Mackenzie Airport

CYZY · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Mackenzie Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mackenzie Airport (CYZY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.4 46 43 56 59 59
February 71.5 63 51 67 78 78
March 81.8 79 81 67 85 89
April 88.6 73 87 96 93
May 88.7 83 79 92 89
June 92.8 89 89 97 93
July 86.0 71 96 97 65
August 90.3 90 93 92 91
September 83.7 68 83 83 92
October 74.7 69 71 69 75
November 48.4 50 48 49 49
December 52.7 45 59 71 58
Average 77.5 62.8 68.3 76.1 83.0 79.7

86th 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 78.1 78 69 72 80 74
February 84.5 81 69 80 91 87
March 92.3 95 91 88 91 92
April 96.0 89 94 98 99
May 96.2 92 95 97 98
June 97.0 94 96 98 97
July 91.3 82 97 98 74
August 95.0 95 98 96 96
September 91.3 80 88 98 97
October 88.3 80 85 86 90
November 82.8 90 80 78 81
December 80.8 71 91 83 83
Average 90.1 84.7 83.5 89.4 92.2 89.8

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 -4.1 -6 -1 -3 -3 -5
February -5.6 -2 -2 -1 -7 0
March 2.7 4 1 5 4 1
April 8.5 9 6 10 8
May 17.8 23 13 16 18
June 20.7 24 20 23 19
July 22.1 24 24 25 16
August 22.6 24 26 23 19
September 16.5 18 20 16 17
October 8.6 10 14 7 6
November -1.8 3 -4 2 0
December -5.1 0 -11 -12 0
Average 7.7 -2.5 11.1 9.7 8.6 8.1

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 -12.8 -12 -7 -13 -10 -14
February -14.4 -12 -9 -9 -17 -10
March -9.4 -8 -12 -5 -5 -12
April -3.1 -2 -4 -3 -5
May 3.7 5 2 2 3
June 7.7 8 8 9 8
July 9.6 11 12 10 8
August 9.2 10 10 10 8
September 4.7 5 5 6 5
October -1.7 0 2 0 -2
November -6.6 -2 -10 -3 -5
December -11.7 -5 -17 -19 -6
Average -3.5 -11.5 0.0 -2.9 -2.3 -2.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 35.7 42 49 37 36 31
February 25.7 26 52 28 17 17
March 16.0 19 21 22 13 16
April 11.4 27 19 5 9
May 10.6 9 28 12 7
June 9.9 8 17 5 12
July 8.3 8 7 6 14
August 7.8 6 10 9 13
September 9.0 9 8 15 7
October 11.6 12 23 10 10
November 29.0 18 36 34 31
December 26.6 31 29 27 21
Average 16.5 28.9 20.3 21.3 14.2 14.6

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 5.4 5 5 6 5 6
February 6.1 5 7 6 6 6
March 5.9 6 5 6 7 7
April 6.1 6 6 6 6
May 5.4 5 6 5 6
June 5.7 6 5 5 6
July 3.8 5 6 2 5
August 5.4 6 6 6 6
September 5.7 6 6 7 5
October 6.1 6 7 6 5
November 6.2 6 7 7 6
December 5.6 6 6 6 6
Average 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.9 5.6 5.8

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 147° 151° 154° 162° 154°
February 142° 150° 177° 175° 162°
March 152° 216° 173° 169° 205°
April 167° 139° 175° 177°
May 215° 156° 172° 169°
June 180° 132° 188° 173°
July 160° 174° 164° 157°
August 163° 171° 177° 169°
September 167° 167° 165° 177°
October 145° 169° 174° 143°
November 163° 140° 157° 153°
December 158° 150° 143° 159°

Prevailing wind direction

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