Port Hardy Airport

CYZT · Canada

Climate Port Hardy Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Port Hardy Airport (CYZT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.1 78 77 63 72 81
February 67.6 54 67 57 68 68
March 78.0 78 75 72 83 71
April 82.1 73 85 82 80
May 72.5 62 76 67 87
June 73.7 65 64 79 75
July 67.1 63 68 54 73
August 61.7 67 49 68 71
September 68.1 68 57 72 59
October 68.9 66 61 74 54
November 74.2 71 67 74 75
December 71.2 63 65 61 87
Average 71.8 70.1 67.6 65.5 71.0 73.5

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 93.3 96 91 82 90 95
February 90.1 85 88 89 88 87
March 96.1 98 91 96 99 97
April 96.9 96 100 97 98
May 91.8 88 92 97 96
June 92.2 89 83 92 97
July 89.1 85 88 90 94
August 77.7 82 63 89 86
September 77.5 80 62 90 71
October 80.2 82 64 90 68
November 91.6 89 81 96 97
December 90.1 81 88 92 95
Average 89.4 92.9 86.6 81.8 92.5 90.0

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 6.5 7 7 6 7 6
February 6.0 7 6 8 5 7
March 8.7 9 9 9 9 8
April 11.1 10 10 12 12
May 14.7 16 13 13 16
June 16.8 17 16 19 16
July 18.5 19 19 18 18
August 19.2 20 20 19 19
September 16.5 16 17 16 18
October 12.2 13 14 11 12
November 8.3 9 6 9 8
December 5.8 8 3 3 7
Average 11.5 7.6 12.6 12.0 11.7 12.2

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 2.2 3 4 2 2 1
February 0.7 2 2 2 1 2
March 1.5 2 1 3 3 1
April 3.3 3 2 3 4
May 6.4 7 6 6 8
June 8.9 8 9 10 10
July 10.7 11 12 11 11
August 11.3 12 12 11 11
September 9.3 8 9 10 11
October 6.0 6 8 6 7
November 3.5 4 1 4 4
December 1.5 4 -2 -1 3
Average 5.0 2.1 5.6 5.5 5.4 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 30.3 34 23 34 27 38
February 30.2 35 49 25 32 31
March 23.4 25 20 33 22 24
April 23.5 39 25 17 11
May 16.0 8 33 19 12
June 17.0 9 23 13 25
July 9.1 14 11 7 11
August 11.6 11 11 14 18
September 18.1 25 6 28 13
October 24.9 23 17 29 38
November 32.7 29 30 47 37
December 31.0 45 22 31 24
Average 22.2 31.0 22.9 21.5 22.4 22.2

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 10.2 12 11 9 9 11
February 8.4 8 11 8 9 8
March 7.6 8 8 9 9 7
April 7.7 9 9 6 6
May 6.4 6 7 6 7
June 6.2 7 6 6 7
July 5.4 5 5 6 6
August 5.2 5 5 6 6
September 5.3 6 4 7 5
October 6.7 7 5 9 7
November 8.6 8 8 10 10
December 8.7 10 8 7 11
Average 7.2 8.9 7.4 6.5 7.3 7.2

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 112° 114° 120° 117° 120°
February 106° 116° 112° 127° 129°
March 096° 108° 113° 112° 104°
April 115° 116° 010° 034°
May 348° 090° 029° 047°
June 346° 039° 055° 012°
July 022° 022° 002° 001°
August 015° 017° 344° 028°
September 071° 035° 101° 079°
October 100° 062° 112° 098°
November 127° 113° 126° 125°
December 119° 110° 143° 118°

Prevailing wind direction

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