Muskrat Dam Airport

CZMD · Canada

Climate Muskrat Dam Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Muskrat Dam Airport (CZMD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.1 44 36 72 45 48
February 65.1 53 57 79 63 60
March 71.4 69 76 71 76 73
April 76.2 80 70 70 75
May 73.5 86 63 65 76
June 77.7 83 80 75 66
July 81.4 75 82 77 81
August 77.5 82 78 64 74
September 72.9 82 76 74 71
October 52.9 53 60 40 67
November 39.6 37 45 39 38
December 48.1 48 46 63 30
Average 66.5 56.9 69.3 70.4 64.2 65.4

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 73.4 69 64 83 69 74
February 85.3 78 81 86 83 90
March 86.7 79 90 86 87 90
April 89.2 94 78 86 91
May 90.1 93 85 89 94
June 88.9 92 89 87 77
July 91.2 90 92 86 94
August 90.2 93 93 77 89
September 89.1 91 92 93 91
October 80.6 73 89 69 87
November 77.2 79 69 79 74
December 70.1 71 58 82 71
Average 84.5 75.4 85.8 85.4 82.8 86.1

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 -14.1 -12 -12 -20 -9 -12
February -13.6 -8 -12 -16 -13 -10
March -4.5 -5 -6 -4 -1 -3
April 4.3 4 4 6 3
May 14.0 19 13 13 13
June 20.4 24 20 21 18
July 23.9 21 23 25 25
August 21.6 22 22 21 22
September 15.8 20 17 17 14
October 6.1 7 8 11 2
November -6.6 -4 -4 -2 -5
December -12.3 -4 -13 -14 -11
Average 2.8 -9.3 6.6 5.1 6.5 3.9

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 -23.3 -21 -19 -31 -17 -22
February -26.6 -19 -27 -31 -27 -23
March -18.9 -18 -20 -17 -14 -18
April -9.6 -8 -7 -6 -9
May 1.6 5 3 1 0
June 9.2 12 8 10 8
July 12.1 11 12 12 14
August 11.0 11 12 11 12
September 6.4 9 6 9 5
October -1.4 0 0 4 -4
November -13.8 -11 -10 -9 -12
December -21.7 -12 -20 -24 -20
Average -8.2 -20.4 -4.1 -6.5 -4.0 -7.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.1 37 43 30 38 48
February 26.6 43 25 18 24 28
March 23.5 35 23 20 22 30
April 16.8 18 22 19 19
May 13.0 8 16 15 17
June 13.2 6 16 12 21
July 6.9 10 7 4 10
August 9.6 7 7 16 11
September 9.9 4 7 7 17
October 22.8 14 17 16 41
November 46.6 43 38 36 44
December 36.8 36 42 39 39
Average 22.2 38.2 17.3 17.4 18.6 25.3

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 2020
January 6.7 7 6 8 6 7
February 7.4 7 8 8 7 7
March 7.8 8 7 7 9 8
April 8.1 8 9 8 8
May 7.2 8 8 8 8
June 6.5 6 8 8 7
July 6.9 8 7 7 4
August 6.1 6 7 7 0
September 6.1 7 9 7 0
October 7.4 6 9 6 8
November 7.2 8 7 8 7
December 6.8 8 7 7 6
Average 7.0 7.2 7.1 7.7 7.4 5.7

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 256° 240° 254° 234° 241°
February 294° 251° 258° 231° 258°
March 317° 290° 272° 254° 269°
April 036° 033° 314° 311°
May 051° 106° 287° 334°
June 122° 317° 275° 057°
July 265° 284° 260° 225°
August 265° 255° 250° 252°
September 213° 240° 253° 012°
October 313° 247° 289° 245°
November 257° 275° 265° 262°
December 231° 325° 243° 248°

Prevailing wind direction

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