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 Lethbridge County Airport (CYQL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.9 79 85 89 89 84
February 78.4 72 81 79 84 89
March 79.8 66 83 90 71
April 85.3 81 82 88 84
May 88.8 94 94 82 89
June 93.7 94 88 98 89
July 92.7 94 88 83 98
August 90.5 93 95 88 99
September 86.7 88 93 98 97
October 85.5 70 88 97 84
November 84.9 98 70 96 87
December 84.3 93 75 86 83
Average 85.5 75.7 86.3 85.8 89.7 88.4

16th 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 90.3 84 89 96 93 91
February 86.6 85 91 90 90 95
March 88.4 78 92 97 86
April 92.0 90 90 92 93
May 96.4 97 100 95 97
June 98.0 98 95 99 96
July 97.2 97 97 90 100
August 95.2 97 98 95 99
September 93.5 92 98 99 100
October 90.1 78 91 97 90
November 89.2 100 77 96 90
December 90.1 93 89 89 88
Average 91.7 84.1 91.7 93.0 94.5 94.0

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 0.9 -3 3 3 3 -1
February -2.0 2 2 3 -6 4
March 5.3 1 9 12 5
April 11.9 13 10 14 11
May 19.6 23 18 17 18
June 23.8 26 22 28 22
July 28.7 30 28 32 26
August 28.3 29 31 27 29
September 21.9 23 25 24 23
October 12.8 12 17 15 10
November 5.2 9 -1 9 6
December 1.2 8 -6 -4 5
Average 11.5 -1.2 14.9 13.8 14.2 13.1

49th highest temperature of Canada

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 -10.5 -14 -5 -9 -7 -11
February -13.4 -9 -8 -9 -17 -7
March -7.1 -9 -5 -3 -7
April -2.5 -1 -3 -2 -2
May 5.0 7 4 3 5
June 9.1 10 8 9 10
July 10.4 11 11 13 9
August 10.6 11 12 11 10
September 6.6 8 8 7 7
October 0.0 0 3 1 -2
November -6.9 -3 -10 -2 -3
December -9.1 -3 -17 -15 -5
Average -2.5 -12.8 1.5 -1.9 -1.8 0.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.5 22 13 18 10 22
February 26.9 22 22 27 27 15
March 14.8 28 13 2 18
April 12.0 14 17 13 10
May 9.4 8 7 14 8
June 8.2 7 18 3 13
July 1.6 1 5 0 2
August 3.0 6 2 6 1
September 5.8 6 4 1 2
October 11.1 21 9 6 16
November 14.2 3 32 2 13
December 19.9 8 42 19 17
Average 12.5 21.8 11.1 14.5 7.9 10.8

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 12.2 10 11 16 13 11
February 12.4 10 15 15 13 16
March 10.8 8 12 13 13
April 11.1 11 11 11 12
May 9.6 8 12 10 10
June 10.2 9 11 10 11
July 7.9 8 7 7 8
August 8.2 8 8 9 9
September 9.6 9 9 11 10
October 11.7 9 10 12 11
November 12.9 13 12 15 14
December 12.0 12 10 11 14
Average 10.5 10.0 9.7 11.1 11.2 11.2

49th highest wind speed of Canada

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 260° 257° 261° 250° 249°
February 259° 258° 264° 252° 256°
March 257° 263° 248° 261°
April 247° 256° 270° 273°
May 237° 266° 261° 252°
June 252° 264° 253° 265°
July 250° 250° 266° 240°
August 277° 251° 262° 247°
September 248° 263° 248° 260°
October 254° 262° 244° 248°
November 247° 281° 251° 252°
December 241° 293° 253° 253°

Prevailing wind direction

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