Edmonton / Villeneuve (Rose Field)

CRF3 · Alberta, Canada

Climate Edmonton / Villeneuve (Rose Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Edmonton / Villeneuve Airport (CZVL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.6 55 65 77 86 87
February 82.0 70 77 81 85 91
March 76.1 68 78 66 87 90
April 83.9 86 78 87 94
May 89.3 78 92 91 83
June 88.0 79 86 94 84
July 86.6 79 85 81 94
August 88.0 81 93 92 97
September 85.0 77 96 93 93
October 87.3 81 85 92 93
November 74.9 83 67 90 73
December 83.1 97 65 83 82
Average 81.9 64.0 79.6 81.6 88.6 88.7

49th 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 81.8 63 72 86 93 89
February 90.4 84 86 89 92 94
March 87.2 90 92 79 94 95
April 93.8 92 94 98 97
May 94.8 81 98 98 96
June 96.5 91 98 99 95
July 94.0 91 94 88 97
August 93.7 89 98 95 99
September 93.3 85 99 97 99
October 95.5 94 93 96 98
November 88.6 90 84 93 87
December 89.3 100 76 85 90
Average 90.8 79.1 88.4 91.5 94.2 95.0

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 -5.1 -9 -4 -4 -2 -10
February -6.9 -1 -3 -2 -10 -1
March 1.4 1 0 3 8 -1
April 9.7 12 9 13 8
May 19.3 24 17 17 17
June 22.1 24 21 25 21
July 23.8 24 24 26 23
August 23.3 23 26 25 23
September 18.2 20 23 20 19
October 10.7 11 16 11 7
November 1.1 5 -1 4 1
December -4.4 3 -10 -11 0
Average 8.2 -3.0 11.7 10.9 10.5 8.9

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 -15.9 -19 -12 -14 -11 -18
February -15.1 -11 -12 -12 -20 -11
March -10.5 -9 -12 -7 -5 -11
April -3.7 -1 -3 -4 -3
May 5.7 8 4 4 5
June 10.2 11 10 12 10
July 11.9 12 13 13 12
August 10.5 11 12 11 10
September 5.8 6 7 7 7
October -1.1 -1 2 -1 -2
November -9.9 -5 -10 -8 -9
December -13.1 -8 -21 -19 -9
Average -3.1 -14.8 -1.8 -1.0 -2.3 -2.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.1 29 12 35 15 10
February 17.1 17 26 28 16 11
March 16.6 26 24 29 9 11
April 9.9 8 20 6 9
May 7.1 4 9 10 11
June 10.8 19 15 3 12
July 6.9 10 12 2 11
August 6.1 10 7 6 3
September 5.9 5 3 4 2
October 8.1 14 7 5 14
November 16.6 0 35 8 12
December 15.3 1 32 26 9
Average 12.3 23.9 11.4 18.0 8.3 9.4

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 5 6 8 8 6
February 7.3 7 7 9 8 7
March 7.3 8 6 10 8 9
April 8.6 8 10 8 10
May 8.6 9 9 9 9
June 8.3 8 9 8 8
July 6.9 7 7 7 8
August 7.2 6 7 8 8
September 7.9 7 7 9 9
October 8.5 8 8 8 9
November 7.0 6 10 7 7
December 6.8 5 8 7 6
Average 7.5 6.4 7.1 8.3 7.9 8.1

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 001° 267° 305° 269° 274°
February 325° 306° 302° 294° 286°
March 145° 088° 314° 245° 314°
April 174° 338° 304° 294°
May 146° 310° 287° 354°
June 331° 325° 286° 301°
July 304° 333° 290° 278°
August 288° 256° 294° 259°
September 252° 281° 267° 297°
October 281° 274° 248° 288°
November 276° 328° 244° 278°
December 190° 299° 292° 276°

Prevailing wind direction

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