Ponoka Industrial (Labrie Field) Airport

CEH3 · Alberta, Canada

Climate Ponoka Industrial (Labrie Field) Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Red Deer Regional Airport (CYQF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.3 59 67 87 86 87
February 75.7 71 72 74 79 85
March 71.7 62 62 68 94 74
April 79.4 76 77 91 90
May 84.8 79 86 83 86
June 84.2 73 82 95 83
July 84.0 80 87 79 91
August 81.2 79 90 87 96
September 79.0 81 91 90 87
October 84.0 72 90 89 84
November 75.7 90 63 94 77
December 83.1 92 77 83 83
Average 78.7 63.5 76.3 81.1 87.5 85.6

53rd best VFR conditions of Canada

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 84.1 70 76 91 96 92
February 83.0 79 79 84 88 89
March 79.5 79 73 74 97 82
April 88.1 82 88 96 95
May 93.4 83 97 96 97
June 95.6 90 98 98 95
July 92.7 91 93 85 98
August 89.3 90 96 94 97
September 91.7 94 95 97 97
October 91.6 83 95 96 91
November 83.7 92 70 97 82
December 87.8 94 86 88 89
Average 87.5 76.1 85.2 89.1 94.0 92.5

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 -5.0 -9 -4 -3 -3 -8
February -6.3 -2 -3 -2 -10 -1
March 0.6 -1 -3 4 8 -2
April 9.2 11 8 13 7
May 18.8 24 17 17 17
June 21.6 23 20 24 21
July 23.6 23 24 26 22
August 24.3 24 26 24 24
September 18.7 20 23 21 20
October 11.2 11 16 12 7
November 1.2 5 -3 6 1
December -5.8 2 -10 -11 -1
Average 8.0 -4.0 11.2 10.6 10.6 8.8

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 -16.9 -19 -12 -14 -13 -18
February -17.3 -13 -14 -13 -21 -12
March -12.7 -11 -16 -7 -6 -14
April -4.3 -3 -3 -5 -5
May 4.3 7 3 3 3
June 8.4 9 9 10 9
July 10.1 10 11 11 10
August 8.9 9 11 9 9
September 4.3 5 5 5 5
October -3.3 -2 0 -3 -3
November -10.7 -7 -14 -7 -9
December -15.7 -9 -21 -20 -12
Average -5.6 -15.7 -2.2 -3.8 -3.0 -4.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.1 29 12 15 16 23
February 28.0 23 29 31 23 21
March 21.5 41 31 18 6 26
April 15.1 16 27 6 16
May 8.3 2 10 12 16
June 12.9 19 18 9 10
July 6.6 9 9 1 8
August 5.7 9 3 8 3
September 10.5 7 2 5 6
October 12.1 19 4 4 21
November 19.2 5 34 2 13
December 15.9 4 25 18 8
Average 15.8 31.9 13.8 15.8 8.7 13.7

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 6.4 6 6 8 7 6
February 6.8 7 7 8 7 7
March 6.9 7 5 9 8 7
April 8.1 8 10 8 9
May 8.4 8 8 9 9
June 8.1 8 9 7 7
July 6.2 6 5 5 7
August 6.4 6 6 7 7
September 7.3 8 7 8 8
October 8.0 8 7 8 8
November 6.6 6 8 7 7
December 6.0 6 7 6 6
Average 7.1 6.6 6.8 7.6 7.2 7.3

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 075° 289° 286° 214° 210°
February 307° 172° 306° 263° 238°
March 145° 141° 315° 220° 006°
April 171° 332° 302° 273°
May 146° 308° 224° 277°
June 296° 347° 275° 313°
July 327° 179° 119° 282°
August 271° 282° 279° 213°
September 197° 295° 243° 278°
October 254° 243° 214° 279°
November 230° 313° 206° 269°
December 185° 313° 288° 216°

Prevailing wind direction

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