Churchill Falls Airport

CZUM · Canada

Climate Churchill Falls Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Churchill Falls Airport (CZUM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.0 53 61 65 38 74
February 64.4 58 51 63 65 79
March 56.1 42 39 51 67 73
April 61.2 68 39 48 68
May 63.3 59 57 56 60
June 63.4 56 55 75 63
July 72.7 72 53 83 83
August 75.5 63 81 78 81
September 64.2 42 44 60 83
October 52.2 47 47 47 52
November 40.9 40 42 38 50
December 45.9 38 28 54 42
Average 61.8 50.0 54.0 52.0 61.4 68.4

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 78.8 74 82 77 75 92
February 80.6 77 70 84 81 93
March 77.1 68 67 74 78 85
April 84.1 85 76 79 90
May 87.9 86 86 90 83
June 87.5 80 89 92 83
July 90.7 90 82 95 94
August 92.4 87 96 90 95
September 88.9 76 84 87 96
October 81.1 84 73 79 82
November 74.7 80 79 64 79
December 74.3 77 61 74 76
Average 83.7 72.4 80.9 80.8 83.6 87.7

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 -13 -18 -9 -15
February -14.8 -9 -16 -16 -10 -12
March -5.0 -2 -4 -7 -4 -6
April 1.7 4 2 3 1
May 7.4 11 9 0 7
June 13.6 18 17 4 15
July 17.3 24 17 0 21
August 17.0 18 20 7 20
September 12.7 14 14 13 12
October 5.9 8 8 8 3
November -4.4 -4 -3 -1 -3
December -9.2 -7 -5 -10 -6
Average 1.4 -8.7 4.6 3.7 0.2 3.1

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 -25.4 -24 -26 -30 -15 -25
February -26.8 -21 -30 -29 -21 -25
March -17.9 -12 -12 -18 -18 -19
April -8.4 -6 -5 -3 -9
May -2.6 -1 -2 0 -1
June 4.5 7 6 1 5
July 8.8 14 9 0 10
August 8.3 10 9 4 10
September 4.4 5 6 5 4
October -1.7 3 2 1 -3
November -10.1 -10 -11 -6 -11
December -18.5 -15 -15 -17 -15
Average -8.1 -19.2 -5.0 -6.0 -6.2 -7.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.2 54 40 42 52 29
February 35.5 50 46 36 32 22
March 40.2 47 47 51 39 32
April 30.7 32 55 21 25
May 22.2 37 26 7 26
June 17.9 24 24 2 23
July 14.9 14 33 0 9
August 17.2 30 19 8 16
September 22.3 34 42 16 16
October 29.1 32 35 20 36
November 51.0 52 62 51 40
December 55.7 69 60 47 63
Average 29.7 49.4 36.3 39.2 20.4 25.7

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 7.2 9 6 7 8 7
February 7.9 7 7 8 9 8
March 8.9 8 8 10 9 9
April 8.4 8 9 8 10
May 8.5 9 9 9 9
June 7.4 7 8 7 7
July 6.5 5 7 6 6
August 6.4 6 6 7 6
September 7.6 7 8 8 8
October 7.6 7 8 7 8
November 7.6 7 8 7 8
December 7.6 8 7 8 8
Average 7.7 7.9 7.2 7.8 7.7 7.6

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 290° 306° 268° 322° 288°
February 279° 274° 285° 314° 284°
March 038° 015° 338° 314° 306°
April 351° 349° 045° 312°
May 326° 321° 347° 317°
June 032° 003° 311° 330°
July 151° 329° 317° 344°
August 073° 271° 290° 317°
September 017° 314° 011° 254°
October 324° 240° 033° 273°
November 266° 306° 334° 279°
December 287° 095° 293° 342°

Prevailing wind direction

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