High Level Airport

CYOJ · Alberta, Canada

Climate High Level Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of High Level Airport (CYOJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 64.0 57 51 55 85 69
February 76.4 78 65 68 75 83
March 84.9 84 88 83 84 81
April 88.5 80 85 92 90
May 86.7 76 83 88 87
June 82.6 71 90 90 80
July 80.6 54 81 88 86
August 82.5 54 97 89 76
September 79.8 39 95 82 86
October 75.7 82 76 83 76
November 58.4 53 76 48 69
December 74.7 86 76 77 72
Average 78.7 73.8 65.8 82.1 83.2 80.4

44th 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 77.2 65 60 81 94 75
February 86.6 86 79 77 87 92
March 93.5 94 94 95 92 94
April 94.8 91 95 98 96
May 94.4 84 93 98 94
June 91.1 85 94 95 91
July 89.8 70 87 95 96
August 90.8 67 99 96 94
September 87.2 55 96 89 92
October 88.4 90 86 88 91
November 76.7 69 86 68 84
December 82.1 87 81 91 81
Average 88.2 82.4 77.4 90.2 91.7 90.9

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 -13.1 -17 -9 -15 -10 -16
February -11.1 -5 -11 -13 -16 -8
March -3.7 -2 -4 -2 -2 -5
April 7.3 10 4 7 7
May 18.7 24 15 17 17
June 22.0 24 23 24 21
July 24.2 26 25 24 23
August 23.0 24 26 23 21
September 17.1 19 21 17 16
October 7.5 10 11 8 4
November -7.7 -2 -6 -4 -8
December -13.9 -6 -17 -20 -11
Average 4.6 -9.8 8.8 6.7 5.6 5.1

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 -22.8 -25 -16 -23 -19 -23
February -23.3 -18 -22 -24 -28 -20
March -16.4 -15 -18 -14 -16 -18
April -6.7 -2 -7 -7 -6
May 3.9 6 3 5 2
June 9.1 9 10 10 9
July 11.0 11 11 12 12
August 9.3 10 11 9 10
September 3.3 5 4 5 5
October -3.6 -2 -1 -1 -4
November -15.7 -10 -16 -11 -18
December -22.6 -17 -27 -28 -19
Average -8.9 -20.7 -4.3 -6.7 -6.2 -6.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 37.0 45 37 48 19 29
February 35.1 20 51 49 39 23
March 20.7 18 30 20 21 28
April 9.8 10 13 5 10
May 7.3 4 21 3 11
June 10.5 4 11 8 14
July 7.4 9 7 4 16
August 7.2 11 4 5 14
September 5.9 6 4 8 9
October 11.6 8 11 4 16
November 35.1 19 18 37 33
December 30.5 11 50 45 26
Average 17.4 27.2 14.9 18.0 13.8 17.7

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 4.8 5 4 6 4 5
February 5.2 5 5 6 5 6
March 6.2 7 6 7 6 8
April 7.0 7 8 7 7
May 6.4 6 7 7 7
June 5.4 6 5 6 6
July 5.1 5 5 6 6
August 5.0 4 5 5 6
September 5.4 5 6 6 5
October 5.5 6 6 6 5
November 4.7 4 5 5 4
December 3.8 4 6 4 4
Average 5.5 5.5 5.1 6.0 5.8 5.9

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 015° 054° 015° 005° 349°
February 021° 004° 032° 001° 325°
March 117° 096° 059° 082° 004°
April 129° 018° 003° 349°
May 129° 025° 073° 035°
June 329° 081° 326° 100°
July 109° 194° 330° 340°
August 182° 193° 242° 219°
September 199° 218° 237° 315°
October 185° 285° 166° 319°
November 149° 352° 103° 004°
December 181° 351° 331° 066°

Prevailing wind direction

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