Wawa Airport

CYXZ · Ontario, Canada

Climate Wawa Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sault Ste Marie Airport (CYAM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.7 29 27 42 44 32
February 54.4 40 42 58 71 64
March 67.9 68 67 56 70 65
April 71.2 69 54 77 73
May 82.8 85 76 90 87
June 79.3 65 82 79 86
July 83.1 84 73 85 84
August 77.6 71 75 82 75
September 75.7 83 73 85 80
October 64.5 55 73 56 77
November 55.0 56 58 66 59
December 38.7 29 38 41 43
Average 65.9 46.8 63.1 65.4 72.6 71.0

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 72.1 68 71 72 83 76
February 73.7 61 68 82 84 77
March 82.9 86 80 76 88 85
April 85.5 85 76 95 84
May 90.7 92 85 98 91
June 88.1 79 90 88 91
July 92.4 92 86 93 94
August 89.2 89 90 90 88
September 90.2 95 86 97 93
October 87.3 80 90 82 96
November 82.4 80 83 83 89
December 74.1 65 81 79 85
Average 83.6 72.2 82.1 83.3 88.9 87.9

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 -4.4 -3 -2 -7 -2 -2
February -3.2 1 -2 -5 -5 -2
March 1.4 5 1 0 4 3
April 7.5 9 6 10 7
May 16.5 18 18 17 16
June 22.0 23 22 23 23
July 24.5 23 24 24 26
August 23.6 23 24 26 23
September 19.9 21 20 20 17
October 12.2 13 13 16 9
November 4.5 6 7 5 8
December -1.4 3 0 0 0
Average 9.3 0.9 11.4 10.5 11.6 10.6

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 -11.5 -8 -7 -16 -8 -7
February -13.9 -7 -11 -17 -14 -12
March -8.3 -4 -8 -8 -6 -6
April -2.6 0 -1 1 -2
May 4.2 4 6 4 4
June 9.1 10 9 11 9
July 12.6 12 12 13 15
August 12.9 12 13 15 13
September 9.6 10 10 9 8
October 4.4 6 3 8 2
November -3.6 -2 -1 -1 0
December -7.3 -3 -6 -5 -6
Average 0.1 -7.7 1.9 0.5 2.1 1.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.8 47 47 63 33 54
February 41.6 40 44 46 33 39
March 28.0 34 27 41 24 25
April 23.4 28 28 17 26
May 12.2 15 13 7 7
June 11.2 15 12 10 8
July 6.9 10 7 7 6
August 8.3 8 14 5 8
September 11.5 7 14 12 16
October 22.2 27 22 20 14
November 36.8 36 37 29 24
December 39.1 27 35 47 34
Average 24.0 39.6 22.9 25.5 18.3 19.7

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 8 7 9 7 9
February 8.9 8 10 9 8 10
March 10.0 10 10 11 11 9
April 9.5 9 10 10 11
May 8.6 8 8 9 10
June 7.4 7 8 7 7
July 7.2 7 7 7 7
August 7.1 7 7 7 7
September 7.5 6 8 8 8
October 8.1 8 7 7 9
November 9.0 10 9 8 9
December 8.6 8 10 11 8
Average 8.4 9.0 8.1 8.5 8.1 8.7

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 291° 066° 334° 314° 333°
February 315° 306° 327° 271° 282°
March 304° 315° 309° 303° 322°
April 332° 318° 325° 298°
May 316° 309° 296° 316°
June 304° 298° 269° 281°
July 294° 288° 313° 291°
August 302° 283° 257° 305°
September 074° 321° 293° 282°
October 320° 305° 004° 295°
November 283° 280° 271° 281°
December 016° 338° 287° 299°

Prevailing wind direction

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