Churchill Airport

CYYQ · Canada

Climate Churchill Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Churchill Airport (CYYQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.6 49 60 69 50 53
February 69.4 64 70 74 69 63
March 67.0 64 72 60 75 69
April 66.8 53 77 63 56
May 53.1 72 43 43 46
June 73.7 79 66 81 54
July 77.1 60 71 85 71
August 71.1 78 77 70 70
September 63.7 73 69 56 51
October 44.8 60 36 48 47
November 44.8 39 46 46 52
December 56.4 48 68 74 42
Average 63.2 60.1 65.0 62.5 64.2 57.0

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 75.1 73 81 72 79 77
February 78.7 76 82 81 76 69
March 80.1 71 85 77 88 84
April 82.1 74 86 87 77
May 74.6 83 65 67 68
June 81.4 84 71 88 64
July 82.7 66 72 93 78
August 82.4 88 87 85 83
September 85.3 89 92 70 79
October 79.7 87 72 76 89
November 70.3 73 61 71 84
December 77.4 80 85 86 70
Average 79.0 73.1 80.6 76.2 81.0 76.6

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 -19.0 -17 -17 -23 -16 -17
February -21.2 -17 -23 -24 -20 -19
March -13.3 -14 -17 -13 -10 -14
April -5.4 -6 -3 -3 -7
May 4.1 12 4 2 2
June 13.2 18 12 12 10
July 19.3 16 18 22 18
August 18.1 20 20 18 18
September 12.2 17 15 12 9
October 2.8 5 5 6 0
November -9.8 -6 -8 -4 -6
December -16.7 -8 -17 -19 -14
Average -3.3 -16.2 1.2 -1.6 0.0 -2.4

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 -27.8 -25 -24 -29 -23 -24
February -29.2 -26 -31 -32 -28 -28
March -23.9 -22 -26 -22 -21 -23
April -14.0 -13 -13 -13 -15
May -4.6 1 -3 -5 -5
June 3.2 6 3 3 2
July 9.3 8 9 10 9
August 9.3 10 10 8 10
September 5.1 8 7 7 4
October -2.1 -1 -1 2 -4
November -15.0 -13 -15 -10 -15
December -24.8 -16 -24 -26 -22
Average -11.2 -25.7 -8.6 -9.4 -8.0 -10.7

62nd lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 64.2 74 66 81 45 56
February 61.7 72 67 60 48 58
March 51.7 60 60 44 47 59
April 30.9 24 17 31 55
May 20.2 10 30 36 17
June 10.9 5 20 11 14
July 10.3 19 10 6 14
August 13.3 10 13 12 13
September 14.8 5 15 19 27
October 29.3 14 33 25 43
November 58.6 48 59 65 55
December 56.0 37 44 72 52
Average 35.0 67.2 26.5 30.7 30.4 34.8

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 10.8 12 10 15 8 9
February 11.8 11 11 13 13 12
March 11.7 12 8 12 12 12
April 11.0 8 10 13 13
May 11.5 10 12 12 13
June 10.8 11 11 11 11
July 10.0 11 10 11 10
August 10.7 9 11 11 10
September 11.8 11 12 12 13
October 12.0 10 14 12 12
November 11.3 15 12 11 5
December 10.4 11 11 10 9
Average 11.2 11.6 10.1 11.7 11.4 10.9

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 327° 291° 306° 326° 280°
February 305° 304° 303° 307° 303°
March 337° 327° 315° 277° 331°
April 356° 025° 309° 015°
May 005° 042° 359° 355°
June 136° 019° 050° 075°
July 014° 019° 306° 087°
August 334° 328° 311° 090°
September 240° 294° 066° 335°
October 303° 340° 287° 299°
November 300° 335° 316° 273°
December 270° 294° 290° 293°

Prevailing wind direction

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