Shepherd Bay, N. W. T.

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Climate Shepherd Bay, N. W. T. 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Taloyoak Airport (CYYH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.3 75 82 87 56 75
February 78.5 83 77 73 64 88
March 70.8 65 73 75 69 62
April 71.2 64 63 74 72
May 66.3 59 63 52 82
June 0 0 0 0
July 65.7 100 78 55 56
August 69.5 67 68 62 71
September 44.6 52 35 46 50
October 42.5 39 41 30 52
November 61.3 33 65 57 58
December 0 0 0 0
Average 64.9 73.6 63.3 61.0 57.4 65.8

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 85.6 89 88 92 76 82
February 83.6 86 88 79 66 93
March 78.3 80 83 81 74 69
April 82.9 79 77 81 86
May 82.0 80 75 68 93
June 0 0 0 0
July 90.0 100 97 85 72
August 92.4 96 91 88 92
September 82.8 86 75 76 86
October 76.0 70 76 63 92
November 82.0 78 82 69 70
December 0 0 0 0
Average 83.3 83.2 84.1 80.5 75.2 84.9

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 -28.5 -28 -29 -29 -23 -27
February -32.6 -30 -35 -30 -27 -34
March -26.3 -28 -24 -24 -27 -28
April -17.5 -16 -17 -15 -17
May -5.1 -2 -6 -5 -7
June 6.4 7 8 5 7
July 12.6 14 16 10 15
August 10.6 11 10 9 10
September 2.9 5 3 3 3
October -5.1 -2 -6 0 -4
November -17.2 -12 -20 -13 -18
December -23.0 -19 -22 -23 -24
Average -12.1 -29.5 -8.0 -10.8 -9.3 -11.8

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 -34.3 -32 -35 -34 -29 -35
February -38.7 -35 -40 -37 -35 -39
March -33.2 -33 -31 -31 -35 -36
April -25.7 -23 -26 -24 -24
May -11.0 -7 -14 -11 -12
June 0.6 1 2 -1 1
July 5.2 7 8 3 7
August 5.0 6 5 5 4
September -1.0 1 0 -1 0
October -10.8 -5 -11 -3 -8
November -23.5 -17 -26 -18 -25
December -30.4 -24 -29 -27 -31
Average -18.1 -34.8 -14.5 -16.5 -15.4 -17.6

8th 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 81.5 81 88 69 93 55
February 77.6 73 89 70 91 43
March 75.9 75 78 75 94 70
April 66.8 53 75 63 49
May 40.9 34 35 50 32
June 0 0 0 0
July 17.8 0 14 43 13
August 17.4 15 22 17 13
September 26.8 15 46 27 27
October 51.1 48 53 49 40
November 71.6 65 65 49 80
December 0 0 0 0
Average 52.5 75.0 45.6 52.2 54.3 39.6

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 8.9 10 10 7 9 11
February 7.9 8 7 11 9 7
March 9.2 7 9 8 11 10
April 9.3 7 9 10 11
May 9.5 12 7 11 12
June 0 0 0 0
July 10.1 7 5 10 11
August 9.5 11 5 11 11
September 9.4 12 7 10 10
October 11.5 11 13 12 12
November 8.8 11 9 8 10
December 0 0 0 0
Average 9.3 8.0 9.8 8.0 10.2 10.5

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 287° 025° 354° 132° 303°
February 189° 168° 319° 001° 160°
March 186° 097° 271° 212° 171°
April 066° 232° 076° 302°
May 020° 172° 026° 026°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 006° 360° 349° 238°
August 287° 271° 003° 034°
September 054° 352° 077° 033°
October 338° 312° 193° 012°
November 340° 306° 072° 232°
December 360° 360° 360° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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