Black Diamond/Flying R Ranch Airport

CGIG · Alberta, Canada

Climate Black Diamond/Flying R Ranch Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Calgary / Springbank Airport (CYBW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.9 77 93 93 89 89
February 79.2 65 74 79 86 93
March 78.5 59 69 82 89 78
April 82.3 83 81 88 78
May 84.4 83 86 81 85
June 90.4 83 85 96 89
July 85.9 83 79 79 91
August 88.3 87 95 89 99
September 83.0 85 92 95 85
October 81.5 70 81 87 80
November 84.7 96 71 93 86
December 86.9 85 87 83 86
Average 82.9 66.5 82.0 83.8 87.9 86.6

32nd 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 92.1 82 95 96 91 96
February 86.3 77 83 89 90 95
March 87.1 80 78 86 96 86
April 92.5 95 87 94 92
May 94.1 90 96 90 99
June 97.8 97 93 100 99
July 93.3 90 92 90 97
August 93.2 93 96 95 100
September 91.9 91 96 98 97
October 89.4 82 90 95 88
November 89.8 99 79 93 94
December 91.4 94 92 88 87
Average 90.7 79.4 90.1 90.9 93.5 94.2

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 -2.8 -4 0 1 0 -4
February -4.6 1 0 1 -8 1
March 2.9 2 -1 7 8 1
April 9.1 11 8 12 7
May 17.3 22 15 15 15
June 20.9 23 18 24 19
July 24.1 24 25 26 23
August 24.4 25 27 24 25
September 18.3 19 22 20 20
October 10.9 11 16 13 8
November 3.4 7 -2 7 5
December -2.3 5 -8 -8 2
Average 9.1 -1.3 12.1 11.3 11.1 10.0

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 -13.7 -15 -10 -11 -10 -15
February -15.1 -10 -11 -11 -19 -10
March -11.9 -10 -15 -7 -6 -11
April -5.7 -4 -6 -5 -5
May 2.8 6 1 1 2
June 6.4 7 5 8 7
July 8.3 8 8 11 8
August 7.9 9 9 9 7
September 3.7 4 5 4 5
October -3.0 -2 0 -4 -4
November -8.1 -6 -12 -6 -7
December -13.7 -7 -20 -19 -9
Average -4.0 -12.0 -2.3 -3.3 -3.0 -3.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.5 17 14 11 12 3
February 17.8 22 28 17 12 7
March 16.3 33 23 16 6 18
April 15.4 17 31 12 16
May 11.0 9 9 19 17
June 10.1 12 18 6 12
July 3.8 6 6 1 2
August 4.2 8 4 6 1
September 6.0 9 6 3 2
October 10.9 21 10 6 19
November 13.2 6 26 4 14
December 12.2 15 26 17 7
Average 11.9 24.5 13.8 14.6 8.5 9.8

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 7.6 6 7 11 9 6
February 7.9 7 9 10 8 8
March 7.9 6 6 10 9 9
April 8.3 8 9 9 8
May 8.2 7 10 9 7
June 8.9 9 10 9 9
July 6.9 7 6 7 7
August 7.0 8 7 7 8
September 7.3 7 7 8 8
October 8.3 8 7 9 8
November 8.3 8 9 10 9
December 7.5 7 7 7 8
Average 7.7 6.4 7.5 8.7 8.5 7.9

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 306° 316° 289° 282° 264°
February 331° 273° 283° 286° 284°
March 101° 343° 302° 273° 294°
April 216° 341° 290° 293°
May 117° 294° 221° 283°
June 323° 316° 287° 305°
July 353° 137° 152° 296°
August 360° 333° 301° 253°
September 233° 325° 257° 306°
October 293° 278° 259° 252°
November 287° 331° 272° 284°
December 264° 323° 307° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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