Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport

CYXC · British Columbia, Canada

Climate Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (CYXC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.0 75 69 58 84 71
February 84.3 60 96 90 94 95
March 91.0 84 97 93 100 88
April 92.0 87 98 93 97
May 97.0 96 96 98 97
June 97.4 97 96 100 99
July 96.8 93 100 88 100
August 90.0 84 100 81 100
September 90.7 98 87 99 81
October 93.2 94 97 94 86
November 78.1 65 60 96 88
December 64.2 53 62 75 67
Average 86.8 73.4 86.6 88.7 92.0 90.1

4th 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 85.4 87 83 76 90 84
February 91.2 79 97 97 99 98
March 95.2 92 100 94 100 94
April 96.4 93 99 95 99
May 99.1 99 99 99 100
June 99.0 99 99 100 99
July 98.1 94 100 96 100
August 93.1 87 100 88 100
September 93.8 99 95 100 83
October 97.4 99 99 99 95
November 88.9 86 78 100 92
December 84.1 73 83 86 83
Average 93.3 86.5 92.7 94.2 96.0 94.5

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 -2.0 -4 -1 -2 0 -1
February -1.7 2 1 2 -1 3
March 7.3 8 6 9 10 7
April 11.9 12 10 14 12
May 19.6 23 15 19 18
June 23.6 26 21 28 22
July 29.3 30 30 33 28
August 28.9 29 31 26 30
September 21.4 21 24 21 24
October 11.7 13 16 12 11
November 2.6 3 -2 5 5
December -3.6 0 -6 -4 -1
Average 11.4 2.1 13.5 12.9 13.6 13.0

91st highest temperature of Canada

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 -10.8 -11 -8 -10 -7 -8
February -10.3 -5 -8 -9 -10 -7
March -4.2 -4 -6 -2 -3 -4
April -1.8 1 -2 0 -1
May 6.1 9 4 5 6
June 9.6 11 9 12 9
July 12.7 13 13 15 11
August 12.2 13 13 12 12
September 7.1 8 8 7 8
October 0.1 2 2 1 0
November -5.5 -4 -9 -2 -3
December -9.5 -6 -12 -12 -7
Average 0.1 -7.3 2.0 0.8 1.5 1.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.6 20 20 17 30 38
February 21.3 33 17 13 8 8
March 13.7 20 7 7 4 16
April 12.2 12 6 11 10
May 9.4 9 15 8 12
June 8.3 12 15 5 7
July 3.2 1 6 0 2
August 3.3 8 3 7 2
September 6.5 8 6 4 3
October 7.9 7 7 9 13
November 16.7 16 27 13 13
December 31.1 23 50 39 14
Average 13.5 24.4 11.0 12.4 10.4 10.6

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 3.3 3 3 4 4 4
February 4.6 4 6 5 5 5
March 5.6 5 5 6 7 7
April 6.1 6 6 6 5
May 5.4 5 6 5 6
June 5.8 6 6 6 6
July 5.8 6 5 6 6
August 5.4 5 5 5 6
September 5.2 5 5 5 5
October 5.0 4 5 6 5
November 4.5 3 4 6 6
December 3.7 3 4 4 4
Average 5.0 4.0 4.8 5.2 5.5 5.4

91st highest wind speed of Canada

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 150° 228° 185° 186° 192°
February 167° 172° 155° 178° 174°
March 148° 179° 182° 176° 200°
April 175° 173° 180° 181°
May 162° 175° 198° 170°
June 164° 162° 189° 162°
July 207° 158° 176° 177°
August 182° 193° 187° 186°
September 163° 133° 152° 164°
October 136° 163° 176° 175°
November 156° 006° 174° 177°
December 189° 187° 195° 209°

Prevailing wind direction

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