Climate Drumheller East 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Drumheller East (CWDZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	-5.5	-8	-4	-4	-2	-7
February	-4.1	2	-1	0	-8	-1
March	3.7	2	0	7	11	3
April	12.3		13	11	16	10
May	20.9		26	20	19	18
June	24.8		27	23	28	23
July	27.7		28	28	31	26
August	27.6		29	31	28	28
September	21.7		24	26	23	23
October	13.4		13	18	16	10
November	2.4		7	-3	9	3
December	-4.2		2	-11	-10	0
Average	10.3	-2.3	13.7	12.9	13.6	11.7

94th 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	-16.6	-18	-13	-16	-12	-17
February	-17.0	-14	-12	-13	-22	-13
March	-11.3	-14	-13	-7	-5	-11
April	-3.4		-1	-3	-4	-4
May	5.8		9	5	4	7
June	9.9		11	10	11	10
July	12.3		13	13	14	12
August	11.4		12	13	12	11
September	5.9		7	7	6	6
October	-2.5		-1	1	-1	-2
November	-9.2		-5	-13	-6	-8
December	-15.4		-9	-22	-21	-13
Average	-4.4	-16.6	-1.8	-2.5	-2.3	-2.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0	0	0
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	4.5	4	4	5	5	5
February	5.0	5	5	6	5	6
March	5.6	6	5	7	7	6
April	6.7		7	9	6	6
May	6.7		6	7	7	8
June	6.2		6	7	6	6
July	5.3		5	5	5	6
August	5.5		6	6	6	6
September	5.8		6	6	6	6
October	6.1		6	5	7	7
November	4.9		4	5	5	6
December	3.7		4	5	4	3
Average	5.5	5.0	5.3	5.9	5.9	5.9

94th 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	172°	240°	002°	187°	166°
February	328°	132°	066°	286°	173°
March	116°	136°	355°	244°	019°
April		127°	001°	347°	334°
May		120°	349°	116°	171°
June		258°	028°	336°	360°
July		323°	124°	133°	314°
August		332°	353°	308°	286°
September		143°	360°	270°	329°
October		169°	325°	212°	284°
November		188°	340°	186°	279°
December		132°	356°	296°	212°

Prevailing wind direction

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