Yellowknife International Airport

CYZF · Northwest Territories, Canada

Climate Yellowknife International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yellowknife International Airport (CYZF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.5 60 51 80 82 51
February 76.9 68 78 87 83 76
March 83.1 90 85 73 87 87
April 84.4 76 96 81 82
May 90.7 95 86 90 89
June 84.2 80 99 84 85
July 88.0 69 91 95 82
August 80.6 64 90 87 78
September 68.8 38 71 62 79
October 49.4 41 58 50 46
November 50.4 36 40 54 57
December 64.0 43 78 71 64
Average 76.4 74.4 65.3 81.1 79.1 75.9

52nd 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 75.1 70 58 80 88 64
February 86.1 78 89 92 90 86
March 91.9 93 91 85 96 92
April 92.8 88 98 90 92
May 97.3 97 100 97 96
June 93.7 91 100 92 98
July 95.0 78 97 99 96
August 90.4 71 94 97 93
September 86.3 56 93 82 93
October 79.3 72 76 73 88
November 73.0 66 68 69 83
December 74.6 57 82 86 77
Average 87.7 81.6 77.8 90.9 89.5 90.1

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 -20.1 -23 -15 -24 -17 -22
February -20.7 -15 -21 -23 -23 -18
March -10.0 -9 -12 -11 -11 -13
April -1.9 4 0 -3 -3
May 12.0 19 11 9 8
June 19.3 21 22 20 18
July 22.1 25 22 22 21
August 19.6 22 21 19 19
September 12.6 15 15 12 12
October 2.9 5 5 5 1
November -10.9 -6 -8 -7 -11
December -18.1 -10 -21 -24 -18
Average -1.1 -16.2 4.0 1.5 0.3 -1.6

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 -27.0 -31 -20 -32 -26 -29
February -29.4 -25 -31 -33 -32 -27
March -22.6 -22 -23 -22 -23 -25
April -12.9 -6 -13 -13 -13
May 0.9 6 1 -2 -2
June 9.2 10 11 9 8
July 12.4 14 13 12 13
August 10.8 12 12 10 12
September 4.9 8 6 6 4
October -3.8 0 -2 1 -4
November -16.3 -12 -14 -14 -19
December -25.0 -17 -29 -30 -24
Average -10.2 -26.4 -5.2 -8.3 -9.6 -9.2

72nd 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 46.6 46 61 52 36 44
February 35.1 42 20 29 20 40
March 27.0 20 19 44 25 30
April 15.9 20 4 30 22
May 7.7 3 12 10 7
June 12.0 13 3 11 11
July 10.2 3 11 6 15
August 9.7 3 7 8 17
September 11.3 9 8 10 13
October 28.3 22 37 16 47
November 52.5 59 61 32 51
December 44.1 51 50 51 33
Average 22.7 34.3 18.9 21.4 18.1 24.0

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 6.8 7 7 7 6 6
February 6.9 8 6 6 8 8
March 8.4 9 8 8 9 9
April 8.8 10 9 10 9
May 9.4 10 11 9 9
June 9.0 9 8 9 11
July 8.2 8 8 9 9
August 8.4 8 8 8 10
September 9.3 9 10 9 9
October 9.5 10 11 9 11
November 8.2 9 9 9 7
December 6.6 8 7 6 6
Average 8.4 7.8 8.4 8.5 8.7 8.9

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 041° 054° 009° 072° 032°
February 007° 006° 003° 348° 015°
March 088° 091° 010° 043° 003°
April 103° 046° 023° 071°
May 133° 081° 099° 046°
June 121° 134° 060° 101°
July 096° 121° 093° 035°
August 189° 116° 051° 071°
September 169° 211° 078° 350°
October 274° 029° 160° 332°
November 065° 018° 079° 031°
December 053° 008° 021° 018°

Prevailing wind direction

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