St. John Airport

CYSJ · New Brunswick, Canada

Climate St. John Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of St. John Airport (CYSJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 53.8 54 39 59 55 51
February 62.2 48 76 48 60 71
March 59.0 33 53 59 72 66
April 64.0 75 60 55 78
May 67.9 74 68 77 63
June 62.6 36 58 67 68
July 58.9 39 69 51 49
August 65.6 55 49 62 73
September 65.9 55 69 71 58
October 66.3 57 71 70 63
November 62.8 68 58 68 59
December 58.9 56 36 65 47
Average 60.8 43.7 56.0 60.0 64.2 62.8

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 77.8 84 66 71 96 76
February 76.4 76 83 65 75 79
March 75.4 59 75 70 80 85
April 77.2 83 76 80 91
May 79.4 87 76 89 73
June 72.9 52 73 73 79
July 66.3 44 71 65 67
August 73.1 68 62 68 77
September 74.0 65 75 80 66
October 80.7 77 77 87 79
November 79.4 85 74 83 74
December 78.5 73 70 84 73
Average 75.2 71.3 69.8 71.7 79.1 76.5

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 -1.5 -1 1 -2 -1 -1
February -1.9 1 -1 0 -1 1
March 3.2 5 3 4 5 4
April 9.5 11 10 11 8
May 15.1 16 17 15 14
June 20.0 19 20 22 22
July 23.4 24 24 22 23
August 23.2 22 23 24 23
September 19.6 21 20 20 19
October 14.1 15 16 15 13
November 6.9 5 9 8 9
December 1.7 3 3 3 4
Average 10.2 1.5 11.6 12.3 11.8 11.6

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 -10.5 -9 -6 -14 -7 -9
February -10.1 -8 -13 -10 -9 -9
March -6.7 -2 -5 -4 -6 -4
April 0.0 1 1 1 -1
May 4.0 4 5 5 3
June 8.9 9 9 11 10
July 13.0 16 13 13 14
August 12.8 13 15 14 12
September 9.5 11 10 11 8
October 4.8 7 5 5 4
November -2.5 -3 0 -2 1
December -7.8 -4 -3 -7 -4
Average 0.8 -7.7 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.6 25 32 41 22 30
February 25.2 29 26 35 18 22
March 25.7 46 30 28 18 15
April 20.5 10 32 22 14
May 14.6 14 10 10 18
June 16.8 35 17 13 5
July 10.7 18 9 21 10
August 12.9 17 22 14 10
September 11.1 14 11 14 14
October 12.0 14 7 8 10
November 20.2 23 12 25 13
December 25.7 25 33 26 31
Average 19.8 34.4 21.2 20.0 16.8 15.0

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 10.7 11 11 12 10 10
February 10.7 12 10 12 10 10
March 11.5 11 11 11 12 12
April 10.7 10 11 12 11
May 9.9 11 9 10 11
June 8.9 9 8 9 9
July 7.9 7 9 8 7
August 7.6 8 7 7 9
September 8.8 8 9 9 10
October 9.1 8 7 8 10
November 10.6 10 12 9 10
December 10.0 11 11 10 10
Average 9.8 11.2 9.2 9.6 9.5 9.8

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 329° 357° 330° 346° 334°
February 299° 327° 260° 316° 264°
March 327° 355° 269° 266° 338°
April 258° 322° 351° 297°
May 264° 189° 247° 237°
June 094° 191° 213° 194°
July 192° 216° 227° 198°
August 201° 190° 198° 221°
September 282° 261° 233° 223°
October 233° 183° 355° 232°
November 286° 265° 299° 239°
December 290° 007° 307° 282°

Prevailing wind direction

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