Sandy Lake Airport

CZSJ · Canada

Climate Sandy Lake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sandy Lake Airport (CZSJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.8 46 27 66 39 47
February 62.6 49 50 72 61 65
March 67.1 57 63 67 80 75
April 73.0 83 67 73 75
May 75.5 82 31 74 79
June 78.2 74 70 70 75
July 77.0 67 73 65 82
August 75.8 67 71 63 74
September 72.7 79 65 88 69
October 44.2 39 52 45 29
November 35.5 28 41 44 16
December 47.2 41 40 59 36
Average 64.6 51.6 58.9 62.0 65.2 63.3

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 71.8 72 55 84 67 68
February 81.8 81 81 83 76 82
March 79.6 74 79 80 88 89
April 84.9 95 80 89 91
May 88.1 86 55 90 94
June 90.5 90 87 88 87
July 90.2 92 91 76 95
August 87.4 82 84 75 86
September 89.5 91 85 97 86
October 71.3 65 79 80 38
November 69.7 69 69 84 38
December 72.0 80 59 81 66
Average 82.2 75.6 80.4 80.1 82.9 79.0

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 -14.6 -16 -11 -19 -9 -12
February -12.3 -9 -11 -16 -14 -9
March -3.9 -4 -5 -4 1 -2
April 4.5 3 4 7 4
May 15.1 20 12 14 14
June 21.8 25 20 21 22
July 24.2 21 23 26 26
August 21.8 22 23 21 22
September 16.2 20 18 19 14
October 6.3 7 9 8 3
November -5.6 -3 -3 -1 -3
December -11.2 -4 -12 -14 -10
Average 3.9 -9.2 7.1 5.0 6.4 5.7

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 -22.4 -24 -18 -28 -16 -20
February -24.1 -21 -25 -29 -26 -20
March -15.4 -16 -18 -16 -12 -16
April -7.6 -7 -6 -4 -8
May 2.6 6 5 1 1
June 10.4 12 8 11 10
July 12.7 12 13 13 16
August 10.6 12 12 11 8
September 6.6 10 7 10 3
October 0.2 1 0 2 -1
November -11.7 -9 -9 -8 -5
December -19.1 -11 -19 -23 -18
Average -7.7 -20.4 -3.1 -6.9 -4.1 -5.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 40.1 49 57 32 36 45
February 29.4 51 38 25 31 21
March 23.7 45 36 26 18 23
April 14.9 18 30 15 16
May 11.2 13 31 7 14
June 13.9 11 29 12 19
July 8.1 17 10 4 9
August 9.4 11 13 14 7
September 10.0 7 14 6 17
October 20.0 20 33 20 7
November 40.8 47 41 30 25
December 38.8 46 55 39 35
Average 22.0 47.6 25.6 26.2 17.5 18.0

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 5.5 6 5 6 5 5
February 6.3 6 6 7 6 6
March 6.7 8 6 7 7 7
April 6.8 7 8 7 7
May 7.1 7 8 7 7
June 6.2 4 7 7 6
July 5.7 3 6 6 6
August 5.7 6 6 6 6
September 5.3 6 7 7 1
October 5.4 4 7 6 3
November 6.3 7 7 7 3
December 5.5 6 6 6 5
Average 6.2 6.7 5.4 6.8 6.5 5.4

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 291° 265° 278° 238° 243°
February 330° 270° 294° 274° 274°
March 324° 332° 306° 060° 040°
April 058° 037° 331° 316°
May 082° 078° 333° 356°
June 110° 321° 284° 090°
July 314° 305° 297° 259°
August 306° 283° 296° 268°
September 171° 275° 246° 293°
October 331° 288° 303° 276°
November 279° 309° 286° 254°
December 267° 047° 241° 270°

Prevailing wind direction

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