Swift Current Airport

CYYN · Saskatchewan, Canada

Climate Swift Current Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Swift Current Airport (CYYN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.2 53 52 56 79 81
February 72.6 51 80 69 70 91
March 69.4 60 56 61 83 72
April 75.1 58 59 87 82
May 85.2 69 84 77 93
June 87.7 85 84 93 84
July 90.6 83 85 93 94
August 91.2 87 90 90 100
September 86.6 85 88 93 95
October 80.6 69 76 89 85
November 64.1 75 37 87 70
December 76.3 89 52 81 72
Average 77.9 54.7 72.8 70.4 85.6 85.9

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 78.3 67 65 68 90 84
February 81.5 60 91 75 84 94
March 80.5 80 66 74 86 88
April 84.1 71 71 94 88
May 91.5 76 93 88 98
June 93.5 92 91 96 91
July 94.2 87 89 94 98
August 95.7 94 93 96 100
September 91.8 89 96 96 95
October 89.2 83 77 94 96
November 73.8 82 48 94 76
December 85.5 89 64 87 86
Average 86.0 69.5 81.2 78.5 91.9 91.9

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 -5.5 -7 -3 -5 -3 -6
February -7.5 0 -4 -5 -11 -1
March 1.7 1 -4 3 8 3
April 9.6 8 8 12 8
May 19.3 23 18 17 18
June 23.8 25 23 26 22
July 27.5 27 28 31 25
August 27.0 28 30 25 28
September 21.2 24 25 24 21
October 10.9 10 14 15 8
November 1.2 4 -3 5 3
December -4.8 5 -11 -8 -1
Average 9.2 -3.6 11.9 11.2 11.7 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 -13.0 -16 -10 -15 -10 -14
February -16.3 -10 -12 -16 -20 -11
March -9.6 -9 -13 -8 -4 -8
April -3.4 -3 -4 -2 -4
May 5.2 9 5 3 4
June 10.3 12 10 12 10
July 12.5 12 13 15 12
August 11.7 13 13 12 11
September 7.3 9 9 8 7
October -1.3 0 2 1 -3
November -7.0 -5 -10 -5 -7
December -12.2 -5 -20 -18 -9
Average -3.8 -12.4 0.5 -1.0 -1.4 -1.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.3 27 26 31 22 12
February 24.9 30 23 31 20 13
March 24.8 33 50 33 11 17
April 18.2 40 33 12 13
May 7.8 15 16 8 2
June 5.5 6 9 3 8
July 4.0 4 10 4 5
August 3.9 4 5 7 0
September 5.2 7 2 3 3
October 9.7 18 10 3 10
November 25.1 20 48 11 18
December 20.6 6 54 17 19
Average 14.6 30.0 19.3 22.7 9.4 9.3

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 12.9 11 12 16 14 13
February 12.4 11 13 14 14 13
March 12.6 12 12 15 13 13
April 12.7 12 14 12 13
May 11.6 11 13 12 13
June 11.6 10 12 12 12
July 10.1 11 10 10 11
August 10.1 10 10 10 11
September 11.4 10 12 13 13
October 12.5 12 12 12 12
November 13.0 11 14 14 16
December 12.5 12 12 13 13
Average 11.8 11.5 11.3 12.8 12.1 12.6

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 262° 265° 268° 237° 255°
February 270° 262° 270° 267° 245°
March 223° 182° 284° 242° 257°
April 100° 310° 295° 295°
May 094° 277° 239° 207°
June 204° 275° 273° 265°
July 311° 283° 162° 248°
August 296° 264° 266° 243°
September 245° 237° 260° 275°
October 278° 277° 238° 271°
November 248° 280° 243° 254°
December 246° 263° 253° 257°

Prevailing wind direction

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