Sarnia Chris Hadfield

CYZR · Ontario, Canada

Climate Sarnia Chris Hadfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sarnia Chris Hadfield (CYZR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.4 30 24 59 52 58
February 67.9 63 61 62 73 72
March 68.0 55 53 66 91 60
April 79.3 74 73 84 86
May 80.4 87 55 86 86
June 88.3 76 94 90 97
July 87.1 76 93 82 93
August 86.6 74 83 90 88
September 78.6 62 76 86 85
October 75.2 64 77 65 86
November 77.8 76 80 84 84
December 57.6 37 46 69 55
Average 73.5 48.6 63.8 73.1 80.3 80.4

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 77.4 64 62 89 85 90
February 87.7 88 85 84 92 91
March 85.5 82 78 79 98 87
April 92.6 92 90 92 96
May 88.5 96 60 96 94
June 94.2 86 97 95 100
July 94.6 90 95 95 97
August 95.7 91 97 94 98
September 92.6 87 91 97 93
October 92.6 85 94 90 100
November 93.0 96 91 94 94
December 84.6 59 91 90 90
Average 89.3 77.5 84.0 87.5 93.4 94.1

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 0.3 0 3 -3 1 3
February 2.5 6 5 1 -2 1
March 6.2 9 5 7 10 8
April 12.5 15 12 14 11
May 19.1 19 21 19 17
June 24.5 23 26 26 25
July 26.9 26 27 26 28
August 25.7 24 26 27 26
September 22.6 22 23 23 22
October 16.3 16 17 18 15
November 7.9 9 10 8 12
December 3.5 7 3 5 3
Average 12.9 4.7 14.4 14.5 14.7 14.2

22nd 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 -6.7 -4 -2 -10 -4 -3
February -6.6 -3 -4 -7 -9 -5
March -2.1 0 -2 -2 -1 -1
April 2.7 4 2 4 2
May 8.2 7 10 8 8
June 14.4 13 14 17 14
July 17.4 17 17 17 19
August 16.8 15 17 18 17
September 13.6 14 14 14 12
October 8.0 9 6 12 7
November 0.7 0 2 1 3
December -2.0 2 -2 -1 -2
Average 4.6 -3.7 6.2 5.3 6.3 5.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 27.2 47 36 28 17 14
February 19.5 15 23 34 20 11
March 18.4 25 32 25 4 10
April 14.1 23 22 10 9
May 8.2 7 7 8 13
June 5.8 9 9 7 2
July 5.1 10 6 6 3
August 5.5 14 5 4 7
September 6.7 11 12 7 4
October 12.5 21 15 15 8
November 14.2 16 22 12 11
December 19.1 31 23 8 23
Average 13.7 29.8 18.9 16.3 9.2 9.0

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 9.6 10 9 11 9 9
February 10.7 10 11 12 10 11
March 11.1 11 12 10 12 10
April 10.2 9 10 10 10
May 9.4 9 10 9 10
June 8.3 9 8 9 8
July 7.7 7 8 8 8
August 7.6 8 8 7 7
September 8.1 7 9 9 9
October 9.2 9 10 8 9
November 9.8 10 11 9 10
December 9.1 8 9 9 10
Average 9.3 10.4 8.9 9.5 9.0 9.2

22nd 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 253° 285° 290° 290° 245°
February 290° 252° 300° 288° 291°
March 297° 331° 257° 283° 277°
April 231° 230° 263° 288°
May 352° 158° 354° 035°
June 357° 309° 227° 320°
July 320° 275° 341° 339°
August 335° 284° 287° 323°
September 001° 305° 282° 232°
October 278° 246° 196° 233°
November 250° 235° 236° 236°
December 229° 230° 228° 263°

Prevailing wind direction

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