Wabush Airport

CYWK · Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Climate Wabush Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wabush Airport (CYWK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.7 50 72 80 38 74
February 70.3 60 76 76 66 79
March 62.1 44 53 62 64 75
April 65.4 68 54 61 71
May 69.2 76 70 63 71
June 68.0 58 70 75 67
July 73.0 73 52 87 79
August 73.6 66 85 82 74
September 64.9 60 56 59 77
October 53.2 46 58 49 51
November 37.3 34 42 38 32
December 49.1 40 34 48 44
Average 62.8 50.4 61.4 62.6 63.4 67.8

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 84.3 81 87 88 85 94
February 86.9 82 87 92 88 92
March 82.5 76 75 84 80 88
April 86.6 88 83 82 92
May 91.9 96 92 87 94
June 89.9 81 91 94 86
July 94.5 89 90 99 97
August 94.2 91 95 96 97
September 92.1 83 89 90 97
October 87.0 91 95 80 84
November 75.0 80 75 73 80
December 80.4 88 60 76 85
Average 87.2 79.1 86.6 87.6 86.9 91.0

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 -15.5 -12 -14 -19 -10 -15
February -13.3 -8 -16 -15 -10 -12
March -6.5 -2 -4 -7 -5 -7
April 1.3 4 2 5 0
May 9.3 11 10 9 8
June 16.3 19 17 17 16
July 20.1 23 18 20 21
August 18.9 17 20 21 18
September 13.0 16 14 14 12
October 5.8 8 9 9 2
November -5.8 -4 -4 -1 -3
December -10.5 -7 -6 -10 -8
Average 1.9 -8.5 4.6 3.6 5.0 2.8

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 -26.8 -24 -27 -31 -16 -26
February -26.3 -22 -31 -29 -22 -25
March -18.9 -13 -14 -18 -17 -20
April -9.0 -8 -6 -4 -10
May -2.4 -1 -2 -1 -2
June 5.1 7 6 6 6
July 8.7 12 9 7 10
August 8.4 8 7 10 8
September 4.1 6 4 5 4
October -1.1 2 1 0 -3
November -11.1 -11 -11 -7 -10
December -18.1 -15 -15 -18 -16
Average -9.6 -20.6 -6.1 -7.4 -5.4 -7.0

88th 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 63.2 63 55 72 58 60
February 55.0 46 41 72 52 56
March 50.1 53 51 64 46 46
April 34.7 33 41 31 33
May 28.9 26 29 35 31
June 24.5 22 22 19 27
July 25.1 27 44 14 19
August 25.0 34 19 19 28
September 26.9 21 30 29 31
October 35.0 29 33 29 42
November 66.0 63 69 60 69
December 66.1 65 68 69 71
Average 40.1 53.3 35.9 42.5 35.0 39.0

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 7.6 8 6 8 7 7
February 8.5 7 8 9 8 9
March 9.0 8 7 9 10 9
April 8.9 7 9 8 11
May 8.7 10 9 9 9
June 8.1 7 8 9 8
July 7.5 6 7 7 7
August 7.3 7 7 8 7
September 8.7 7 8 9 10
October 8.5 9 10 6 9
November 8.8 9 8 8 9
December 7.7 8 9 8 7
Average 8.3 7.9 7.5 8.4 8.1 8.6

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 264° 262° 238° 326° 270°
February 241° 267° 259° 297° 258°
March 323° 014° 295° 292° 288°
April 258° 006° 030° 292°
May 317° 282° 311° 310°
June 038° 112° 268° 270°
July 215° 263° 288° 254°
August 185° 248° 244° 298°
September 284° 300° 242° 240°
October 273° 239° 049° 255°
November 245° 278° 251° 246°
December 269° 354° 275° 260°

Prevailing wind direction

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