Tulita Airport

CZFN · Northwest Territories, Canada

Climate Tulita Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Norman Wells Airport (CYVQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.8 78 58 86 82 85
February 85.5 78 87 90 91 87
March 86.7 82 93 91 81 80
April 86.1 65 99 92 81
May 93.6 95 87 90 98
June 90.4 89 91 86 95
July 86.3 47 90 97 88
August 81.6 58 91 85 85
September 77.5 64 81 72 87
October 61.1 45 52 48 75
November 71.1 60 84 71 74
December 81.9 73 76 82 82
Average 82.9 79.5 69.9 86.1 82.9 86.1

13th 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 88.6 86 84 90 90 90
February 91.2 85 94 92 95 94
March 93.6 92 99 94 92 86
April 93.6 82 100 94 90
May 97.7 97 96 97 100
June 97.4 98 98 95 98
July 91.8 57 96 99 95
August 90.6 67 98 92 93
September 91.4 80 94 92 95
October 77.0 58 73 70 89
November 83.5 77 95 82 85
December 91.1 94 81 86 86
Average 91.3 88.3 81.1 93.6 91.7 92.8

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 -21.4 -25 -18 -24 -20 -25
February -19.9 -16 -22 -20 -25 -19
March -11.6 -12 -11 -13 -13 -11
April -1.4 -2 -1 0 -1
May 14.6 18 14 13 11
June 20.7 23 20 23 21
July 24.0 28 25 25 21
August 20.3 23 24 20 20
September 13.2 15 15 13 13
October 1.3 2 2 1 0
November -13.8 -8 -12 -15 -14
December -19.5 -16 -20 -22 -19
Average -1.0 -18.4 2.9 1.6 0.0 -1.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -29.8 -33 -25 -32 -27 -32
February -29.8 -25 -31 -32 -34 -28
March -24.9 -24 -23 -24 -26 -24
April -13.2 -13 -17 -14 -11
May 1.7 4 2 1 -1
June 8.7 10 8 10 9
July 11.1 14 12 11 9
August 8.7 11 9 8 10
September 2.4 4 3 3 3
October -6.7 -5 -5 -5 -8
November -20.4 -15 -18 -21 -23
December -27.5 -23 -28 -31 -28
Average -12.7 -28.8 -8.5 -10.6 -11.7 -11.7

64th 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 46.7 56 50 46 28 42
February 40.1 35 31 33 29 43
March 30.0 30 15 45 35 41
April 21.2 38 5 13 35
May 8.0 6 8 10 6
June 11.9 11 11 14 13
July 8.1 1 5 5 16
August 15.6 7 5 17 9
September 11.5 16 10 16 12
October 31.3 28 46 26 35
November 44.1 39 47 46 32
December 36.4 41 47 47 29
Average 23.1 37.8 19.0 20.2 19.8 22.8

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 6 5 6 5 5
February 6.8 7 5 8 5 6
March 7.2 7 8 8 8 8
April 8.2 7 7 8 10
May 8.1 8 8 9 9
June 7.6 8 8 8 9
July 6.6 6 7 7 7
August 7.0 7 6 6 7
September 7.0 6 7 7 7
October 6.7 7 7 7 7
November 5.7 6 6 6 5
December 5.4 5 7 6 5
Average 7.0 6.6 6.8 7.2 7.0 7.3

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 135° 265° 273° 156° 276°
February 202° 214° 239° 226° 249°
March 204° 160° 242° 236° 252°
April 253° 208° 246° 247°
May 193° 188° 186° 187°
June 209° 247° 235° 138°
July 162° 138° 206° 265°
August 193° 204° 178° 147°
September 253° 255° 176° 227°
October 284° 265° 109° 286°
November 141° 282° 302° 083°
December 292° 292° 278° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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