Smithers Airport

CYYD · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Smithers Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Smithers Airport (CYYD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.6 78 76 66 81 75
February 82.9 71 73 79 74 92
March 92.2 89 94 90 90 94
April 94.5 91 88 98 98
May 93.2 95 89 92 97
June 94.8 97 93 97 94
July 92.0 84 89 94 93
August 95.4 96 98 95 92
September 89.9 94 87 91 84
October 78.3 76 73 91 69
November 71.1 76 70 77 65
December 75.7 69 85 85 76
Average 86.9 79.8 86.4 85.1 89.8 87.1

22nd 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 87.3 89 94 81 89 83
February 88.3 78 77 86 90 96
March 95.3 94 96 97 95 96
April 97.3 97 92 100 100
May 97.1 99 95 97 99
June 98.1 99 98 98 98
July 95.9 90 95 97 100
August 97.9 97 99 98 99
September 94.2 98 91 97 91
October 86.9 83 78 97 81
November 83.8 88 81 88 78
December 88.1 79 96 91 90
Average 92.7 87.4 92.1 91.1 95.0 93.5

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 -3.8 -4 0 -2 -1 -5
February -2.6 0 0 2 -3 2
March 5.2 7 4 8 6 4
April 10.5 10 8 13 11
May 18.1 22 14 16 18
June 20.4 23 21 22 18
July 22.9 25 23 24 20
August 23.3 25 25 23 19
September 17.0 18 19 16 17
October 9.1 10 13 8 7
November 1.7 4 -2 3 2
December -4.4 1 -9 -10 1
Average 9.0 0.9 11.8 10.5 9.8 9.5

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 -9.9 -10 -5 -9 -6 -11
February -11.6 -9 -8 -6 -11 -7
March -6.5 -5 -8 -2 -3 -6
April -2.6 -1 -3 -1 -2
May 4.2 5 3 3 4
June 7.2 7 7 8 7
July 9.8 10 10 11 10
August 9.2 10 10 9 9
September 5.3 4 5 6 6
October 0.4 0 3 0 0
November -4.5 -1 -8 -3 -4
December -10.8 -4 -16 -17 -4
Average -2.9 -8.0 0.7 0.1 -1.7 0.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 28.0 31 24 30 27 40
February 23.3 21 38 28 31 11
March 13.7 13 11 10 17 17
April 12.2 22 16 6 9
May 12.1 3 18 18 12
June 11.7 5 16 11 15
July 13.4 8 23 14 19
August 11.0 4 13 11 27
September 15.1 11 7 22 21
October 16.5 22 17 10 12
November 27.5 23 22 34 31
December 22.3 29 10 27 26
Average 16.8 20.9 15.1 17.2 17.6 19.1

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 4.1 4 4 4 5 5
February 4.1 4 4 4 5 4
March 4.7 5 5 5 5 5
April 5.1 5 5 5 5
May 4.3 5 4 4 5
June 4.0 4 4 3 4
July 3.6 4 4 4 4
August 3.8 4 4 5 4
September 3.9 4 3 5 4
October 4.0 4 4 5 3
November 4.1 4 5 5 4
December 3.9 4 4 3 4
Average 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.1

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 148° 146° 158° 154° 148°
February 153° 165° 173° 154° 169°
March 167° 165° 169° 162° 167°
April 169° 168° 179° 194°
May 332° 250° 320° 186°
June 332° 320° 302° 343°
July 317° 335° 324° 324°
August 311° 301° 303° 148°
September 178° 266° 159° 196°
October 166° 165° 164° 204°
November 153° 146° 151° 158°
December 154° 147° 149° 147°

Prevailing wind direction

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