Fort Nelson Airport

CYYE · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Fort Nelson Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fort Nelson Airport (CYYE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.0 73 63 59 84 72
February 80.7 80 70 74 81 87
March 80.2 88 77 75 80 79
April 83.1 84 81 81 92
May 87.0 82 85 89 75
June 83.9 75 80 91 77
July 83.0 53 88 83 88
August 80.1 82 91 81 73
September 80.7 57 100 81 77
October 76.3 81 77 78 71
November 69.2 69 76 51 74
December 83.0 85 89 89 85
Average 80.5 80.8 72.9 81.9 81.5 79.2

46th 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 81.1 89 72 66 93 83
February 88.6 90 85 81 85 93
March 89.6 94 88 88 89 86
April 93.6 98 90 92 98
May 93.4 87 89 97 92
June 92.8 83 90 98 89
July 90.7 68 94 91 95
August 89.9 91 96 96 86
September 88.8 71 100 87 85
October 86.6 82 94 80 87
November 82.5 81 92 67 88
December 91.4 85 94 95 92
Average 89.7 91.2 82.6 90.1 90.0 89.6

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 -14.5 -16 -11 -15 -11 -19
February -10.8 -4 -11 -11 -14 -7
March -1.5 1 -1 0 -1 -2
April 8.5 11 5 9 9
May 18.7 24 15 17 16
June 22.4 25 23 25 20
July 24.3 26 24 25 23
August 23.3 27 26 23 21
September 17.4 20 21 17 16
October 8.2 9 12 8 5
November -8.5 -3 -8 -8 -9
December -14.4 -9 -17 -21 -12
Average 5.0 -7.4 9.0 7.1 5.7 5.0

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 -21.2 -25 -17 -22 -19 -26
February -21.7 -17 -20 -21 -26 -18
March -14.0 -14 -14 -12 -14 -15
April -5.9 -2 -7 -5 -4
May 5.1 7 3 4 4
June 9.7 11 10 11 10
July 11.7 13 12 12 13
August 10.3 11 12 10 11
September 3.9 6 5 4 4
October -3.7 -3 0 -3 -5
November -15.4 -10 -16 -15 -17
December -21.1 -17 -26 -28 -19
Average -7.7 -19.4 -4.9 -5.5 -6.4 -6.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 34.4 38 25 45 20 43
February 30.5 19 36 39 35 23
March 24.2 16 34 27 28 29
April 15.6 11 19 17 6
May 9.1 3 18 13 15
June 10.2 5 10 5 15
July 9.5 5 8 10 18
August 8.1 6 6 7 13
September 6.0 3 4 8 13
October 10.8 2 10 7 18
November 26.2 19 26 32 33
December 21.2 9 24 20 20
Average 16.7 23.0 11.8 17.7 15.3 19.2

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 3.0 3 2 4 3 2
February 4.0 4 3 4 4 5
March 4.2 4 4 4 5 6
April 5.7 5 6 6 6
May 5.3 5 6 5 6
June 5.3 6 5 5 5
July 4.9 4 5 5 5
August 4.8 5 4 5 5
September 4.4 5 4 4 5
October 4.5 4 5 4 5
November 3.4 3 4 3 3
December 2.7 3 4 2 3
Average 4.4 3.7 4.2 4.6 4.5 4.7

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 328° 301° 315° 231° 347°
February 293° 037° 351° 308° 279°
March 340° 349° 344° 334° 328°
April 304° 334° 329° 292°
May 239° 334° 028° 326°
June 274° 299° 290° 299°
July 293° 239° 271° 284°
August 247° 246° 268° 263°
September 228° 224° 238° 257°
October 233° 275° 189° 289°
November 210° 267° 307° 270°
December 195° 307° 210° 151°

Prevailing wind direction

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