Cape Dorset Airport

CYTE · Canada

Climate Cape Dorset Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cape Dorset Airport (CYTE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.6 44 41 43 45 62
February 48.2 35 45 56 37 77
March 46.0 26 38 41 67 56
April 46.7 36 36 45 64
May 34.9 38 37 40 36
June 60.4 52 87 40 54
July 65.6 39 78 56 72
August 63.7 54 71 51 70
September 44.4 27 32 66 54
October 35.1 35 25 42 42
November 46.7 44 37 35 61
December 40.4 36 44 41 24
Average 48.7 32.8 40.6 50.2 48.3 56.8

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 75.3 69 71 68 69 80
February 71.4 65 71 69 57 87
March 69.4 46 78 72 85 73
April 76.9 67 72 76 88
May 75.0 81 67 71 79
June 84.8 78 96 71 90
July 76.5 59 83 73 78
August 76.8 71 76 67 84
September 71.9 52 65 83 78
October 71.5 68 64 59 75
November 81.2 81 74 92 82
December 74.3 72 77 76 63
Average 74.3 57.9 70.2 73.9 73.0 80.8

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 -19.3 -14 -22 -20 -14 -19
February -22.1 -20 -28 -23 -15 -22
March -15.3 -8 -14 -14 -19 -16
April -9.4 -7 -9 -7 -9
May -2.0 -1 -2 -2 -3
June 6.5 5 9 5 6
July 11.8 10 15 11 15
August 10.2 10 11 9 12
September 4.6 5 5 6 4
October -1.8 0 0 3 -1
November -7.8 -3 -9 -5 -7
December -11.1 -8 -8 -12 -9
Average -6.6 -14.1 -5.7 -4.5 -4.8 -4.0

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 -24.1 -21 -26 -25 -19 -24
February -27.5 -25 -32 -28 -21 -26
March -20.1 -12 -19 -19 -24 -22
April -15.7 -11 -15 -12 -15
May -6.1 -6 -6 -6 -6
June 1.1 1 3 0 1
July 5.2 5 8 4 7
August 4.7 5 5 4 6
September 1.1 1 2 1 1
October -3.1 -3 -3 0 -3
November -10.1 -7 -13 -8 -11
December -16.4 -14 -13 -16 -15
Average -11.8 -20.8 -9.2 -9.7 -9.9 -9.0

65th 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 61.6 67 64 74 54 60
February 60.1 68 55 61 62 64
March 53.7 42 59 51 45 63
April 50.0 54 64 49 34
May 36.7 33 45 36 27
June 14.1 22 4 28 10
July 15.5 28 9 16 15
August 18.2 23 20 24 9
September 24.1 31 33 16 20
October 38.4 36 50 32 39
November 58.4 62 65 57 54
December 60.6 56 60 59 68
Average 37.7 56.1 39.4 39.4 35.3 31.5

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 8.8 12 7 9 8 12
February 8.2 9 6 8 12 6
March 9.1 6 8 9 10 11
April 9.8 9 10 12 9
May 11.5 13 12 12 13
June 9.5 12 9 10 9
July 9.2 9 8 11 9
August 10.2 11 9 12 9
September 11.8 12 12 12 12
October 11.6 10 13 13 10
November 11.2 11 13 10 12
December 10.6 12 11 12 12
Average 9.9 8.2 10.0 10.2 11.1 10.1

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 292° 261° 259° 220° 270°
February 265° 265° 270° 227° 269°
March 021° 299° 266° 287° 263°
April 052° 274° 175° 358°
May 303° 034° 270° 333°
June 252° 082° 291° 287°
July 089° 184° 247° 248°
August 230° 229° 220° 249°
September 254° 218° 091° 069°
October 245° 047° 189° 189°
November 117° 294° 343° 279°
December 302° 182° 318° 209°

Prevailing wind direction

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