Terrace Airport

CYXT · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Terrace Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Terrace Airport (CYXT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.7 65 47 45 59 48
February 61.1 73 38 52 56 50
March 73.4 74 80 65 61 79
April 82.5 72 83 81 88
May 88.1 91 83 80 89
June 90.3 92 92 86 89
July 89.3 89 90 84 87
August 88.3 87 89 87 76
September 77.4 74 76 73 70
October 64.8 68 53 75 64
November 48.4 39 55 47 38
December 54.2 34 66 78 48
Average 74.6 70.9 69.5 72.7 73.9 71.7

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 69.4 73 66 57 75 63
February 74.6 79 63 62 76 71
March 82.7 79 89 78 77 89
April 91.7 84 92 85 95
May 95.0 98 95 91 95
June 96.3 99 97 91 96
July 95.6 95 98 91 95
August 94.5 99 95 93 88
September 86.5 85 81 84 80
October 78.0 75 71 86 82
November 65.0 61 72 61 53
December 68.4 48 70 84 70
Average 84.0 76.9 81.6 82.8 84.0 83.5

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 -1.9 -1 2 0 1 -3
February 0.5 2 1 3 -1 3
March 6.1 8 6 8 5 6
April 11.3 10 10 12 12
May 17.9 21 15 15 18
June 19.9 23 21 22 17
July 22.9 25 23 24 20
August 22.8 25 25 22 18
September 17.0 17 19 15 18
October 9.8 10 12 8 9
November 3.6 5 1 5 3
December -1.1 2 -5 -7 3
Average 10.0 2.8 12.2 11.3 10.1 10.3

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 -4.5 -5 -1 -4 -2 -6
February -5.4 -4 -3 -2 -5 -1
March -2.5 -1 -3 1 -1 -2
April 1.5 2 0 2 2
May 6.7 8 5 6 7
June 9.7 10 10 11 9
July 12.5 13 13 13 12
August 12.7 13 14 13 12
September 9.3 9 10 9 10
October 3.9 5 7 3 4
November 0.1 2 -3 1 0
December -4.0 -1 -9 -10 0
Average 2.8 -4.8 4.4 3.7 3.2 3.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.5 51 52 52 55 61
February 36.0 27 55 41 53 27
March 30.1 24 30 38 39 29
April 25.9 38 23 26 23
May 20.2 10 35 24 18
June 23.8 14 24 29 32
July 19.2 16 24 22 26
August 21.6 14 23 25 47
September 31.9 30 21 61 33
October 31.8 26 31 42 25
November 44.5 46 34 62 49
December 43.5 60 27 37 56
Average 30.6 33.4 31.1 30.3 37.5 34.1

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 9.7 11 8 8 10 10
February 10.0 11 8 8 12 8
March 8.9 8 10 7 10 11
April 8.4 8 8 9 9
May 7.2 7 7 7 8
June 7.0 7 7 6 7
July 6.8 6 6 6 8
August 7.8 7 7 8 9
September 7.2 6 7 8 7
October 7.3 7 8 10 7
November 8.0 7 8 9 8
December 8.6 6 9 12 8
Average 8.2 9.6 7.0 7.4 8.4 8.3

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 015° 044° 086° 043° 028°
February 004° 138° 162° 060° 182°
March 022° 019° 174° 171° 129°
April 170° 110° 176° 171°
May 209° 172° 178° 168°
June 183° 181° 187° 181°
July 183° 194° 193° 175°
August 182° 182° 182° 171°
September 175° 179° 173° 025°
October 048° 180° 120° 035°
November 150° 017° 171° 100°
December 115° 008° 013° 118°

Prevailing wind direction

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