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 Kuujjuarapik Airport (CYGW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.6 28 36 40 35 49
February 57.7 39 59 50 77 63
March 56.0 42 47 53 55 59
April 49.6 44 36 48 56 52
May 50.1 49 34 48 52 45
June 58.9 51 72 63 43 55
July 56.5 53 38 41 71 79
August 60.9 65 52 61 70
September 62.5 71 59 64 55
October 64.8 43 68 59 74
November 52.3 49 44 51 51
December 39.1 26 52 47 33
Average 55.6 44.0 47.2 51.3 56.5 58.3

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 70.5 54 69 58 75 86
February 76.3 74 75 66 91 79
March 73.8 64 64 72 75 80
April 70.6 67 63 68 61 74
May 73.9 63 65 76 72 77
June 70.0 73 74 75 58 66
July 67.4 61 56 56 81 81
August 77.4 77 76 77 84
September 86.1 90 79 84 84
October 88.5 69 98 85 94
November 75.9 71 70 88 72
December 70.5 56 71 69 77
Average 75.1 64.4 68.1 71.8 75.4 79.0

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 -15.4 -11 -14 -19 -10 -13
February -16.6 -12 -18 -18 -11 -14
March -9.2 -7 -10 -10 -8 -7
April -2.7 1 -1 -1 3 -3
May 6.6 9 8 9 8 4
June 12.8 15 17 18 10 12
July 17.3 17 19 15 17 21
August 16.6 18 17 18 19
September 12.9 16 15 14 12
October 7.1 8 9 11 4
November -2.3 -1 -1 1 -2
December -8.0 -4 -7 -8 -8
Average 1.8 0.6 3.3 2.6 3.9 2.0

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 -22.4 -19 -21 -26 -17 -20
February -25.4 -20 -28 -28 -22 -24
March -19.1 -16 -19 -18 -19 -19
April -10.2 -7 -8 -10 -5 -10
May -2.3 3 -1 -1 -2 -3
June 3.7 7 6 7 1 3
July 8.0 9 10 6 8 12
August 8.6 9 10 8 10
September 6.2 7 7 8 7
October 2.1 3 4 6 -1
November -7.9 -6 -6 -2 -7
December -14.1 -9 -13 -14 -16
Average -6.0 -8.6 -5.4 -6.7 -5.9 -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 50.7 74 61 53 26 55
February 34.6 53 42 35 20 35
March 39.6 57 53 45 33 31
April 32.3 39 43 39 4 33
May 26.9 25 40 27 17 36
June 14.6 15 4 18 19 16
July 14.9 19 24 14 5 8
August 10.7 16 11 10 6
September 18.4 13 26 16 26
October 22.5 32 23 23 25
November 51.4 62 64 38 47
December 55.9 69 45 60 47
Average 27.9 40.9 37.1 31.5 19.8 27.1

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 8.8 10 9 10 6 8
February 9.0 8 10 10 8 8
March 8.6 9 7 9 11 9
April 8.6 10 7 9 6 9
May 9.2 10 9 10 10 9
June 8.1 8 5 10 8 7
July 8.1 8 6 8 8 9
August 8.4 7 9 10 7
September 10.0 8 10 10 12
October 9.6 8 10 8 10
November 10.7 12 11 10 11
December 11.0 12 12 11 10
Average 9.0 8.7 8.1 9.6 8.7 9.0

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 236° 204° 211° 161° 198°
February 291° 198° 220° 172° 234°
March 233° 293° 251° 309° 178°
April 313° 324° 003° 060° 292°
May 332° 298° 234° 303° 287°
June 258° 005° 196° 297° 340°
July 266° 250° 260° 283° 349°
August 315° 235° 229° 328°
September 266° 287° 180° 249°
October 264° 221° 134° 222°
November 217° 283° 033° 225°
December 241° 285° 188° 187°

Prevailing wind direction

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