CYQT — Thunder Bay International Airport

fog forecast & climatology · Thunder Bay city page · full 10-year analysis →
Fog unlikely through Saturday (peak 4%). September typically brings about 11 hours of dense fog here.forecast cycle 2026-09-04T13:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly

Fog hours per year
59 h below CAT I minima (2016–2026 average)
Fog season
September and August
Typical fog event
~2 h once it forms (middle half 1–3 h, n=229)
Data through
2026-08-15 · machine-readable data.json

When this airport fogs in

In a typical year Thunder Bay International Airport spends 59 hours below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), concentrated in September and August. The strip above shows the hour-by-hour pattern for the current month from ten years of weather observations.

Fog season

January: ~5 hJanFebruary: ~2 hFebMarch: ~2 hMarApril: ~4 hAprMay: ~4 hMayJune: ~5 hJunJuly: ~4 hJulAugust: ~9 hAugSeptember: ~11 hSepOctober: ~5 hOctNovember: ~3 hNovDecember: ~3 hDec
Fog season runs April through January, peaking in September; fog is mostly a 2 AM–9 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.