 19
May 14.8 12 12 11 14
June 11.0 11 6 17 8
July 8.3 10 10 12 8
August 10.4 13 13 6 14
September 13.3 8 17 17 14
October 22.5 34 21 20 17
November 31.3 26 23 23 30
December 34.6 20 41 32 29
Average 22.3 31.0 22.2 22.6 16.4 19.5

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 8.9 9 9 9 8 9
February 9.8 9 10 11 9 10
March 10.1 10 10 10 12 10
April 10.1 10 10 10 10
May 9.4 10 10 9 9
June 8.6 8 9 9 9
July 7.8 7 9 8 7
August 7.7 8 8 8 7
September 8.6 8 9 9 9
October 9.4 9 10 8 9
November 9.4 9 11 9 10
December 8.9 9 10 9 10
Average 9.1 9.4 8.8 9.3 9.0 8.8

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 281° 012° 214° 352° 347°
February 244° 219° 265° 245° 251°
March 324° 002° 253° 244° 198°
April 199° 203° 015° 293°
May 002° 197° 262° 348°
June 026° 240° 232° 245°
July 250° 244° 355° 257°
August 327° 272° 219° 306°
September 239° 324° 244° 220°
October 274° 195° 052° 232°
November 232° 225° 222° 215°
December 043° 077° 206° 322°

Prevailing wind direction

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