Stony Rapids Airport

CYSF · Canada

Climate Stony Rapids Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Stony Rapids Airport (CYSF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.6 45 34 73 61 46
February 68.9 65 64 73 73 69
March 80.8 85 81 74 74 82
April 82.4 78 76 83 77
May 77.4 82 68 71 74
June 78.0 61 90 78 80
July 82.8 75 84 80 77
August 74.0 67 71 73 66
September 72.2 67 71 55 69
October 60.6 47 68 70 68
November 43.2 31 39 40 53
December 58.8 53 68 65 50
Average 71.4 64.9 62.7 71.6 70.0 69.7

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 77.3 72 65 86 80 64
February 84.5 77 85 80 90 92
March 92.4 96 88 90 87 93
April 93.0 96 83 92 89
May 93.3 91 91 93 95
June 93.6 87 98 90 94
July 91.6 82 97 92 94
August 87.7 79 86 88 93
September 88.9 80 86 86 88
October 89.3 80 83 93 93
November 81.7 76 76 81 83
December 80.0 71 87 84 73
Average 88.4 81.5 82.1 87.1 88.5 89.3

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 -18.7 -17 -13 -22 -15 -16
February -15.1 -12 -19 -21 -19 -14
March -7.7 -7 -9 -6 -5 -9
April 2.7 6 2 1 -1
May 13.3 22 11 9 10
June 20.8 22 21 21 20
July 23.7 23 24 26 24
August 21.2 22 23 22 20
September 14.6 20 18 15 12
October 4.6 7 8 8 1
November -9.9 -5 -7 -5 -10
December -16.1 -7 -21 -22 -15
Average 1.4 -12.0 5.8 3.3 3.0 1.8

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 -26.1 -26 -20 -32 -23 -24
February -29.5 -23 -30 -34 -30 -26
March -21.4 -21 -25 -19 -19 -23
April -11.5 -6 -11 -12 -14
May -1.8 4 -1 -3 -2
June 7.5 9 7 7 6
July 9.6 9 10 10 12
August 8.5 9 8 8 10
September 3.8 6 4 6 3
October -4.9 -2 -2 -1 -5
November -17.9 -13 -15 -13 -18
December -25.6 -18 -31 -30 -23
Average -11.9 -24.3 -7.8 -9.2 -9.8 -9.3

60th lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.4 51 63 44 33 30
February 28.1 33 34 38 28 21
March 19.5 10 30 32 21 19
April 16.4 23 34 16 22
May 8.7 3 18 17 6
June 10.2 15 3 12 10
July 8.5 12 18 2 10
August 8.2 7 10 8 11
September 9.7 3 10 17 19
October 16.3 21 17 5 32
November 43.6 42 49 43 53
December 36.3 36 33 50 31
Average 19.2 31.4 22.4 24.2 18.2 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 5.4 5 5 6 5 5
February 6.1 6 6 6 6 7
March 6.8 6 6 7 8 7
April 7.0 7 7 8 7
May 7.3 7 8 7 8
June 6.9 7 7 6 8
July 6.2 6 6 7 7
August 5.9 5 5 6 7
September 6.2 6 7 6 7
October 6.6 7 7 7 7
November 6.1 7 6 6 6
December 4.9 6 5 5 4
Average 6.3 5.9 6.2 6.5 6.4 6.7

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 262° 041° 306° 080° 171°
February 325° 320° 295° 287° 284°
March 085° 082° 317° 061° 023°
April 096° 067° 307° 010°
May 143° 075° 068° 066°
June 082° 039° 053° 085°
July 322° 271° 271° 036°
August 269° 008° 286° 110°
September 217° 267° 048° 306°
October 248° 292° 186° 284°
November 284° 036° 073° 085°
December 251° 270° 241° 285°

Prevailing wind direction

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