Medicine Hat Regional Airport

CYXH · Alberta, Canada

Climate Medicine Hat Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Medicine Hat Regional Airport (CYXH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.2 69 74 87 87 84
February 76.3 58 81 82 82 92
March 74.6 65 56 81 86 73
April 84.4 78 76 82 87 86
May 88.2 82 87 92 81 88
June 91.8 94 92 80 94 89
July 90.2 85 85 89 82 95
August 88.1 92 89 99 84 100
September 87.0 85 96 91 96
October 91.2 84 95 95 93
November 80.2 88 66 97 84
December 82.2 95 69 86 77
Average 85.0 78.9 82.5 85.5 87.6 88.6

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 88.8 80 82 94 95 92
February 85.0 71 91 88 93 95
March 85.1 74 70 92 95 88
April 93.4 89 91 90 95 96
May 96.0 94 90 100 94 96
June 97.4 98 98 93 99 97
July 95.4 95 90 93 92 96
August 93.8 96 94 99 93 100
September 93.3 88 99 95 99
October 95.6 92 97 98 97
November 89.7 96 81 99 88
December 89.6 95 80 93 90
Average 92.2 87.8 89.7 92.8 95.0 94.8

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 -2.7 -5 0 0 2 -4
February -4.9 1 1 1 -7 1
March 4.8 3 0 8 12 4
April 13.2 15 13 11 15 11
May 20.7 19 25 20 18 20
June 25.3 23 27 24 29 24
July 30.2 31 30 30 33 28
August 29.1 29 30 32 27 30
September 23.0 25 27 25 23
October 13.5 13 18 17 10
November 4.4 8 -1 10 6
December -1.7 7 -8 -6 2
Average 13.6 14.4 15.0 14.1 14.6 12.9

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 -11.1 -15 -8 -11 -7 -12
February -14.5 -9 -9 -11 -18 -8
March -7.0 -8 -10 -5 -3 -7
April -1.8 2 0 -2 -1 -1
May 6.4 6 9 6 5 6
June 10.9 10 12 11 13 11
July 13.6 15 14 14 16 12
August 12.5 13 14 14 12 13
September 7.7 9 10 8 8
October 0.5 2 4 2 -1
November -6.2 -3 -10 -3 -5
December -10.1 -4 -19 -16 -6
Average 0.6 1.6 2.2 0.7 0.8 0.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.6 28 18 22 8 16
February 27.9 27 26 27 22 12
March 15.9 26 31 13 4 13
April 9.4 11 18 15 7 6
May 8.4 18 3 5 13 7
June 8.3 9 6 20 4 9
July 2.7 5 6 2 1 4
August 2.8 4 4 0 6 1
September 5.4 3 4 3 3
October 8.1 13 7 3 12
November 17.0 7 30 1 18
December 17.2 4 43 22 11
Average 10.9 15.2 11.1 13.8 7.4 8.7

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 8.8 7 8 10 10 9
February 8.9 8 10 10 9 10
March 9.2 8 8 10 12 11
April 10.2 11 10 11 11 11
May 9.1 10 7 10 9 10
June 9.4 9 9 10 10 9
July 8.0 7 8 7 7 9
August 7.8 8 8 8 8 8
September 8.5 8 8 11 10
October 9.9 9 10 10 9
November 9.9 10 11 12 11
December 9.0 9 9 9 9
Average 9.0 8.6 8.5 9.5 9.7 9.5

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 244° 252° 252° 239° 245°
February 249° 250° 264° 256° 236°
March 273° 239° 269° 235° 248°
April 268° 227° 269° 271° 279°
May 277° 175° 259° 240° 236°
June 258° 224° 260° 252° 256°
July 235° 257° 251° 240° 237°
August 227° 254° 255° 264° 252°
September 230° 253° 236° 256°
October 235° 247° 237° 245°
November 228° 265° 234° 238°
December 223° 264° 242° 237°

Prevailing wind direction

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