Big Trout Lake Airport

CYTL · Canada

Climate Big Trout Lake Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Big Trout Lake Airport (CYTL) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 52.6 52 39 31 66 50
February 69.1 67 54 57 77 63
March 69.6 70 51 69 70 84
April 75.5 66 73 68 69
May 68.6 68 50 79 59 64
June 72.3 67 66 80 65 69
July 72.7 74 67 63 63
August 77.8 81 56 77 93
September 73.9 72 74 66 99
October 54.2 65 36 52 69
November 36.0 16 34 35 44
December 47.4 32 31 47 69
Average 66.9 64.9 56.4 58.8 62.7 70.8

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 76.2 87 70 63 80 65
February 83.3 81 76 69 83 78
March 84.3 82 69 83 87 91
April 88.2 83 91 79 83
May 85.7 88 68 92 83 85
June 84.9 82 83 88 83 84
July 84.2 86 82 79 68
August 88.5 89 65 94 94
September 90.3 92 88 89 100
October 80.8 84 59 82 90
November 70.7 43 77 68 82
December 68.0 60 50 58 82
Average 83.9 83.6 75.5 76.9 81.5 83.8

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -15.6 -16.1 -13.9 -11.8 -19.0 -11.5
February -14.3 -14.0 -9.0 -17.3 -16.0 -15.6
March -6.9 -7.2 -6.0 -7.2 -6.7 -3.6
April 3.3 6.2 2.9 3.0 4.9
May 12.8 15.5 12.8 16.6 12.3 12.0
June 19.6 19.6 19.1 23.5 18.8 19.1
July 23.2 23.8 20.8 22.5 23.3
August 20.9 23.1 21.3 21.5 19.8
September 15.7 20.5 18.5 16.8 16.6
October 6.3 7.9 7.0 8.0 10.8
November -5.5 1.1 -4.6 -4.2 -2.0
December -12.3 -10.9 -5.9 -14.9 -16.4
Average 4.1 -1.2 6.5 7.1 4.5 5.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -23.0 -25.6 -21.0 -21.6 -30.1 -18.5
February -25.0 -25.6 -21.3 -28.3 -30.3 -27.5
March -19.8 -20.0 -19.1 -22.6 -20.6 -15.0
April -9.3 -7.0 -9.3 -9.8 -6.0
May 0.7 1.5 1.8 2.9 1.8 -1.9
June 8.0 7.2 7.5 10.9 6.9 8.0
July 11.8 12.5 10.5 10.9 11.1
August 10.8 11.3 10.5 10.9 10.3
September 7.0 10.4 9.6 6.5 8.6
October 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 4.2
November -11.7 -4.9 -10.5 -10.0 -7.0
December -20.5 -16.3 -12.1 -21.8 -24.5
Average -6.0 -13.5 -4.5 -4.8 -6.0 -5.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 46.1 53 57 58 41 43
February 32.4 40 51 34 25 32
March 30.9 34 53 30 29 24
April 18.0 25 24 29 20
May 17.6 14 32 13 25 21
June 15.2 12 28 7 27 15
July 11.2 10 24 19 7
August 9.3 6 13 14 10
September 12.7 14 6 21 6
October 25.3 20 31 24 18
November 54.4 57 53 54 44
December 50.1 66 56 55 40
Average 23.9 29.1 33.7 27.0 28.3 21.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.5 9 7 2 8 6
February 6.3 7 7 9 0 7
March 6.6 7 8 6 0 8
April 6.5 6 7 2 8
May 7.0 7 7 6 8 7
June 6.5 6 7 6 7 7
July 6.6 6 7 6 6
August 7.0 8 6 7 7
September 7.5 8 6 8 8
October 7.9 9 6 9 7
November 7.0 8 10 0 9
December 6.4 7 8 0 7
Average 6.9 7.0 7.2 6.1 4.9 7.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 303° 295° 288° 280° 261°
February 300° 325° 278° 360° 271°
March 307° 323° 303° 130° 296°
April 026° 029° 060° 319°
May 099° 359° 071° 249° 296°
June 274° 278° 164° 293° 257°
July 265° 281° 302° 263°
August 284° 286° 276° 250°
September 234° 234° 278° 248°
October 299° 346° 278° 268°
November 307° 296° 360° 289°
December 290° 263° 360° 272°

Prevailing wind direction

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