Wrigley Airport

CYWY · Canada

Climate Wrigley Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fort Simpson Airport (CYFS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.0 70 50 61 82 67
February 77.2 73 67 69 75 69
March 84.0 80 82 78 80 89
April 87.0 79 91 89 78
May 87.3 89 89 82 83
June 83.1 73 92 95 85
July 83.5 49 86 96 83
August 83.1 68 81 84 83
September 84.2 68 99 69 86
October 61.0 57 61 69 62
November 70.3 57 78 63 82
December 80.2 65 83 80 88
Average 79.8 74.3 67.9 82.1 81.9 80.2

42nd 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 80.7 77 63 75 86 83
February 87.5 84 78 75 79 93
March 91.3 85 89 87 89 94
April 93.6 85 94 94 88
May 95.1 94 94 96 95
June 93.3 80 97 99 96
July 90.4 57 92 100 94
August 89.6 73 86 89 93
September 91.6 80 99 82 94
October 74.7 62 74 81 82
November 79.5 68 85 76 84
December 87.8 79 88 87 90
Average 88.2 81.8 75.8 88.4 89.7 91.1

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 -19.7 -22 -15 -21 -16 -23
February -16.7 -13 -18 -17 -21 -15
March -7.9 -8 -7 -8 -8 -8
April 4.7 7 3 4 4
May 17.3 24 15 14 14
June 22.0 23 24 25 21
July 24.6 27 25 26 23
August 22.6 25 25 22 21
September 16.1 18 20 15 15
October 4.4 5 8 6 2
November -11.9 -6 -10 -10 -11
December -18.8 -12 -19 -23 -16
Average 1.6 -15.2 6.1 4.6 2.9 2.0

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 -25.0 -29 -20 -26 -23 -30
February -25.1 -22 -27 -27 -30 -24
March -19.6 -18 -19 -19 -21 -21
April -8.4 -5 -10 -9 -8
May 4.1 8 2 3 2
June 10.0 11 10 12 10
July 12.3 14 13 13 11
August 10.5 12 12 10 11
September 4.2 7 5 6 4
October -3.1 -3 -1 -2 -5
November -17.2 -12 -17 -16 -19
December -25.7 -19 -28 -30 -23
Average -9.5 -24.8 -5.6 -7.6 -8.9 -8.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.6 51 48 40 26 34
February 34.6 24 45 41 40 30
March 22.8 22 26 29 29 17
April 13.4 18 13 18 23
May 9.6 8 16 8 14
June 13.4 15 9 4 16
July 7.5 5 5 6 16
August 8.2 6 9 12 11
September 6.9 7 3 15 6
October 20.5 8 26 8 34
November 31.5 25 25 37 33
December 25.7 23 27 34 15
Average 18.9 32.7 16.6 17.4 16.7 19.4

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 4.7 4 4 7 4 4
February 5.4 4 5 6 7 6
March 5.9 6 6 6 6 7
April 6.8 7 7 7 7
May 5.9 6 6 6 6
June 6.0 6 6 7 5
July 5.5 4 5 6 6
August 5.4 5 5 6 5
September 5.1 4 5 5 5
October 5.4 5 6 5 6
November 5.2 5 6 5 5
December 4.3 5 4 4 5
Average 5.5 4.7 5.1 6.0 5.7 5.7

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 338° 332° 343° 092° 325°
February 346° 342° 348° 334° 326°
March 004° 012° 343° 343° 333°
April 341° 341° 339° 339°
May 220° 008° 095° 359°
June 322° 336° 328° 177°
July 006° 268° 294° 329°
August 314° 193° 343° 335°
September 322° 278° 354° 305°
October 317° 322° 198° 321°
November 338° 341° 331° 330°
December 284° 344° 315° 300°

Prevailing wind direction

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