Statistics Penticton Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Penticton Airport (CYYF) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	65.8	66	59	79	67	61
February	87.0	92	92	91	90	78
March	93.1	97	91	100	97	97
April	96.6	99	99	99	100	100
May	98.6	98	98	100	99	99
June	99.6	100	98	100	99	100
July	97.6	100	100	90	100	100
August	89.5	82	100	84	100	100
September	95.6	100	99	100	84	100
October	96.3	100	100	91	93	98
November	83.8	84	65	88	90	95
December	69.4		73	77	73	46
Average	90.9	93.1	91.4	92.2	91.9	91.1

1st best VFR conditions of Canada

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 mi or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	91.5	90	94	97	88	86
February	95.2	93	98	97	93	95
March	98.2	100	96	100	100	99
April	99.5	100	99	100	100	100
May	99.7	100	98	100	100	100
June	99.9	100	100	100	100	100
July	98.7	100	100	92	100	100
August	92.5	84	100	87	100	100
September	97.2	100	100	100	88	100
October	99.4	100	100	99	99	100
November	97.5	99	92	98	98	100
December	95.1		97	96	91	98
Average	97.3	97.0	98.0	97.0	96.7	98.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	2.1	4	0	4	3	3
February	3.0	4	5	3	6	-2
March	9.9	10	11	12	10	8
April	15.2	15	14	18	16	16
May	22.6	25	19	22	21	24
June	25.9	28	24	30	23	27
July	30.8	32	31	34	29	28
August	29.9	30	32	30	30	30
September	23.1	24	25	23	25	22
October	14.6	15	18	14	14	13
November	6.4	7	2	8	7	7
December	1.5		-3	0	4	3
Average	15.8	17.6	15.5	16.5	15.6	14.8

10th highest temperature of Canada

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-3.8	-1	-3	-1	-1	-2
February	-5.9	-2	-3	-3	-1	-9
March	-1.3	-2	2	0	-1	-3
April	2.5	2	1	3	2	3
May	8.2	11	6	7	8	9
June	11.3	12	11	13	10	12
July	14.4	15	14	17	14	14
August	14.0	15	15	15	14	14
September	10.0	11	10	10	11	11
October	4.2	4	6	5	5	3
November	0.6	1	-3	2	2	-1
December	-3.0		-6	-6	-2	-1
Average	4.8	6.0	4.6	5.0	4.8	4.2

469th lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	19.8	19	14	24	32	6
February	14.0	12	7	15	11	18
March	9.1	10	7	2	7	5
April	9.9	9	12	6	3	7
May	8.0	11	11	4	13	6
June	7.1	5	15	5	12	5
July	2.0	1	2	1	5	4
August	1.9	4	1	3	2	4
September	6.1	9	3	5	3	15
October	5.7	3	1	14	7	7
November	12.5	6	21	15	9	3
December	20.8		31	32	17	15
Average	8.9	7.6	9.3	9.2	9.3	7.5

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	9.0	8	11	9	10	8
February	9.0	9	10	10	7	10
March	8.0	7	8	9	9	7
April	7.4	8	7	7	8	8
May	6.2	7	6	7	6	6
June	6.1	6	6	6	6	6
July	6.3	6	6	7	6	6
August	6.3	7	6	6	6	6
September	6.5	7	6	7	7	6
October	8.3	7	8	9	8	9
November	9.5	9	9	11	11	8
December	9.4		11	9	8	10
Average	7.5	7.2	7.6	7.8	7.6	7.3

10th highest wind speed of Canada

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	168°	169°	170°	176°	178°
February	165°	167°	168°	166°	358°
March	170°	168°	172°	292°	064°
April	168°	185°	011°	002°	012°
May	358°	216°	352°	358°	360°
June	358°	354°	359°	345°	008°
July	355°	359°	360°	357°	005°
August	356°	359°	002°	004°	007°
September	354°	008°	170°	339°	082°
October	329°	190°	171°	168°	173°
November	169°	160°	173°	171°	137°
December		001°	195°	171°	169°

Prevailing wind direction

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