Chestermere (Kirkby Field) Airport

CFX8 · Alberta, Canada

Climate Chestermere (Kirkby Field) Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Calgary International Airport (CYYC) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 82.4 81 72 87 91 85
February 74.9 70 70 74 73 82
March 74.6 54 62 68 80 91
April 80.9 85 81 77 86
May 83.3 78 83 91 80
June 90.0 94 82 86 96
July 87.5 92 76 87 77
August 83.2 80 83 97 81
September 82.2 91 79 91 95
October 85.5 91 75 89 89
November 79.2 58 96 80 92
December 83.3 80 86 76 78
Average 81.2 67.4 79.9 80.5 85.3 86.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 88.7 90 77 91 95 90
February 84.2 77 78 86 84 91
March 84.9 75 76 82 88 96
April 90.8 93 91 86 93
May 94.1 95 88 98 93
June 97.3 99 94 95 99
July 95.2 96 89 96 91
August 93.6 93 93 99 94
September 92.6 96 88 100 98
October 92.9 96 86 92 97
November 86.4 73 98 85 93
December 87.9 85 90 84 84
Average 90.1 80.0 88.8 89.7 92.3 93.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.2 1.1 -4.5 2.1 1.9 1.1
February -3.1 -7.7 2.2 0.5 2.1 -8.9
March 3.8 5.9 1.5 -1.0 7.2 9.9
April 10.3 12.0 11.6 8.1 12.5
May 18.0 15.5 22.8 15.9 16.1
June 21.9 20.1 24.0 19.8 25.8
July 25.5 27.6 25.3 25.5 27.3
August 25.4 24.6 25.8 27.6 24.8
September 19.6 22.3 20.1 23.1 20.8
October 12.1 14.8 11.5 16.5 13.4
November 4.4 1.9 8.3 -1.9 8.6
December 0.2 2.5 6.0 -7.4 -8.7
Average 10.4 0.5 11.8 13.1 12.4 12.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -10.2 -9.9 -14.9 -8.5 -10.5 -9.6
February -13.3 -17.8 -9.9 -10.4 -9.4 -17.8
March -8.9 -4.0 -9.6 -11.3 -5.2 -4.9
April -2.7 0.4 -1.1 -3.2 -2.3
May 5.5 4.7 8.3 4.5 4.0
June 9.6 7.9 10.1 9.5 11.4
July 12.5 14.5 12.0 12.9 13.9
August 11.6 11.6 12.0 13.4 11.5
September 7.2 8.4 8.0 9.0 7.5
October 0.3 1.6 0.7 3.2 0.2
November -6.4 -7.4 -3.2 -10.8 -4.7
December -9.0 -7.7 -5.9 -17.3 -17.6
Average -1.1 -10.8 0.6 1.3 0.7 0.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 15.9 13 20 12 14 15
February 24.6 31 18 23 22 25
March 17.5 23 29 22 12 6
April 13.9 9 10 24 15
May 11.8 21 5 7 15
June 9.2 5 10 13 8
July 4.5 4 4 6 2
August 4.6 8 4 5 6
September 8.9 11 8 4 4
October 10.1 5 13 8 7
November 15.5 21 4 23 5
December 14.4 10 11 20 25
Average 13.0 22.1 13.2 10.1 12.3 10.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.8 9 7 7 10 8
February 8.6 9 8 9 10 9
March 8.4 8 9 7 10 10
April 8.8 10 8 10 9
May 8.5 10 8 9 9
June 8.8 9 9 10 9
July 7.4 8 7 7 7
August 7.4 8 7 8 7
September 7.4 8 8 8 7
October 8.6 7 8 7 8
November 8.0 7 7 10 9
December 7.3 6 6 9 8
Average 8.2 8.7 8.1 7.6 8.7 8.3

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 291° 039° 299° 297° 262°
February 291° 029° 287° 315° 301°
March 152° 099° 056° 316° 256°
April 321° 166° 359° 330°
May 328° 162° 314° 333°
June 265° 331° 349° 314°
July 291° 343° 124° 114°
August 168° 010° 313° 344°
September 314° 220° 320° 247°
October 219° 259° 265° 248°
November 205° 278° 331° 255°
December 248° 214° 324° 316°

Prevailing wind direction

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