Goose Bay Airport

CYYR · Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Climate Goose Bay Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Goose Bay Airport (CYYR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.5 64 68 72 51 85
February 75.3 52 79 78 73 90
March 69.5 55 54 70 73 81
April 67.3 74 46 52 73
May 73.2 70 74 62 70
June 69.0 62 70 72 65
July 77.4 79 61 87 84
August 74.9 65 82 84 73
September 75.5 57 58 67 85
October 73.2 59 80 64 80
November 61.7 56 75 55 75
December 59.3 45 46 67 48
Average 70.0 56.3 64.9 67.6 68.3 75.7

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 84.2 84 81 82 81 93
February 87.7 83 88 87 86 98
March 85.2 87 78 84 84 90
April 86.2 91 76 76 89
May 90.1 86 96 89 84
June 88.8 84 95 93 80
July 92.8 96 85 99 96
August 92.8 96 91 94 95
September 93.5 82 89 95 93
October 92.2 87 100 94 91
November 82.6 91 93 75 85
December 82.6 90 79 85 69
Average 88.4 84.7 87.7 88.4 88.5 89.0

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 -11.8 -7 -11 -13 -6 -11
February -10.3 -5 -12 -13 -6 -9
March -3.7 0 -1 -4 -1 -4
April 3.7 5 3 5 4
May 10.1 11 11 10 10
June 16.5 18 19 18 16
July 22.3 25 20 24 24
August 21.0 20 22 22 22
September 15.6 17 17 15 16
October 8.8 11 11 10 8
November -1.4 -1 -1 2 0
December -5.3 -2 -1 -6 -3
Average 4.6 -5.7 6.7 6.2 7.3 6.0

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 -20.7 -18 -19 -24 -13 -20
February -21.8 -15 -25 -24 -15 -20
March -12.3 -8 -8 -14 -13 -14
April -5.5 -4 -2 -1 -4
May 0.6 1 1 2 2
June 6.9 7 7 9 7
July 12.5 17 12 11 13
August 12.0 12 13 13 13
September 7.1 8 9 8 7
October 2.2 4 4 2 2
November -7.8 -7 -7 -3 -8
December -13.8 -10 -9 -12 -10
Average -5.9 -14.4 -2.0 -3.4 -1.1 -3.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.9 48 51 43 53 36
February 44.5 50 37 47 32 35
March 39.1 36 40 40 37 37
April 30.3 18 49 31 29
May 26.1 32 22 34 34
June 25.6 22 28 23 31
July 19.0 13 32 14 14
August 21.4 28 20 17 26
September 19.6 29 31 28 12
October 19.3 17 14 18 19
November 40.0 35 38 42 23
December 44.5 43 30 42 49
Average 31.1 43.7 28.6 32.2 28.9 27.6

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 9.3 11 8 8 8 10
February 9.9 8 10 10 10 12
March 10.0 9 9 12 10 11
April 9.2 9 9 6 11
May 9.4 10 9 10 9
June 8.6 9 9 8 9
July 7.9 7 9 7 7
August 7.6 7 7 9 7
September 10.0 9 9 10 12
October 10.0 10 10 8 12
November 9.6 11 8 8 10
December 9.9 11 9 10 9
Average 9.2 9.5 8.8 9.0 8.5 9.8

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 287° 265° 271° 275° 269°
February 241° 258° 272° 254° 270°
March 004° 017° 328° 280° 293°
April 352° 024° 021° 270°
May 346° 323° 321° 328°
June 046° 329° 255° 310°
July 190° 005° 246° 236°
August 339° 262° 276° 298°
September 352° 274° 323° 227°
October 328° 241° 354° 231°
November 282° 299° 280° 241°
December 296° 197° 276° 241°

Prevailing wind direction

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