Sanikiluaq Airport

CYSK · Canada

Climate Sanikiluaq Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sanikiluaq Airport (CYSK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.2 45 57 47 42 42
February 66.4 52 72 69 64 69
March 65.5 56 71 70 57 64
April 56.4 39 70 60 54
May 46.0 49 50 36 36
June 71.8 84 79 50 76
July 68.1 56 66 75 83
August 62.9 70 60 67 81
September 57.6 82 62 62 47
October 45.7 52 36 39 52
November 38.1 32 37 41 44
December 36.5 43 45 41 21
Average 56.2 51.3 59.4 58.5 53.4 57.6

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 71.9 71 67 68 67 68
February 77.1 70 81 80 74 77
March 79.0 66 80 90 69 77
April 78.3 60 82 81 69
May 73.0 74 76 64 69
June 81.8 89 87 71 90
July 75.8 67 71 80 84
August 73.9 82 68 75 93
September 82.9 95 76 83 77
October 84.6 84 85 71 87
November 82.3 71 75 89 78
December 76.0 77 73 69 67
Average 77.2 68.7 77.2 77.9 74.1 78.5

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 -18.3 -15 -17 -22 -14 -16
February -21.3 -17 -24 -24 -18 -20
March -15.9 -11 -15 -15 -15 -15
April -7.0 -6 -7 -4 -8
May 0.8 2 3 1 0
June 7.6 11 12 5 7
July 11.7 14 9 11 15
August 12.1 14 13 11 14
September 8.8 12 10 10 9
October 4.3 6 5 8 2
November -3.3 -2 -3 0 -3
December -10.9 -5 -9 -8 -9
Average -4.3 -15.8 -1.0 -2.1 -2.7 -3.8

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 -22.7 -19 -21 -26 -17 -21
February -25.2 -21 -29 -28 -22 -24
March -19.1 -16 -20 -20 -19 -20
April -11.0 -9 -11 -8 -12
May -3.7 -1 -1 -1 -4
June 3.2 5 7 1 3
July 6.9 8 6 6 10
August 8.5 10 9 8 11
September 6.1 8 6 7 6
October 2.1 3 3 5 0
November -5.5 -3 -5 -2 -5
December -12.5 -7 -10 -11 -13
Average -8.8 -19.7 -5.3 -6.4 -5.3 -6.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.4 65 55 89 59 71
February 61.6 42 69 84 56 67
March 47.9 59 44 47 56 45
April 33.7 29 32 17 42
May 24.7 12 22 24 36
June 8.8 4 15 10 6
July 8.5 9 7 5 3
August 7.7 7 11 7 3
September 12.2 6 9 9 27
October 18.0 11 20 12 31
November 56.1 61 69 37 64
December 70.2 64 58 86 72
Average 34.7 55.0 27.6 34.7 29.0 35.8

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 13.5 16 12 18 11 13
February 13.6 12 13 15 14 13
March 13.7 14 13 13 17 14
April 13.8 13 14 13 16
May 13.7 15 15 15 15
June 12.7 12 12 14 12
July 13.2 13 12 15 13
August 13.5 13 15 15 11
September 14.7 13 15 15 18
October 14.8 13 16 13 16
November 16.0 18 18 15 17
December 15.2 15 15 17 15
Average 14.0 14.0 13.5 14.7 14.3 14.3

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 272° 230° 245° 203° 232°
February 293° 219° 229° 208° 260°
March 269° 319° 247° 295° 236°
April 344° 004° 024° 333°
May 293° 234° 326° 284°
June 351° 077° 278° 017°
July 235° 312° 247° 155°
August 281° 224° 261° 338°
September 212° 255° 275° 265°
October 284° 207° 118° 242°
November 237° 332° 333° 289°
December 224° 225° 240° 239°

Prevailing wind direction

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