Prince Albert Glass Field

CYPA · Saskatchewan, Canada

Climate Prince Albert Glass Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Prince Albert Glass Field (CYPA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.1 59 48 53 71 62
February 83.4 67 89 71 91 87
March 79.9 86 86 78 86 83
April 87.8 85 79 95 94
May 86.0 77 86 91 86
June 84.7 83 86 93 78
July 86.5 88 86 82 89
August 85.5 71 84 88 92
September 85.5 82 88 95 94
October 80.0 74 96 75 78
November 56.3 65 53 69 50
December 77.4 92 75 73 76
Average 79.7 71.6 78.6 79.4 85.0 82.0

64th 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 78.5 81 69 73 86 72
February 92.8 82 95 87 97 98
March 90.8 93 91 88 93 93
April 96.5 95 96 98 97
May 94.8 86 96 98 96
June 95.2 93 96 96 94
July 94.8 97 92 94 97
August 93.0 84 95 94 95
September 92.3 88 94 98 99
October 94.1 89 99 90 97
November 84.5 83 81 86 80
December 89.1 100 90 86 92
Average 91.3 85.9 89.0 91.3 93.5 92.9

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 -10.3 -11 -9 -11 -7 -10
February -10.4 -3 -8 -12 -14 -6
March -2.1 -2 -6 -2 3 -2
April 7.6 7 5 12 5
May 19.1 23 18 18 18
June 23.1 27 22 26 20
July 24.8 24 25 28 25
August 24.0 23 26 24 25
September 19.1 22 22 22 18
October 9.3 9 13 12 6
November -3.4 2 -4 0 -2
December -9.8 -1 -14 -14 -5
Average 6.3 -6.5 9.4 8.1 9.2 7.6

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 -20.3 -19 -17 -23 -17 -19
February -22.4 -13 -21 -25 -25 -19
March -15.9 -14 -21 -14 -9 -15
April -6.9 -6 -4 -3 -8
May 3.7 6 4 2 4
June 10.0 12 9 11 11
July 11.9 10 12 14 14
August 10.1 11 12 11 11
September 5.2 7 6 7 4
October -2.1 -1 0 -1 -2
November -11.4 -6 -12 -10 -12
December -18.4 -12 -22 -22 -15
Average -6.5 -16.4 -4.8 -5.9 -4.4 -4.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 40.4 47 40 46 32 36
February 29.9 38 23 43 27 22
March 18.3 18 18 24 9 19
April 11.8 16 20 6 11
May 8.2 9 9 4 9
June 10.4 2 14 8 22
July 6.2 9 8 2 6
August 7.7 18 7 12 4
September 7.7 2 7 2 7
October 13.2 24 4 7 21
November 36.8 20 50 21 31
December 28.0 4 43 43 24
Average 18.4 33.6 14.5 19.9 12.2 16.3

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 7.2 8 6 8 7 7
February 7.9 10 8 7 8 8
March 8.2 9 7 9 8 8
April 9.5 10 10 10 9
May 9.5 11 10 10 9
June 8.9 11 8 9 9
July 7.7 9 7 8 8
August 7.8 9 7 7 9
September 8.5 10 8 9 9
October 9.0 10 9 8 10
November 8.3 11 9 7 8
December 7.2 9 8 8 6
Average 8.4 8.8 9.4 8.4 8.2 8.5

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 203° 321° 332° 257° 316°
February 180° 293° 320° 287° 283°
March 150° 132° 331° 187° 329°
April 141° 059° 333° 296°
May 144° 042° 111° 153°
June 177° 020° 281° 039°
July 194° 287° 318° 264°
August 184° 293° 323° 266°
September 191° 272° 279° 301°
October 188° 293° 078° 296°
November 220° 356° 004° 332°
December 213° 002° 293° 273°

Prevailing wind direction

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