Iron Springs

CPIR · Alberta, Canada

Climate Iron Springs 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pincher Creek Airport (CZPC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.5 82 90 83 96 92
February 75.9 61 72 76 88 91
March 78.9 62 75 88 92 66
April 82.9 86 69 81 87 84
May 86.3 88 91 92 87 86
June 95.7 90 93 97 97 95
July 92.1 100 93 83 80 100
August 91.2 94 92 93 86 99
September 86.7 85 94 100 92
October 84.9 64 86 95 85
November 85.9 96 70 99 85
December 83.2 86 56 81 89
Average 86.5 82.9 83.2 84.1 90.4 89.0

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.5 86 93 86 96 96
February 81.1 70 80 83 92 94
March 85.4 72 85 91 95 74
April 89.8 93 82 89 92 89
May 93.6 97 96 97 94 95
June 99.3 99 98 100 100 100
July 96.2 100 97 95 82 100
August 95.2 97 97 99 93 99
September 92.3 92 98 100 97
October 89.3 76 90 97 88
November 89.7 100 79 99 87
December 87.3 86 69 88 90
Average 91.4 89.3 90.0 90.5 93.8 92.7

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 -1.8 -2 2 1 2 -2
February -3.0 1 1 1 -7 3
March 3.2 2 -1 6 9 2
April 9.9 12 11 8 11 8
May 17.0 15 21 14 15 15
June 20.9 19 23 19 24 19
July 26.6 29 28 27 29 24
August 26.0 25 27 29 24 26
September 19.5 20 23 20 22
October 10.9 11 16 12 10
November 3.7 6 -2 7 5
December 0.0 5 -8 -4 3
Average 11.5 12.5 12.9 11.8 12.0 11.2

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 -9.7 -12 -5 -9 -6 -10
February -12.0 -8 -7 -9 -16 -7
March -8.7 -8 -11 -5 -4 -9
April -2.4 1 -1 -4 -2 -3
May 3.9 3 6 4 3 4
June 8.0 7 9 7 9 9
July 9.5 12 9 11 10 8
August 9.6 10 10 11 10 9
September 6.2 7 7 7 6
October 0.0 1 3 1 -2
November -5.9 -1 -9 -2 -2
December -9.9 -2 -17 -15 -4
Average -1.8 0.5 1.3 -1.8 -1.6 0.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.0 26 13 26 12 10
February 28.3 38 28 27 22 14
March 20.2 38 26 9 6 28
April 17.7 15 32 23 16 15
May 12.2 15 10 15 14 14
June 8.3 13 9 14 5 11
July 4.2 7 5 8 1 2
August 3.7 7 5 2 10 0
September 6.7 9 9 1 2
October 13.1 26 15 4 19
November 17.1 8 39 2 20
December 19.5 11 55 28 9
Average 13.1 19.7 15.5 19.0 9.4 11.6

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 13.9 13 15 18 16 2
February 11.9 11 17 16 12 5
March 10.5 9 9 15 15 4
April 11.8 12 11 13 13 9
May 10.4 12 8 14 9 11
June 10.1 11 9 12 11 11
July 8.9 9 9 8 8 11
August 9.3 9 10 9 10 11
September 10.9 10 10 14 12
October 12.7 10 12 13 13
November 15.4 15 13 20 17
December 13.7 14 11 12 16
Average 11.3 10.8 10.9 12.3 12.5 10.1

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 253° 259° 257° 260° 258°
February 257° 257° 253° 252° 256°
March 235° 261° 255° 255° 263°
April 262° 257° 256° 258° 260°
May 270° 262° 262° 258° 259°
June 257° 257° 262° 253° 262°
July 259° 264° 259° 248° 255°
August 242° 251° 261° 261° 253°
September 261° 265° 253° 257°
October 262° 264° 257° 255°
November 261° 268° 258° 256°
December 262° 249° 253° 264°

Prevailing wind direction

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