Peace River Airport

CYPE · Alberta, Canada

Climate Peace River Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Peace River Airport (CYPE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.7 65 75 79 85 72
February 82.3 89 78 80 84 87
March 85.9 89 83 82 90 80
April 85.8 92 77 87 97
May 85.5 65 76 92 91
June 89.4 82 94 96 79
July 85.5 63 94 84 88
August 87.1 79 92 93 97
September 86.9 72 90 94 93
October 82.1 84 88 78 76
November 72.3 70 84 78 68
December 82.3 96 73 81 78
Average 83.6 81.5 77.4 84.8 87.5 84.8

23rd 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 83.4 84 79 81 93 78
February 92.0 98 91 89 92 91
March 93.2 94 91 93 96 89
April 93.7 99 87 91 99
May 92.6 72 95 98 100
June 96.7 90 98 100 96
July 93.3 74 96 91 98
August 93.6 87 98 97 98
September 92.8 77 93 99 99
October 95.3 95 94 91 95
November 84.8 82 94 88 79
December 89.6 96 80 87 89
Average 92.2 91.9 85.4 92.5 94.0 93.5

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 -8.0 -13 -5 -7 -5 -12
February -8.1 -2 -6 -6 -13 -3
March -1.6 2 -3 1 1 -3
April 8.2 11 7 9 7
May 19.0 23 15 18 18
June 22.1 24 22 25 20
July 23.8 25 25 26 22
August 23.0 23 26 23 22
September 17.5 20 22 18 18
October 9.3 11 14 9 6
November -2.2 3 -3 1 -2
December -8.9 0 -14 -15 -4
Average 6.7 -5.4 10.5 9.3 8.1 7.3

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 -17.0 -21 -13 -20 -14 -22
February -19.9 -12 -16 -16 -23 -15
March -13.9 -11 -15 -9 -10 -15
April -4.3 -2 -3 -4 -5
May 4.5 6 3 4 3
June 9.0 10 9 10 9
July 10.5 11 10 11 11
August 9.2 10 11 9 8
September 4.1 5 5 5 5
October -2.2 -2 1 -2 -4
November -11.8 -5 -12 -9 -11
December -16.1 -10 -23 -24 -13
Average -5.2 -15.0 -2.4 -3.1 -4.2 -4.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 26.5 27 12 31 19 33
February 26.0 16 24 27 24 20
March 15.7 12 12 21 15 22
April 12.2 6 22 15 4
May 9.7 9 15 13 12
June 10.5 6 11 7 19
July 8.0 7 3 5 16
August 8.6 10 12 10 6
September 7.8 6 8 10 2
October 11.1 8 7 9 24
November 19.9 9 25 5 22
December 22.2 3 44 34 24
Average 14.4 17.7 9.0 16.5 12.7 15.9

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 7.5 6 6 11 11 6
February 7.6 7 7 11 10 8
March 7.4 7 7 9 10 8
April 8.8 8 10 11 9
May 8.7 7 10 10 8
June 8.8 8 10 11 8
July 8.0 6 10 10 8
August 8.5 6 10 11 11
September 8.6 7 9 12 11
October 8.7 7 9 10 11
November 7.5 6 9 9 10
December 7.6 5 8 9 10
Average 8.0 6.5 6.8 9.6 10.4 8.9

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 344° 260° 295° 301° 300°
February 257° 272° 298° 293° 270°
March 159° 032° 286° 296° 314°
April 207° 347° 313° 274°
May 148° 296° 320° 033°
June 283° 301° 293° 252°
July 245° 252° 291° 251°
August 240° 254° 288° 264°
September 226° 248° 272° 303°
October 256° 245° 261° 308°
November 239° 286° 281° 290°
December 226° 334° 295° 292°

Prevailing wind direction

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