Tasiujaq Airport

CYTQ · Canada

Climate Tasiujaq Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kuujjuaq Airport (CYVP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.9 60 65 83 47 77
February 74.9 63 79 81 71 80
March 67.6 49 63 75 72 75
April 60.0 65 46 57 51
May 57.4 47 56 59 53
June 69.9 83 78 71 70
July 68.6 61 64 78 71
August 74.1 79 74 80 67
September 60.4 57 69 61 62
October 58.7 49 50 57 67
November 64.3 63 61 58 65
December 64.3 47 70 79 61
Average 64.9 56.1 63.5 65.9 66.5 65.7

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 83.3 78 81 85 80 92
February 86.3 78 87 87 88 86
March 83.3 72 81 86 82 91
April 83.6 87 78 77 73
May 87.6 83 87 84 85
June 90.5 92 90 92 88
July 85.4 79 79 87 84
August 89.6 87 89 97 79
September 89.3 81 96 88 89
October 87.9 82 82 86 90
November 85.3 90 79 78 84
December 81.5 70 74 87 91
Average 85.5 75.4 83.8 85.0 85.8 85.2

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 -17.2 -13 -16 -21 -10 -17
February -18.2 -15 -21 -21 -13 -18
March -9.0 -6 -8 -10 -10 -11
April -3.8 0 -2 1 -3
May 5.9 8 7 8 3
June 13.7 17 17 13 12
July 18.6 22 17 18 20
August 17.5 18 18 18 19
September 11.1 12 13 11 11
October 4.8 6 6 8 3
November -5.5 -3 -5 -2 -5
December -10.1 -8 -7 -10 -9
Average -1.5 -12.8 2.3 1.4 2.7 0.3

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 -25.2 -23 -25 -29 -17 -25
February -28.9 -24 -31 -29 -22 -28
March -19.0 -14 -18 -18 -22 -22
April -12.8 -8 -11 -7 -11
May -3.3 -1 -2 -1 -4
June 2.8 4 4 3 2
July 7.9 11 7 7 9
August 7.6 8 7 8 9
September 3.6 4 5 4 4
October -1.0 0 1 0 -2
November -11.6 -9 -11 -8 -12
December -18.5 -15 -15 -17 -17
Average -10.8 -21.6 -7.5 -8.8 -6.1 -8.0

80th 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 63.7 71 52 73 63 70
February 56.5 59 52 51 60 59
March 47.5 53 49 55 45 50
April 38.8 31 48 37 54
May 31.2 43 28 23 33
June 19.9 14 16 22 20
July 18.1 21 22 19 13
August 17.0 18 25 12 19
September 24.3 16 18 20 34
October 31.3 40 42 15 31
November 51.0 49 67 57 58
December 55.4 64 46 52 59
Average 36.9 59.6 33.9 36.5 31.0 37.4

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 8.0 10 7 9 7 7
February 8.0 8 8 9 8 7
March 8.8 8 7 9 9 10
April 8.9 7 9 8 11
May 8.9 9 10 9 9
June 8.8 8 10 10 9
July 7.8 6 8 8 8
August 8.0 7 9 9 7
September 8.0 7 8 8 9
October 8.7 7 10 7 8
November 8.2 9 8 8 9
December 7.5 8 6 8 8
Average 8.4 8.6 7.5 9.0 8.3 8.5

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 255° 242° 236° 293° 252°
February 280° 253° 241° 245° 253°
March 001° 347° 274° 297° 267°
April 349° 337° 006° 335°
May 312° 301° 341° 324°
June 029° 010° 288° 008°
July 333° 016° 305° 331°
August 311° 298° 249° 329°
September 292° 296° 358° 270°
October 293° 295° 357° 256°
November 230° 308° 337° 256°
December 256° 303° 259° 228°

Prevailing wind direction

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