Valleyview Agdm

CXVW · Alberta, Canada

Climate Valleyview Agdm 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grande Prairie Airport (CYQU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.8 62 69 82 92 78
February 79.5 86 73 78 75 91
March 83.0 84 85 77 91 74
April 84.0 91 69 93 97
May 84.6 66 78 95 83
June 93.4 89 91 99 94
July 87.2 75 93 80 94
August 87.0 84 97 89 95
September 85.6 80 94 96 92
October 85.6 90 92 76 86
November 75.4 84 73 85 83
December 86.1 94 80 78 83
Average 83.6 77.5 81.4 84.2 88.0 87.9

28th 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 82.1 75 72 84 95 83
February 87.8 93 85 84 86 92
March 89.5 93 92 85 96 82
April 92.2 98 89 97 97
May 92.6 74 92 100 96
June 98.2 95 98 100 98
July 94.8 85 100 87 98
August 91.9 90 99 95 97
September 92.3 84 96 98 95
October 92.2 91 95 82 93
November 82.2 89 79 87 89
December 90.7 96 90 84 86
Average 90.7 87.3 87.5 91.5 92.8 92.8

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 -7.6 -11 -5 -6 -4 -11
February -7.7 -1 -3 -2 -12 -2
March 0.3 3 -3 3 4 -3
April 8.6 12 7 11 7
May 18.7 23 14 17 18
June 21.8 24 21 25 20
July 23.4 24 25 26 22
August 23.0 25 26 23 22
September 17.6 20 23 18 18
October 10.1 11 15 10 7
November -1.5 5 -3 3 0
December -6.6 1 -11 -13 -2
Average 7.4 -4.8 11.2 10.1 9.0 8.0

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 -16.6 -20 -12 -16 -12 -21
February -17.2 -13 -13 -13 -22 -12
March -12.6 -9 -15 -7 -8 -14
April -4.8 -1 -3 -3 -5
May 5.0 7 3 4 4
June 9.2 10 9 10 9
July 11.0 11 12 12 12
August 9.9 10 11 11 9
September 4.9 5 6 6 6
October -2.9 -1 2 -2 -3
November -10.4 -4 -12 -8 -10
December -15.3 -10 -22 -21 -11
Average -4.0 -15.9 -2.9 -2.2 -3.3 -4.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.0 30 15 35 21 27
February 25.9 18 38 27 23 21
March 16.7 15 22 13 9 32
April 12.9 5 21 8 10
May 9.7 7 16 9 14
June 9.7 10 11 5 12
July 8.2 8 8 6 12
August 7.7 10 2 13 5
September 7.6 1 5 5 5
October 9.9 9 3 9 20
November 21.6 5 31 14 17
December 17.8 6 38 32 11
Average 14.4 20.6 10.7 15.4 11.5 14.7

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 6.4 4 6 8 8 5
February 7.2 6 8 8 8 9
March 6.6 7 5 7 7 9
April 8.3 8 9 8 9
May 8.6 7 9 8 9
June 9.3 8 9 9 10
July 8.1 7 9 9 9
August 8.7 8 8 10 10
September 8.4 8 9 10 9
October 8.5 7 9 9 9
November 6.5 8 8 7 6
December 6.3 5 7 7 7
Average 7.6 5.6 7.0 8.4 8.3 8.7

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 320° 275° 282° 261° 280°
February 301° 288° 280° 268° 267°
March 324° 002° 289° 275° 292°
April 290° 340° 284° 264°
May 232° 283° 274° 304°
June 281° 283° 270° 265°
July 271° 259° 285° 261°
August 265° 260° 268° 253°
September 248° 262° 259° 272°
October 272° 257° 254° 275°
November 260° 309° 249° 278°
December 252° 305° 280° 269°

Prevailing wind direction

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