La Ronge Airport

CYVC · Saskatchewan, Canada

Climate La Ronge Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Ronge Airport (CYVC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.8 60 43 52 61 59
February 76.6 61 71 77 79 77
March 79.1 81 85 76 84 72
April 87.2 85 85 95 86
May 81.2 75 74 86 78
June 79.6 75 83 90 76
July 84.4 73 92 80 84
August 79.2 61 83 79 83
September 80.5 74 90 80 86
October 66.7 64 87 71 60
November 52.2 43 55 57 54
December 66.3 87 65 62 67
Average 75.3 68.4 70.4 78.4 78.6 74.9

71st 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 80.2 87 62 77 86 77
February 90.1 80 86 89 89 94
March 90.2 90 90 84 91 91
April 94.9 94 94 100 95
May 90.8 81 89 94 91
June 94.3 91 93 97 96
July 94.3 87 98 91 93
August 91.1 79 91 89 97
September 93.2 81 97 95 99
October 91.6 91 99 91 94
November 82.8 75 75 83 90
December 82.1 97 76 79 84
Average 89.9 85.6 84.7 89.8 91.2 92.3

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 -12.3 -13 -9 -15 -8 -12
February -11.3 -4 -10 -14 -15 -7
March -2.0 -3 -4 -2 3 -4
April 6.2 8 5 8 3
May 16.1 21 14 15 14
June 21.3 25 20 24 20
July 24.1 23 24 26 24
August 22.7 23 25 22 23
September 16.8 21 20 18 15
October 7.3 8 12 10 3
November -5.8 -1 -5 -1 -4
December -10.4 -2 -16 -17 -7
Average 4.8 -7.0 8.6 6.5 7.0 5.6

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 -20.0 -19 -16 -24 -17 -19
February -23.6 -16 -23 -27 -26 -19
March -16.6 -17 -21 -15 -11 -17
April -7.9 -5 -6 -5 -10
May 3.0 7 3 1 1
June 10.4 13 9 12 9
July 12.8 12 13 14 13
August 11.6 12 13 12 12
September 6.3 9 8 8 5
October -1.4 1 2 1 -2
November -11.0 -7 -11 -8 -13
December -19.4 -12 -24 -25 -16
Average -6.3 -18.6 -3.5 -5.8 -4.5 -5.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.1 48 37 57 45 39
February 29.4 33 36 32 34 22
March 22.5 18 23 31 19 31
April 13.4 13 14 8 20
May 11.3 6 12 10 11
June 16.7 7 24 14 16
July 10.1 8 9 10 13
August 9.5 12 9 11 9
September 10.9 6 7 9 11
October 20.1 23 2 11 39
November 47.6 48 47 31 41
December 32.9 12 44 56 22
Average 21.4 31.5 17.6 21.1 18.8 21.3

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 6.7 7 6 8 6 7
February 7.5 8 8 7 7 9
March 7.8 8 7 8 8 8
April 8.6 9 9 9 9
May 8.1 7 9 8 8
June 8.0 8 8 8 8
July 7.5 7 8 7 8
August 7.7 8 7 7 10
September 8.0 7 8 9 9
October 8.6 8 9 8 10
November 7.7 8 8 8 7
December 6.5 7 8 7 6
Average 7.8 7.5 7.5 8.2 7.8 8.2

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 291° 281° 320° 289° 289°
February 332° 287° 315° 304° 291°
March 013° 038° 319° 085° 329°
April 076° 045° 316° 310°
May 067° 025° 055° 049°
June 116° 027° 286° 053°
July 350° 279° 256° 276°
August 280° 261° 291° 244°
September 194° 249° 272° 285°
October 263° 263° 198° 279°
November 271° 332° 189° 273°
December 246° 327° 303° 267°

Prevailing wind direction

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