Cape Parry, N. W. T.

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Climate Cape Parry, N. W. T. 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tommy Kochon Airport (CYVL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.2 53 38 64 89 67
February 63.6 64 44 71 83 68
March 77.5 80 74 77 78 77
April 77.8 64 80 89 82
May 78.3 68 80 78 78
June 57.3 89 23 0 0
July 76.5 53 74 81 80
August 68.9 57 78 71 76
September 50.8 45 43 44 60
October 40.8 38 48 31 52
November 46.2 38 50 51 53
December 61.7 34 61 68 87
Average 66.9 68.1 53.3 67.1 69.9 71.5

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 79.2 82 69 78 89 83
February 78.4 77 64 86 87 82
March 88.1 93 87 85 85 87
April 91.3 84 88 98 97
May 90.2 83 91 90 92
June 75.0 100 23 0 0
July 89.8 67 89 93 94
August 89.4 81 92 90 94
September 83.8 78 79 90 88
October 73.5 72 70 61 90
November 75.1 71 75 69 79
December 80.6 68 75 83 93
Average 85.5 84.5 76.5 83.5 86.4 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 -17.6 -26 -10 -1 -18 -24
February -18.3 -18 -18 -1 -28 -24
March -13.8 -15 -14 -2 -18 -15
April -5.6 -4 -1 -5 -5
May 8.3 12 9 6 5
June 16.8 19 16 18 17
July 20.9 26 22 21 17
August 16.7 18 19 17 17
September 9.4 12 10 10 9
October -1.3 1 -1 1 -2
November -12.3 -9 -10 -12 -13
December -16.7 -14 -3 -12 -18
Average -3.4 -20.3 1.8 5.0 -2.4 -3.0

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 -30.8 -34 -25 -34 -29 -32
February -30.0 -26 -34 -34 -35 -32
March -25.8 -24 -25 -25 -28 -26
April -17.5 -15 -19 -17 -17
May -2.4 1 0 -3 -5
June 6.4 8 6 7 7
July 10.9 16 12 11 9
August 7.8 10 9 7 8
September 2.3 4 3 3 2
October -6.7 -4 -6 -4 -7
November -19.5 -16 -17 -21 -20
December -27.4 -23 -28 -32 -28
Average -13.6 -29.9 -9.5 -11.6 -12.2 -12.3

39th 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 35.2 27 35 47 25 41
February 32.4 43 32 20 25 32
March 26.5 33 28 29 31 23
April 18.3 34 11 12 19
May 12.5 15 16 11 16
June 10.2 17 0 0 0
July 5.7 3 10 5 9
August 10.0 15 5 4 12
September 16.1 21 19 18 21
October 30.9 32 44 33 41
November 46.8 45 46 42 53
December 36.0 54 34 38 27
Average 22.1 35.7 25.1 22.3 18.4 22.9

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 5.2 6 5 6 4 5
February 5.2 5 4 6 5 4
March 6.5 7 6 7 6 7
April 6.5 7 6 7 7
May 7.0 7 7 7 7
June 7.6 7 8 0 0
July 6.8 5 7 8 7
August 7.1 6 7 7 6
September 7.3 7 7 7 7
October 7.0 7 8 7 7
November 6.1 5 7 6 7
December 5.7 5 9 6 5
Average 6.6 6.0 6.0 6.8 6.6 6.6

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 058° 028° 218° 020° 226°
February 219° 251° 222° 306° 341°
March 086° 055° 353° 001° 245°
April 015° 351° 331° 321°
May 329° 080° 048° 024°
June 311° 012° 360° 360°
July 162° 267° 230° 001°
August 281° 208° 238° 090°
September 209° 252° 159° 249°
October 276° 068° 120° 281°
November 087° 196° 151° 216°
December 147° 296° 214° 278°

Prevailing wind direction

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