CFB Greenwood

CYZX · Nova Scotia, Canada

Climate CFB Greenwood 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of CFB Greenwood (CYZX) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 45.1 44 36 46 43
February 58.3 48 63 49 57
March 59.4 43 55 58 73
April 66.5 75 79 62 56
May 73.8 71 79 80 81
June 70.3 68 45 78 77
July 72.4 64 57 86 65
August 74.6 69 68 63 69
September 75.3 80 67 77 75
October 74.1 77 72 66 77
November 59.7 33 66 67 63
December 47.8 39 40 36 65
Average 66.3 61.0 61.3 66.5 67.7

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
January 78.5 87 71 70 86
February 82.3 81 83 83 85
March 86.6 79 84 83 90
April 91.1 92 94 89 89
May 94.7 94 98 97 95
June 90.3 86 84 94 94
July 89.6 83 84 94 92
August 90.8 88 92 84 89
September 91.6 92 90 91 93
October 92.1 94 95 83 94
November 88.2 79 93 90 85
December 80.5 65 74 84 89
Average 88.7 85.5 87.2 87.4 90.4

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
January 1.3 0.5 3.7 0.2 0.6
February 1.7 1.8 0.6 2.2 0.6
March 4.8 7.0 3.7 6.4 7.0
April 11.1 10.6 12.6 11.0 12.0
May 17.3 18.5 17.3 19.3 17.1
June 22.6 23.3 21.0 22.1 25.5
July 26.4 27.1 27.3 27.1 24.6
August 25.6 25.1 23.6 26.0 26.5
September 21.4 21.1 22.1 20.8 21.8
October 15.8 15.8 17.0 17.3 16.1
November 8.8 8.8 6.7 10.5 9.0
December 3.4 3.2 4.9 4.5 4.2
Average 13.4 13.6 13.4 14.3 13.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -7.7 -6.4 -4.9 -11.8 -5.4
February -8.9 -7.7 -10.1 -8.2 -7.9
March -4.6 -1.7 -4.6 -4.9 -5.5
April 1.7 1.0 2.2 2.0 2.5
May 5.9 7.2 4.5 6.5 5.5
June 11.6 12.6 11.5 11.1 13.3
July 15.7 16.3 17.8 15.0 14.9
August 15.3 14.5 14.5 16.1 16.1
September 11.0 10.4 11.8 10.9 12.3
October 6.0 5.2 7.2 5.9 6.9
November 1.0 3.1 -1.1 1.8 0.6
December -4.4 -6.7 -3.7 -2.3 -5.9
Average 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 40.7 37 40 50 31
February 30.9 36 31 37 21
March 30.7 40 35 37 23
April 23.5 18 11 30 26
May 15.1 10 11 9 15
June 15.8 19 29 11 6
July 10.6 13 15 7 14
August 9.5 10 14 15 9
September 10.1 12 7 8 12
October 12.6 10 14 14 10
November 25.6 44 21 22 29
December 35.3 43 33 42 25
Average 20.3 22.5 20.6 21.2 17.3

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
January 9.6 11 9 9 9
February 10.3 10 10 11 10
March 11.3 11 10 11 12
April 10.3 9 9 10 11
May 8.9 8 11 9 9
June 8.0 8 8 7 9
July 6.9 7 6 9 7
August 7.2 7 7 7 6
September 7.6 8 7 7 8
October 8.3 8 7 7 8
November 9.9 10 8 11 9
December 9.5 8 9 11 11
Average 8.8 8.5 8.2 8.8 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
January 290° 330° 278° 339°
February 296° 311° 256° 282°
March 270° 342° 265° 264°
April 321° 284° 282° 319°
May 347° 281° 288° 276°
June 258° 352° 268° 250°
July 248° 239° 251° 261°
August 255° 242° 263° 256°
September 292° 294° 273° 247°
October 261° 265° 228° 302°
November 306° 264° 266° 266°
December 259° 265° 026° 280°

Prevailing wind direction

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