Edmonton (Royal Alexandra Hospital) Heliport

CFH7 · Alberta, Canada

Climate Edmonton (Royal Alexandra Hospital) Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Edmonton (CFB Namao) Heliport (CYED) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.1 70 59 72 74 77
February 79.7 66 86 81 83 87
March 75.8 68 82 74 87 78
April 82.6 87 84 89 91
May 87.2 84 93 84 78
June 85.1 80 90 91 78
July 84.0 81 92 81 88
August 89.4 81 96 90 94
September 88.7 93 99 92 92
October 86.1 82 99 91 87
November 73.7 83 76 91 73
December 81.4 100 78 77 80
Average 81.0 67.7 82.3 86.4 86.0 83.8

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 82.9 82 66 88 92 84
February 89.7 83 92 92 88 91
March 87.1 88 93 81 95 94
April 92.8 95 95 99 96
May 94.9 94 97 95 91
June 94.6 90 97 99 89
July 92.7 90 98 88 94
August 96.2 96 100 93 99
September 95.2 96 100 96 98
October 95.6 92 100 96 98
November 87.7 91 84 94 84
December 88.9 100 85 86 85
Average 91.0 84.5 90.8 93.4 93.7 92.2

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 -6.3 -12 -3 -7 -3 -10
February -7.1 -3 -6 -5 -11 -1
March 1.0 0 -2 3 7 -1
April 8.9 9 7 13 7
May 18.8 22 16 17 17
June 21.7 23 20 25 20
July 23.8 23 25 26 23
August 23.3 24 25 25 23
September 18.2 19 20 20 19
October 9.8 10 14 12 7
November 0.3 3 -3 4 0
December -5.3 0 -11 -11 -1
Average 7.2 -5.0 10.9 9.2 10.3 8.6

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 -14.0 -19 -9 -14 -11 -18
February -16.4 -10 -14 -12 -20 -12
March -10.8 -10 -11 -5 -6 -11
April -3.7 1 -3 -3 -4
May 6.0 11 6 4 5
June 10.7 14 11 12 9
July 12.5 14 15 13 12
August 11.3 15 14 11 11
September 6.6 8 8 6 7
October -1.1 1 3 -1 -3
November -8.1 -4 -10 -7 -8
December -13.4 -6 -19 -19 -9
Average -3.3 -13.4 2.3 0.1 -2.4 -2.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.4 30 17 22 10 9
February 12.8 19 20 18 10 10
March 10.1 20 13 23 3 10
April 6.0 5 14 0 7
May 5.2 3 12 0 9
June 8.9 13 18 2 14
July 6.1 11 7 1 12
August 4.4 12 7 3 4
September 3.2 3 0 2 3
October 4.6 16 1 1 9
November 10.7 3 25 5 9
December 6.3 0 19 7 4
Average 9.8 22.5 10.2 14.0 3.0 8.4

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 6.5 7 6 5 7 6
February 6.8 7 8 5 7 7
March 6.9 7 7 5 7 8
April 7.7 8 5 8 9
May 7.6 8 4 8 8
June 6.9 8 4 7 6
July 6.0 8 3 7 6
August 6.2 7 3 7 7
September 6.6 8 4 7 7
October 7.6 9 5 7 7
November 6.6 6 8 7 7
December 6.6 5 6 6 6
Average 6.8 7.0 7.5 4.6 6.9 7.1

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 267° 293° 319° 260° 268°
February 284° 282° 276° 286° 273°
March 191° 116° 287° 246° 310°
April 315° 319° 301° 291°
May 108° 357° 188° 036°
June 288° 019° 273° 308°
July 288° 251° 210° 279°
August 274° 266° 288° 254°
September 211° 346° 251° 296°
October 266° 256° 207° 279°
November 241° 294° 238° 268°
December 205° 267° 277° 266°

Prevailing wind direction

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