Downsview Airport

CYZD · Ontario, Canada

Climate Downsview Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Toronto/City Centre Airport (CYTZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.0 34 30 65 65 64
February 75.5 83 59 81 75 79
March 73.4 66 65 61 93 67
April 83.1 79 88 84 91
May 86.4 89 87 92 89
June 89.8 80 93 91 96
July 91.4 87 89 86 97
August 92.2 84 89 96 95
September 89.7 95 81 91 85
October 79.7 78 85 70 87
November 78.2 86 64 86 87
December 60.8 42 53 71 66
Average 78.8 59.5 73.1 79.0 84.2 84.9

67th best VFR conditions of Canada

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 85.8 72 75 92 96 93
February 89.8 94 85 94 92 92
March 88.1 84 84 76 99 90
April 92.4 87 98 89 96
May 93.4 97 95 96 96
June 95.7 90 98 93 98
July 96.2 94 93 95 100
August 98.2 99 97 99 97
September 97.2 100 93 99 96
October 94.2 97 92 90 98
November 92.1 99 77 94 95
December 86.3 77 86 89 90
Average 91.9 82.4 90.2 91.0 94.5 95.2

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 0.3 1 2 -2 1 2
February 1.7 4 4 1 -1 1
March 5.0 7 5 5 7 6
April 10.1 12 10 11 9
May 16.7 18 17 18 15
June 22.4 23 23 24 24
July 25.8 26 25 25 28
August 25.1 24 26 27 26
September 21.8 22 22 22 21
October 14.8 15 14 17 13
November 7.5 8 9 8 10
December 3.2 6 3 5 3
Average 11.8 4.0 13.5 13.1 13.6 13.2

79th highest temperature of Canada

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 -5.3 -3 -1 -10 -3 -3
February -5.9 -1 -4 -6 -6 -4
March -2.9 1 0 -1 -1 1
April 3.5 5 4 4 3
May 8.2 9 6 9 8
June 14.3 16 14 15 14
July 17.6 19 11 17 21
August 18.7 17 19 21 19
September 15.3 16 15 15 15
October 9.3 10 8 12 7
November 2.2 2 3 3 4
December -2.8 2 -1 0 -1
Average 5.5 -2.7 7.6 5.4 7.2 7.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.0 32 40 28 11 12
February 20.9 15 26 26 23 19
March 18.7 24 29 28 6 13
April 14.0 21 16 10 12
May 9.2 12 8 7 10
June 6.8 15 8 6 2
July 5.9 11 9 8 4
August 3.8 7 7 2 4
September 4.0 3 11 3 2
October 11.4 13 16 11 13
November 14.2 16 23 10 12
December 20.2 30 27 14 20
Average 13.1 24.2 18.4 16.2 8.8 9.5

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.6 13 12 11 10 10
February 12.3 11 14 13 11 11
March 12.0 12 14 13 10 11
April 11.6 12 13 11 12
May 9.2 8 11 8 9
June 8.5 9 10 8 8
July 7.4 8 8 8 7
August 8.0 9 9 7 8
September 8.5 8 9 9 8
October 9.7 9 9 9 9
November 10.9 12 12 11 10
December 11.6 12 13 12 11
Average 10.1 11.9 10.5 10.9 9.2 9.4

79th 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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 277° 353° 279° 294° 272°
February 268° 308° 279° 275° 257°
March 315° 341° 344° 291° 036°
April 057° 348° 008° 313°
May 088° 047° 204° 034°
June 042° 305° 198° 196°
July 201° 238° 085° 199°
August 258° 264° 160° 184°
September 105° 022° 257° 203°
October 270° 235° 058° 252°
November 269° 298° 259° 242°
December 011° 348° 289° 265°

Prevailing wind direction

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