Edson Airport

CYET · Alberta, Canada

Climate Edson Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Edson Airport (CYET) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.6 61 73 80 89 90
February 74.7 68 62 63 80 93
March 75.5 59 69 73 94 75
April 84.0 88 85 93 91
May 83.9 69 85 89 85
June 89.4 74 87 96 95
July 84.5 74 83 80 96
August 81.2 71 90 88 96
September 82.4 77 96 97 83
October 83.6 73 91 81 76
November 78.1 88 69 90 79
December 84.8 91 77 77 84
Average 80.3 62.4 74.8 82.1 88.1 87.2

43rd 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 86.2 80 79 88 96 92
February 84.7 76 79 77 87 94
March 86.6 78 86 80 97 87
April 90.9 90 95 97 96
May 91.4 79 91 95 97
June 95.2 87 93 98 99
July 91.9 87 91 86 99
August 88.4 85 93 96 99
September 90.5 85 98 98 93
October 91.3 85 94 89 89
November 87.0 92 81 92 91
December 90.7 96 88 85 90
Average 88.8 77.9 85.4 89.4 93.1 94.3

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 -4.7 -6 -1 -2 -1 -8
February -4.9 1 -1 0 -7 2
March 3.5 3 1 5 8 1
April 9.5 12 8 12 8
May 17.8 22 15 16 16
June 20.9 23 19 24 20
July 23.1 23 25 25 22
August 22.3 23 25 23 23
September 17.3 19 22 18 19
October 10.5 12 15 11 7
November 1.4 6 -1 3 2
December -4.6 2 -9 -10 1
Average 8.6 -1.6 11.7 10.8 10.3 9.2

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 -15.8 -16 -11 -13 -13 -19
February -16.2 -12 -13 -12 -20 -11
March -11.7 -11 -14 -7 -6 -13
April -4.0 -3 -5 -4 -6
May 2.8 5 1 2 3
June 7.2 8 7 9 7
July 9.7 10 10 11 10
August 8.5 9 10 9 8
September 3.8 3 4 5 5
October -3.5 -2 1 -3 -4
November -9.2 -5 -12 -9 -9
December -15.9 -10 -22 -22 -10
Average -5.8 -13.2 -2.1 -3.5 -4.6 -4.7

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 22 11 21 15 6
February 23.0 26 31 39 20 10
March 21.0 44 27 22 8 24
April 13.6 16 17 7 21
May 9.2 8 9 12 16
June 11.9 20 19 4 7
July 10.2 11 13 2 12
August 8.6 13 9 11 3
September 8.9 9 4 6 5
October 11.0 21 6 4 29
November 17.7 6 34 9 12
December 12.9 2 30 22 12
Average 14.9 31.9 15.0 17.7 9.2 12.9

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 4.9 4 5 6 5 5
February 5.5 5 5 6 6 6
March 5.7 5 5 7 6 8
April 6.3 6 7 6 8
May 6.2 5 6 6 6
June 6.2 6 6 6 6
July 5.3 6 5 5 6
August 5.2 5 5 6 6
September 5.4 5 5 6 6
October 5.8 6 6 5 6
November 4.6 5 6 5 4
December 4.8 3 5 5 5
Average 5.5 4.8 5.2 5.9 5.5 6.0

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 305° 292° 286° 283° 288°
February 296° 334° 300° 280° 288°
March 357° 024° 304° 281° 314°
April 360° 332° 295° 292°
May 008° 293° 314° 336°
June 320° 320° 287° 293°
July 308° 332° 014° 289°
August 286° 289° 297° 299°
September 279° 287° 276° 299°
October 292° 279° 283° 294°
November 272° 302° 286° 275°
December 272° 288° 285° 267°

Prevailing wind direction

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