Kapuskasing Airport

CYYU · Ontario, Canada

Climate Kapuskasing Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kapuskasing Airport (CYYU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.3 27 42 54 31 40
February 59.7 53 51 61 71 64
March 68.5 60 76 64 70 69
April 69.5 54 70 66 76
May 77.3 80 71 80 73
June 76.9 74 78 79 69
July 83.0 83 72 78 83
August 77.7 79 73 81 74
September 69.1 73 68 64 76
October 56.0 37 64 55 67
November 35.5 50 27 36 32
December 41.3 33 53 49 22
Average 63.9 48.0 63.4 64.9 65.7 65.0

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 68.1 60 68 71 69 69
February 76.4 74 72 72 84 79
March 81.3 78 85 73 80 79
April 82.4 69 86 78 87
May 89.3 91 83 88 86
June 87.1 83 88 89 83
July 92.9 92 86 92 95
August 89.6 91 88 94 87
September 83.3 82 80 82 93
October 76.2 67 78 73 84
November 67.8 77 64 69 63
December 68.1 68 73 72 57
Average 80.7 71.6 80.0 79.7 82.0 81.9

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 -10.8 -8 -7 -14 -7 -7
February -8.6 -2 -7 -10 -9 -6
March -1.4 2 -2 -2 2 1
April 6.7 6 6 10 5
May 16.7 20 19 17 15
June 22.5 24 22 24 22
July 25.2 24 23 24 27
August 23.0 22 23 26 23
September 17.6 21 18 17 16
October 9.4 10 12 14 5
November -1.4 0 2 1 2
December -7.3 -2 -6 -7 -6
Average 6.8 -3.3 9.2 8.3 9.3 8.0

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 -19.3 -15 -17 -27 -14 -16
February -20.2 -14 -20 -25 -23 -18
March -14.4 -10 -16 -13 -12 -13
April -5.0 -4 -4 -2 -7
May 3.3 4 6 4 2
June 8.9 9 10 10 10
July 12.2 12 12 11 15
August 10.8 10 11 13 11
September 7.0 7 7 7 6
October 1.7 3 3 5 -2
November -8.7 -7 -5 -5 -5
December -15.0 -9 -16 -17 -14
Average -5.8 -13.1 -3.7 -3.0 -2.1 -3.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.3 60 45 52 43 54
February 41.4 37 46 45 36 40
March 29.4 35 22 35 34 31
April 24.5 40 26 24 20
May 15.3 11 22 17 22
June 14.6 8 18 12 24
July 8.5 10 19 6 7
August 11.2 17 11 5 9
September 16.3 9 19 17 15
October 29.7 42 26 21 25
November 50.2 44 52 49 48
December 47.4 39 41 48 61
Average 27.6 42.7 25.5 28.1 23.4 26.9

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 7.9 8 7 10 7 8
February 8.6 8 9 8 7 11
March 9.2 9 8 9 11 9
April 9.2 10 10 8 9
May 8.5 8 8 9 9
June 7.8 7 9 8 8
July 7.5 6 8 7 7
August 7.5 7 7 9 7
September 8.0 7 7 8 9
October 8.6 9 9 6 9
November 8.7 9 9 9 9
December 8.2 8 7 9 8
Average 8.3 8.3 7.8 8.5 8.2 8.5

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 268° 259° 271° 275° 304°
February 278° 279° 279° 241° 271°
March 299° 326° 305° 282° 269°
April 335° 275° 004° 314°
May 324° 199° 275° 312°
June 358° 264° 257° 260°
July 261° 269° 288° 266°
August 294° 241° 227° 249°
September 251° 276° 258° 240°
October 309° 235° 238° 245°
November 256° 273° 249° 247°
December 241° 207° 261° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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