Fort St John Airport

CYXJ · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Fort St John Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fort St John Airport (CYXJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.5 61 63 81 87 79
February 79.4 86 78 73 80 88
March 80.1 88 79 77 83 82
April 81.9 83 63 89 98
May 85.4 71 75 95 82
June 85.9 72 83 99 85
July 82.6 59 89 78 86
August 84.6 75 89 84 97
September 84.3 74 92 89 91
October 81.8 80 84 72 85
November 73.7 73 80 69 80
December 83.4 92 76 88 78
Average 81.7 79.1 74.3 80.3 84.9 86.3

58th 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 79.8 68 66 84 90 83
February 87.2 87 83 84 86 94
March 87.5 94 83 87 89 89
April 91.1 92 79 93 99
May 91.0 74 91 96 91
June 91.5 75 88 100 91
July 89.2 67 94 89 92
August 90.2 82 93 91 98
September 90.0 74 96 91 95
October 89.8 85 93 79 93
November 79.2 74 88 76 83
December 88.3 92 81 92 88
Average 88.0 83.5 78.4 88.6 89.9 91.9

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 -7.1 -12 -3 -7 -3 -12
February -7.7 -1 -4 -3 -12 -2
March 0.2 3 -2 4 3 -3
April 7.8 10 5 10 8
May 17.8 23 13 17 16
June 21.1 23 20 24 20
July 22.8 24 24 24 22
August 22.5 25 25 22 21
September 16.8 19 21 16 17
October 8.9 10 14 7 7
November -2.6 3 -2 2 -2
December -6.4 1 -12 -14 -3
Average 6.8 -4.4 10.7 9.2 7.9 7.3

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 -14.3 -18 -10 -15 -10 -19
February -15.1 -11 -13 -12 -20 -11
March -10.4 -8 -11 -6 -8 -13
April -3.7 0 -4 -2 -3
May 5.6 9 3 5 5
June 9.7 11 9 12 10
July 11.4 12 12 12 12
August 10.6 12 13 11 10
September 5.7 7 7 7 6
October 0.0 1 4 0 -3
November -9.4 -4 -10 -8 -10
December -13.5 -6 -21 -20 -10
Average -3.2 -13.5 0.5 -1.1 -2.2 -3.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 29.0 32 20 31 22 35
February 28.5 15 32 28 31 15
March 24.0 22 33 14 15 26
April 16.9 20 34 11 4
May 12.1 7 23 9 17
June 11.6 4 12 8 17
July 9.7 9 8 11 12
August 8.9 8 7 10 12
September 8.5 6 5 9 8
October 9.5 12 7 8 16
November 24.9 19 26 12 30
December 20.4 9 46 24 17
Average 16.9 23.0 14.0 18.2 13.0 16.5

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 8.9 8 8 11 10 7
February 8.9 8 10 9 9 10
March 8.2 8 8 9 10 10
April 9.0 9 8 9 10
May 8.8 8 10 9 9
June 8.8 8 8 9 10
July 8.3 6 9 8 9
August 8.9 7 9 10 10
September 8.9 9 9 11 8
October 9.8 8 11 11 9
November 9.1 9 11 9 10
December 9.4 9 10 9 10
Average 8.8 8.0 8.2 9.2 9.4 9.2

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 339° 238° 265° 225° 311°
February 258° 269° 252° 264° 244°
March 214° 332° 228° 249° 291°
April 201° 341° 253° 257°
May 231° 277° 236° 281°
June 243° 247° 241° 245°
July 239° 232° 244° 245°
August 241° 234° 240° 230°
September 222° 232° 230° 239°
October 235° 230° 221° 255°
November 225° 265° 199° 244°
December 200° 320° 273° 228°

Prevailing wind direction

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