Qikiqtarjuaq Airport

CYVM · Canada

Climate Qikiqtarjuaq Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Qikiqtarjuaq Airport (CYVM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.2 74 72 66 78 84
February 85.4 87 80 76 86 95
March 80.4 91 74 72 87 89
April 74.3 76 74 66 74
May 57.4 57 59 58 60
June 0 0 0 0
July 61.3 44 46 67 66
August 64.3 61 50 57 64
September 72.4 65 66 79 84
October 71.9 65 64 77 77
November 69.9 65 81 72 75
December 74.1 81 74 55 76
Average 72.0 86.4 64.9 63.3 70.1 74.7

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 87.2 84 82 84 91 97
February 92.3 94 91 83 96 96
March 90.2 96 85 86 97 91
April 86.8 84 88 84 89
May 78.5 72 72 86 88
June 0 0 0 0
July 71.5 56 63 74 75
August 75.6 69 71 68 72
September 88.6 82 81 96 98
October 88.7 88 84 88 91
November 87.8 90 91 91 88
December 87.5 97 82 81 90
Average 85.0 92.8 77.9 78.6 85.6 87.0

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 -22.4 -19 -25 -20 -16 -24
February -24.6 -19 -28 -25 -20 -26
March -20.3 -21 -18 -19 -20 -20
April -12.6 -11 -13 -9 -10
May -3.3 -3 -4 -1 -3
June 4.2 6 4 4 4
July 7.1 5 6 8 9
August 7.7 9 7 7 9
September 3.6 3 5 3 4
October -1.6 -1 -2 3 -1
November -8.8 -3 -13 -6 -6
December -13.0 -13 -9 -13 -13
Average -8.0 -20.5 -7.4 -7.4 -6.9 -7.6

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 -29.4 -27 -32 -27 -23 -29
February -31.9 -26 -34 -32 -28 -30
March -27.7 -28 -25 -26 -27 -26
April -19.2 -18 -20 -16 -16
May -8.0 -8 -12 -5 -9
June -1.4 -1 -1 0 -1
July 1.6 1 1 3 2
August 3.0 3 3 3 4
September 0.4 -1 2 0 1
October -5.8 -4 -5 -1 -5
November -12.3 -9 -18 -8 -11
December -21.8 -18 -17 -19 -21
Average -14.2 -27.1 -13.9 -13.6 -11.9 -12.2

22nd 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 47.7 50 55 47 43 43
February 42.9 22 50 55 27 42
March 43.1 18 43 35 50 25
April 36.2 22 44 16 27
May 30.9 39 24 28 30
June 0 0 0 0
July 17.7 29 19 28 16
August 16.3 13 25 20 15
September 22.0 32 20 14 10
October 27.4 35 43 12 15
November 39.4 32 28 39 36
December 40.6 16 52 74 41
Average 29.8 24.3 31.9 31.6 26.1 23.5

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 5.2 5 5 6 5 4
February 5.7 7 5 6 5 6
March 5.5 5 5 5 6 6
April 5.0 5 4 5 6
May 6.3 8 6 7 6
June 0 0 0 0
July 6.2 6 6 7 7
August 6.7 7 7 6 7
September 6.8 8 7 6 7
October 6.2 6 6 6 5
November 7.3 9 5 8 8
December 5.7 6 7 7 5
Average 6.0 5.4 6.2 5.7 6.1 6.4

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 056° 196° 201° 037° 192°
February 240° 193° 228° 161° 193°
March 147° 083° 189° 172° 075°
April 032° 133° 165° 017°
May 357° 037° 021° 033°
June 360° 360° 360° 360°
July 078° 048° 076° 195°
August 179° 030° 037° 047°
September 326° 046° 341° 015°
October 321° 008° 207° 167°
November 175° 057° 355° 299°
December 146° 168° 240° 201°

Prevailing wind direction

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