Sioux Lookout Airport

CYXL · Ontario, Canada

Climate Sioux Lookout Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sioux Lookout Airport (CYXL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.7 38 24 71 40 42
February 67.5 49 68 59 74 70
March 74.8 58 76 62 87 72
April 73.2 69 52 68 78
May 79.1 88 67 80 79
June 85.3 85 83 87 81
July 87.3 87 87 85 90
August 83.2 77 81 74 86
September 70.2 71 74 82 73
October 55.8 40 69 55 75
November 44.2 44 49 57 52
December 48.7 45 41 52 42
Average 68.1 49.5 66.8 67.8 72.0 72.3

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 68.5 65 46 84 64 70
February 85.0 77 91 73 91 89
March 87.4 76 86 79 97 87
April 85.3 83 71 79 92
May 90.7 94 86 93 91
June 95.6 95 96 98 94
July 95.6 95 97 94 99
August 94.4 92 93 89 97
September 89.1 91 87 95 93
October 81.6 74 89 81 94
November 80.0 79 79 89 85
December 68.2 66 67 73 60
Average 85.1 73.3 84.0 84.5 87.8 88.9

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 -10.0 -9 -8 -15 -6 -8
February -9.5 -3 -7 -13 -11 -7
March 0.2 -1 -2 -2 5 2
April 6.7 6 4 9 7
May 17.3 21 16 18 17
June 23.2 25 22 24 23
July 25.2 23 24 27 27
August 23.4 23 24 25 24
September 17.7 20 18 20 16
October 8.5 9 11 13 5
November -2.6 0 0 1 1
December -8.8 -1 -7 -8 -6
Average 6.5 -5.6 9.0 7.4 9.8 8.3

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 -19.7 -16 -14 -26 -14 -16
February -20.0 -13 -19 -27 -23 -19
March -13.7 -13 -15 -13 -8 -11
April -6.9 -6 -5 -3 -5
May 4.1 6 5 5 4
June 10.7 13 10 12 11
July 13.2 12 13 14 15
August 12.3 12 13 15 13
September 8.2 10 7 10 7
October 1.7 2 2 6 -2
November -8.0 -7 -6 -5 -6
December -16.3 -8 -15 -18 -14
Average -4.2 -14.1 -2.9 -3.1 -1.3 -2.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.8 56 64 52 47 55
February 42.9 45 39 53 43 40
March 23.9 38 20 42 12 25
April 24.2 27 45 25 23
May 14.2 6 27 17 12
June 10.2 8 15 7 13
July 7.8 11 12 3 5
August 7.3 11 5 5 7
September 15.1 5 16 12 14
October 32.3 31 26 24 29
November 50.0 41 48 45 27
December 50.7 40 63 51 58
Average 27.2 45.1 22.8 30.6 21.5 23.3

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 5.8 6 6 7 5 5
February 6.8 6 7 7 7 7
March 7.1 8 7 7 7 7
April 6.8 7 7 7 8
May 6.5 7 7 7 7
June 6.3 5 8 7 7
July 6.3 6 6 6 7
August 6.3 6 6 7 6
September 6.5 6 6 7 8
October 6.7 6 7 6 7
November 7.4 8 7 8 7
December 5.7 6 6 6 6
Average 6.6 6.8 6.3 7.0 6.8 6.9

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 258° 271° 259° 231° 258°
February 291° 265° 275° 259° 275°
March 311° 324° 307° 254° 255°
April 029° 037° 353° 288°
May 153° 185° 269° 291°
June 170° 267° 266° 233°
July 281° 285° 270° 248°
August 265° 261° 236° 248°
September 153° 250° 247° 275°
October 318° 259° 234° 256°
November 270° 287° 298° 272°
December 230° 118° 251° 268°

Prevailing wind direction

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