Fort Smith Airport

CYSM · Northwest Territories, Canada

Climate Fort Smith Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fort Smith Airport (CYSM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.0 58 39 64 71 52
February 73.6 70 72 84 65 67
March 81.5 82 81 77 82 79
April 81.7 78 83 80 76
May 80.3 67 73 79 84
June 83.7 62 100 86 82
July 75.7 41 88 81 73
August 76.6 42 87 76 63
September 72.8 28 86 63 74
October 58.0 53 57 77 42
November 41.7 33 51 41 41
December 57.1 52 49 66 71
Average 72.1 71.2 56.7 77.6 73.9 68.7

76th best VFR conditions of Canada

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 73.0 79 59 74 81 63
February 86.6 84 84 92 85 80
March 90.5 88 90 85 92 89
April 91.9 89 90 90 88
May 89.8 77 83 91 93
June 91.4 76 100 94 90
July 83.4 48 92 87 87
August 87.6 55 91 95 81
September 84.8 46 90 75 87
October 79.0 72 83 90 65
November 69.7 60 70 59 75
December 72.8 72 68 84 79
Average 84.6 83.9 70.7 86.7 86.5 82.8

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 -16.2 -19 -12 -18 -13 -17
February -15.6 -9 -17 -19 -18 -9
March -5.2 -5 -7 -6 -5 -7
April 4.5 8 3 3 1
May 15.9 24 13 13 12
June 22.3 23 23 24 21
July 24.2 26 25 25 24
August 22.2 23 25 22 20
September 15.2 19 20 16 14
October 5.4 8 9 7 1
November -8.8 -4 -7 -5 -9
December -14.2 -6 -16 -20 -11
Average 2.5 -12.9 5.8 5.1 4.2 3.4

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 -24.4 -26 -18 -28 -20 -24
February -26.4 -20 -26 -29 -28 -23
March -18.0 -18 -20 -18 -18 -21
April -8.4 -3 -10 -10 -9
May 3.0 8 2 2 0
June 9.9 11 10 11 9
July 11.7 12 12 11 12
August 10.6 13 12 10 12
September 4.6 7 6 6 4
October -2.1 -1 -1 0 -4
November -14.5 -10 -14 -12 -15
December -23.7 -13 -29 -29 -21
Average -8.0 -22.7 -5.4 -7.7 -7.6 -7.3

94th 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 52.4 51 55 58 40 48
February 43.1 29 44 39 49 33
March 25.0 21 33 25 25 35
April 19.9 23 21 28 29
May 11.8 5 20 13 16
June 10.4 10 5 10 14
July 10.3 5 11 9 12
August 11.5 4 7 11 27
September 14.2 4 6 24 18
October 29.2 32 28 7 48
November 60.5 53 56 38 66
December 49.3 42 64 57 31
Average 25.5 32.1 24.2 23.5 22.3 28.7

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 5.2 5 5 5 5 6
February 5.8 6 6 5 7 6
March 6.5 7 5 6 6 7
April 6.9 7 6 8 7
May 6.7 7 6 7 6
June 6.6 7 7 6 7
July 5.9 5 6 6 6
August 6.4 6 6 7 7
September 7.0 7 8 7 6
October 7.3 8 8 8 8
November 6.2 6 7 6 7
December 4.8 6 5 5 4
Average 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.4

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 267° 250° 295° 158° 263°
February 244° 290° 301° 296° 269°
March 152° 115° 307° 282° 331°
April 148° 014° 304° 332°
May 174° 051° 103° 019°
June 269° 099° 324° 128°
July 049° 219° 246° 265°
August 237° 248° 248° 235°
September 200° 251° 165° 302°
October 221° 247° 184° 277°
November 194° 287° 133° 241°
December 204° 213° 272° 235°

Prevailing wind direction

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