Sherbrooke Airport

CYSC · Quebec, Canada

Climate Sherbrooke Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sherbrooke Airport (CYSC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.6 30 22 61 36 48
February 59.8 62 47 50 61 67
March 62.7 50 51 51 74 76
April 74.0 77 68 76 85
May 82.9 89 75 85 89
June 80.1 55 81 92 89
July 83.4 65 92 77 83
August 79.6 65 67 87 85
September 75.2 66 54 83 89
October 73.1 62 78 72 76
November 62.4 54 53 76 81
December 58.0 42 51 50 67
Average 69.7 46.8 58.4 65.8 74.5 79.8

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 79.2 78 69 82 81 85
February 81.5 92 74 69 81 86
March 84.2 73 81 78 94 95
April 92.7 93 93 93 95
May 97.4 98 95 98 98
June 94.1 82 95 100 97
July 95.1 87 97 97 93
August 93.6 93 82 95 97
September 91.1 89 81 93 96
October 91.7 87 86 93 93
November 87.2 88 78 96 93
December 85.4 70 88 86 91
Average 89.6 80.2 84.7 85.5 92.9 93.8

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 -4.4 -3 -1 -6 -4 -2
February -1.0 2 -1 -2 -3 -1
March 3.0 5 3 3 6 5
April 10.3 13 10 13 9
May 18.7 19 22 18 18
June 22.8 22 23 25 24
July 25.6 26 26 23 27
August 24.1 22 25 27 24
September 20.1 21 18 21 20
October 14.4 15 16 15 13
November 4.7 4 7 5 9
December -1.5 2 2 1 1
Average 10.3 1.4 12.1 12.3 12.2 12.1

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 -13.9 -10 -8 -20 -11 -10
February -12.2 -9 -12 -13 -14 -12
March -7.3 -4 -6 -6 -6 -5
April 0.1 1 0 1 -1
May 5.7 4 7 6 5
June 11.1 12 11 13 11
July 14.3 16 13 13 15
August 13.3 13 15 15 13
September 9.1 11 9 8 7
October 4.1 6 1 6 3
November -4.4 -3 -1 -3 -1
December -9.5 -5 -5 -8 -6
Average 0.2 -8.6 2.5 1.2 1.7 1.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.3 55 63 42 41 32
February 36.2 27 46 52 37 32
March 31.9 40 46 48 20 19
April 22.4 27 29 22 19
May 12.7 14 21 10 11
June 12.6 25 18 7 10
July 9.4 23 8 7 7
August 10.4 19 20 6 11
September 11.5 17 23 10 4
October 16.9 29 17 14 19
November 29.6 36 41 19 22
December 33.8 42 39 34 29
Average 22.3 41.1 31.7 28.8 17.3 16.1

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 6.7 7 6 7 6 6
February 8.0 8 8 9 7 7
March 8.5 8 8 9 9 8
April 8.3 9 9 8 9
May 7.4 8 6 7 8
June 6.3 5 7 7 6
July 5.7 5 7 6 6
August 5.5 6 5 5 6
September 5.3 4 5 6 6
October 6.3 6 6 5 7
November 6.9 7 7 7 7
December 6.5 5 8 7 7
Average 6.9 7.7 6.4 7.1 6.6 7.0

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 255° 277° 279° 280° 272°
February 259° 271° 263° 269° 259°
March 276° 279° 264° 263° 258°
April 223° 276° 311° 271°
May 285° 258° 278° 278°
June 048° 258° 251° 257°
July 233° 248° 275° 250°
August 252° 272° 236° 263°
September 284° 295° 249° 246°
October 236° 229° 290° 244°
November 259° 256° 257° 247°
December 277° 275° 269° 247°

Prevailing wind direction

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