Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport

CYXE · Saskatchewan, Canada

Climate Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (CYXE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.7 64 54 74 83 67
February 81.4 65 85 77 92 92
March 80.2 77 86 78 88 82
April 86.4 85 77 95 88
May 90.0 86 88 91 91
June 88.4 86 93 94 79
July 89.7 88 88 85 95
August 88.8 79 90 94 97
September 86.5 83 87 95 96
October 83.5 79 90 83 86
November 61.2 75 55 78 58
December 80.9 93 75 81 77
Average 81.7 69.3 81.8 82.2 88.7 85.1

41st 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 81.4 74 64 84 97 75
February 89.6 72 93 92 95 97
March 89.8 85 94 91 93 92
April 94.2 89 94 99 93
May 96.5 93 97 97 96
June 96.3 93 99 99 94
July 95.6 95 93 91 99
August 94.9 91 97 97 99
September 93.6 88 97 99 99
October 94.0 90 98 93 95
November 80.8 87 76 88 70
December 89.9 94 85 91 94
Average 90.5 77.3 89.4 92.6 95.0 92.4

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 -9.5 -11 -8 -10 -5 -9
February -10.9 -3 -8 -9 -14 -5
March -1.2 -3 -6 -1 5 -1
April 9.4 8 8 13 7
May 20.2 24 19 19 19
June 24.3 27 23 27 22
July 27.2 26 28 31 26
August 26.2 27 29 26 27
September 20.6 23 25 23 21
October 10.8 10 15 13 8
November -2.7 4 -4 2 -1
December -7.5 1 -13 -12 -4
Average 7.6 -6.2 10.6 9.8 10.7 9.0

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 -18.3 -19 -16 -21 -15 -18
February -20.5 -13 -18 -20 -24 -17
March -12.2 -14 -17 -11 -7 -12
April -4.2 -4 -3 -3 -6
May 4.7 8 4 3 4
June 10.4 13 9 11 10
July 12.6 11 13 14 13
August 10.8 11 13 12 11
September 6.2 8 8 6 6
October -2.1 -1 1 -1 -4
November -10.3 -6 -12 -9 -10
December -16.1 -9 -22 -21 -14
Average -5.6 -16.7 -2.4 -3.2 -3.3 -4.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 22.0 25 14 30 21 23
February 22.5 25 17 22 18 13
March 15.7 20 14 24 11 15
April 10.0 14 18 5 9
May 5.7 6 7 7 6
June 7.4 2 13 4 13
July 4.8 4 7 2 7
August 4.9 9 7 8 2
September 6.4 4 3 3 4
October 8.7 17 3 5 5
November 20.9 4 33 9 25
December 15.4 3 29 20 19
Average 12.5 23.1 8.6 14.9 8.5 10.8

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 9.1 9 8 10 10 9
February 9.3 9 10 10 10 9
March 10.4 10 9 11 10 10
April 11.3 11 13 11 11
May 10.3 9 11 10 11
June 9.9 9 9 10 11
July 9.2 8 9 9 10
August 8.8 9 9 9 10
September 9.8 9 11 11 11
October 10.2 10 10 10 11
November 9.8 10 11 9 10
December 8.8 9 10 9 9
Average 9.7 9.4 9.2 10.3 9.9 10.2

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 293° 272° 294° 237° 268°
February 284° 231° 264° 270° 242°
March 020° 122° 304° 227° 317°
April 093° 044° 315° 293°
May 094° 352° 193° 182°
June 189° 011° 273° 332°
July 313° 318° 294° 242°
August 288° 264° 272° 258°
September 191° 232° 254° 285°
October 254° 274° 166° 281°
November 249° 304° 221° 265°
December 232° 312° 249° 240°

Prevailing wind direction

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