Williams Lake Airport

CYWL · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Williams Lake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Williams Lake Airport (CYWL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.4 66 71 74 79 89
February 76.5 64 71 91 82 85
March 85.8 93 82 81 95 90
April 91.0 94 93 94 95
May 93.4 85 90 97 95
June 93.7 92 87 97 93
July 86.3 83 95 91 91
August 83.1 84 98 86 97
September 85.4 81 94 97 81
October 84.8 95 95 81 62
November 78.2 75 58 87 86
December 70.3 66 60 77 76
Average 83.9 74.8 82.6 86.5 89.3 87.4

12th 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 87.5 81 86 81 90 94
February 85.6 75 81 92 88 93
March 92.8 97 94 87 98 92
April 96.6 100 96 99 99
May 98.0 95 97 100 99
June 97.5 98 92 99 98
July 90.3 87 98 92 93
August 86.6 86 100 90 98
September 89.4 86 95 98 85
October 90.1 96 96 85 79
November 86.5 96 65 90 88
December 80.7 81 75 83 89
Average 90.2 84.8 90.9 91.0 93.1 92.8

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 -2.5 -4 0 -2 1 -3
February -3.6 1 -1 1 -4 1
March 4.8 7 4 6 6 3
April 9.9 10 8 12 9
May 17.8 22 14 16 17
June 20.4 23 19 23 18
July 23.7 25 24 27 21
August 23.7 25 26 24 21
September 18.2 19 22 18 19
October 10.1 12 16 9 7
November 2.3 4 -4 4 3
December -4.9 2 -11 -10 2
Average 9.2 1.2 12.2 10.6 10.4 9.8

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 -8.0 -10 -5 -9 -7 -10
February -11.5 -7 -8 -7 -12 -6
March -6.8 -5 -8 -3 -3 -7
April -1.1 0 -2 -1 -2
May 5.8 8 3 5 5
June 8.7 9 8 11 8
July 11.0 11 12 13 10
August 10.7 11 13 11 10
September 6.4 7 8 7 8
October 0.8 1 4 1 0
November -4.1 -2 -10 -2 -4
December -9.5 -2 -18 -16 -4
Average -1.5 -8.8 2.0 0.6 0.6 0.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.5 20 15 15 9 15
February 24.3 22 34 18 20 19
March 11.3 5 11 12 7 9
April 7.7 3 7 8 6
May 7.1 5 10 5 11
June 8.5 7 16 5 12
July 6.7 2 3 1 16
August 6.0 8 5 7 6
September 8.0 6 3 11 7
October 11.7 3 4 11 27
November 10.9 5 20 10 12
December 15.5 19 24 17 5
Average 11.0 15.0 8.8 10.4 8.6 11.7

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 8.2 8 8 7 9 9
February 7.2 6 9 8 7 8
March 7.1 7 6 7 9 7
April 7.2 9 8 6 7
May 6.0 5 7 6 6
June 5.9 6 7 5 6
July 4.6 4 4 4 4
August 4.7 5 4 5 5
September 5.9 6 5 7 6
October 7.3 8 6 8 6
November 8.3 9 7 10 9
December 7.2 10 6 6 7
Average 6.6 7.1 6.7 6.4 6.6 6.5

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 122° 120° 120° 122° 122°
February 121° 122° 148° 127° 124°
March 128° 116° 110° 123° 159°
April 119° 126° 266° 243°
May 296° 158° 164° 138°
June 288° 104° 113° 114°
July 285° 181° 293° 203°
August 260° 158° 260° 144°
September 124° 135° 135° 116°
October 130° 133° 119° 126°
November 126° 149° 120° 121°
December 120° 130° 118° 120°

Prevailing wind direction

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