Petawawa Airport

CYWA · Ontario, Canada

Climate Petawawa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Petawawa Airport (CYWA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 53.1 49 41 63 52 54
February 67.9 71 63 69 65 74
March 74.0 73 68 75 82 66
April 74.6 73 61 86 78
May 80.9 79 85 84 82
June 80.3 49 82 84 86
July 86.5 80 90 79 88
August 82.6 72 81 86 73
September 77.4 75 66 73 84
October 66.3 64 72 52 71
November 61.9 52 76 72 71
December 50.5 43 62 54 34
Average 71.9 65.2 64.8 74.2 73.9 73.5

97th 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 82.9 87 71 76 86 88
February 84.3 88 81 79 81 90
March 88.8 89 83 84 95 86
April 90.2 88 79 97 90
May 94.3 95 94 95 96
June 92.2 69 93 96 93
July 95.7 92 98 93 95
August 94.4 93 94 95 88
September 91.6 91 89 91 93
October 88.2 96 87 75 93
November 86.6 84 91 88 90
December 82.0 80 92 80 78
Average 89.5 88.1 86.1 88.0 90.2 90.6

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 -5.0 -4 -4 -9 -4 -3
February -3.7 1 -3 -5 -3 -1
March 2.7 5 2 2 6 4
April 10.2 12 10 14 10
May 18.9 19 21 20 19
June 23.8 23 23 26 25
July 27.0 26 26 25 29
August 25.0 23 24 28 24
September 20.6 21 19 21 19
October 13.7 14 14 16 12
November 4.2 4 6 5 8
December -2.1 -1 2 0 -1
Average 10.2 1.2 11.5 11.4 12.9 12.0

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 -14.9 -9 -10 -18 -10 -11
February -13.5 -7 -12 -13 -15 -13
March -8.9 -3 -6 -7 -7 -6
April 0.1 2 2 2 -1
May 6.6 8 12 6 5
June 12.4 16 15 13 12
July 15.8 18 18 15 17
August 14.8 15 17 17 14
September 10.0 11 11 10 9
October 4.8 6 5 7 3
November -4.9 -3 0 -3 -1
December -10.6 -7 -4 -8 -8
Average 0.8 -6.1 3.3 3.4 2.3 1.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.6 14 43 25 5 9
February 15.8 18 23 31 14 7
March 13.2 15 16 25 9 14
April 14.9 16 34 11 13
May 10.2 12 17 9 5
June 9.2 12 15 10 7
July 6.4 10 10 9 6
August 6.2 8 11 2 14
September 6.0 9 12 1 7
October 9.9 19 18 10 8
November 12.3 23 12 0 11
December 11.6 30 5 0 18
Average 11.7 15.4 17.1 18.4 6.7 9.6

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 5.7 6 5 6 5 5
February 6.2 7 7 7 5 6
March 7.3 8 8 7 8 5
April 7.0 7 8 6 7
May 5.8 7 4 5 7
June 5.4 6 7 4 5
July 3.8 5 6 2 0
August 4.1 6 6 3 2
September 5.1 5 6 6 4
October 5.3 7 6 5 5
November 6.7 7 7 6 6
December 5.8 7 7 6 7
Average 5.9 7.1 6.4 6.4 4.9 4.7

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 133° 345° 329° 319° 339°
February 360° 334° 355° 304° 297°
March 324° 322° 318° 309° 103°
April 198° 327° 321° 298°
May 347° 078° 321° 345°
June 339° 253° 270° 218°
July 280° 295° 087° 154°
August 317° 327° 281° 336°
September 319° 336° 296° 170°
October 287° 137° 053° 252°
November 242° 261° 258° 233°
December 295° 304° 199° 308°

Prevailing wind direction

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