CYPL — Pickle Lake Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Pickle Lake city page · full 10-year analysis →
Fog unlikely through Saturday (peak 3%). September typically brings about 5 hours of dense fog here.forecast cycle 2026-09-04T13:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly

Fog hours per year
42 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
April and October
Typical fog event
~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–3 h, n=170)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Pickle Lake Airport spends 42 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in April and October. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~3 hJanFebruary: ~1 hFebMarch: ~2 hMarApril: ~7 hAprMay: ~3 hMayJune: ~2 hJunJuly: ~1 hJulAugust: ~5 hAugSeptember: ~5 hSepOctober: ~7 hOctNovember: ~5 hNovDecember: ~3 hDec
Fog season is January, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, November, December, peaking in April; fog is mostly a 3 AM–8 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 11 AM; a typical event lasts about 2 hours once it forms local time · 10-yr average

For flight operations

EFVS crews: the CHASE board ranks airports by live fog status, approach lighting, go-around height and flight time from your base. Forecast probabilities publish here per-airport once the calibrated model beats climatology on live verification — receipts on the scorecard. Methodology.

Sources: NOAA/NWS National Blend of Models guidance · METAR observations 2016–2026 (Iowa Environmental Mesonet) · FAA NASR. Machine access: data.json · llms.txt. Not for operational use.