Prince George Airport

CYXS · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Prince George Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Prince George Airport (CYXS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.1 55 65 70 74 80
February 72.1 56 69 64 74 91
March 83.2 95 75 70 91 87
April 89.7 93 72 92 98
May 89.2 82 76 90 97
June 92.7 91 87 97 92
July 87.1 65 90 91 92
August 84.1 77 82 92 97
September 82.1 71 79 95 80
October 81.3 82 76 75 73
November 70.1 73 52 79 73
December 64.5 58 49 72 76
Average 81.0 68.5 75.3 73.8 86.7 87.4

100th 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 77.6 66 72 74 84 84
February 80.2 62 76 81 88 94
March 88.9 96 81 78 96 91
April 94.5 97 82 97 100
May 95.6 91 92 97 98
June 96.7 95 93 98 96
July 92.0 71 92 96 98
August 88.6 83 89 95 98
September 87.4 82 81 96 85
October 88.9 86 83 82 86
November 80.8 86 66 85 85
December 76.3 67 73 80 84
Average 87.4 74.5 82.3 83.1 92.2 92.3

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 -3.7 -4 0 -2 0 -4
February -3.2 0 -1 1 -5 2
March 4.5 6 3 7 6 2
April 10.1 11 8 12 9
May 18.4 23 14 16 18
June 21.0 24 21 24 18
July 23.4 25 24 25 21
August 23.1 25 26 23 21
September 17.8 20 21 18 18
October 10.2 12 15 9 7
November 1.7 3 -4 4 2
December -4.7 2 -11 -10 1
Average 9.0 0.5 12.3 10.6 10.1 9.4

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 -10.6 -12 -7 -10 -7 -12
February -13.9 -11 -8 -7 -14 -6
March -7.5 -7 -10 -2 -3 -9
April -2.1 -1 -3 -1 -3
May 4.2 6 2 3 4
June 7.4 7 7 9 7
July 9.3 9 10 10 10
August 8.6 9 10 9 8
September 4.6 4 4 6 7
October -1.5 -2 1 0 -1
November -5.3 -2 -10 -3 -4
December -10.0 -4 -19 -19 -4
Average -2.1 -10.0 0.2 -1.2 -1.2 -1.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.7 32 23 34 28 21
February 24.4 30 41 29 15 10
March 15.4 14 23 19 12 18
April 10.1 10 22 10 7
May 12.1 11 28 13 9
June 8.8 11 13 3 13
July 7.7 5 12 3 16
August 7.8 10 10 6 15
September 9.6 9 10 11 15
October 12.0 10 13 11 16
November 22.5 26 34 20 23
December 23.9 27 46 28 17
Average 14.7 25.3 16.3 21.1 12.0 14.4

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 7.8 6 7 10 8 9
February 8.3 6 10 9 8 10
March 7.7 8 6 8 10 10
April 7.8 8 8 8 8
May 5.9 5 7 6 7
June 6.0 6 6 6 6
July 5.6 5 6 5 7
August 5.9 6 5 6 7
September 6.3 6 5 9 6
October 7.7 7 7 8 8
November 8.3 8 8 9 10
December 7.3 8 7 7 8
Average 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.9 7.3 7.6

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 350° 172° 181° 186° 185°
February 201° 179° 213° 190° 194°
March 178° 357° 193° 191° 191°
April 190° 191° 224° 202°
May 256° 189° 210° 357°
June 224° 210° 203° 215°
July 218° 199° 244° 203°
August 202° 192° 200° 189°
September 187° 188° 192° 188°
October 180° 198° 195° 222°
November 186° 162° 183° 183°
December 185° 185° 177° 181°

Prevailing wind direction

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