Statistics Medicine Hat Regional Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Medicine Hat Regional Airport (CYXH) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	83.2	74	87	87	84	81
February	79.3	81	82	82	92	63
March	76.1	56	81	86	73	90
April	85.4	76	82	87	86	96
May	89.1	87	92	81	88	91
June	91.5	92	80	94	89	96
July	91.0	85	89	82	95	97
August	87.5	89	99	84	100	94
September	87.5		96	91	96	79
October	92.5		95	95	93	90
November	78.9		66	97	84	74
December	79.9		69	86	77	81
Average	85.5	80.5	85.5	87.6	88.6	86.9

18th best VFR conditions of Canada

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 mi or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	90.2	82	94	95	92	90
February	87.3	91	88	93	95	73
March	86.9	70	92	95	88	93
April	94.1	91	90	95	96	98
May	96.3	90	100	94	96	96
June	97.3	98	93	99	97	99
July	95.5	90	93	92	96	100
August	93.5	94	99	93	100	96
September	94.2		99	95	99	89
October	96.3		97	98	97	97
November	88.7		81	99	88	87
December	88.7		80	93	90	88
Average	92.7	88.6	92.8	95.0	94.8	93.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-1.2	0	0	2	-4	3
February	-4.2	1	1	-7	1	-15
March	5.1	0	8	12	4	4
April	13.0	13	11	15	11	15
May	21.0	25	20	18	20	19
June	25.6	27	24	29	24	25
July	30.2	30	30	33	28	29
August	29.1	30	32	27	30	27
September	22.7		27	25	23	20
October	13.6		18	17	10	10
November	3.8		-1	10	6	2
December	-2.4		-8	-6	2	0
Average	13.6	15.9	14.1	14.6	12.9	11.6

35th highest temperature of Canada

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-11.8	-8	-11	-7	-12	-9
February	-15.8	-9	-11	-18	-8	-25
March	-7.1	-10	-5	-3	-7	-10
April	-1.5	0	-2	-1	-1	1
May	6.4	9	6	5	6	5
June	11.1	12	11	13	11	10
July	13.4	14	14	16	12	12
August	12.4	14	14	12	13	13
September	7.5		10	8	8	8
October	0.4		4	2	-1	-2
November	-7.8		-10	-3	-5	-6
December	-11.0		-19	-16	-6	-9
Average	0.6	2.8	0.7	0.8	0.9	-1.0

356th lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	14.9	18	22	8	16	13
February	28.1	26	27	22	12	52
March	14.4	31	13	4	13	10
April	9.1	18	15	7	6	3
May	6.9	3	5	13	7	8
June	8.2	6	20	4	9	3
July	2.4	6	2	1	4	1
August	2.6	4	0	6	1	5
September	5.8		4	3	3	17
October	7.3		7	3	12	9
November	18.8		30	1	18	25
December	19.6		43	22	11	16
Average	10.6	13.0	13.8	7.4	8.7	12.0

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	9.0	8	10	10	9	9
February	9.1	10	10	9	10	7
March	9.4	8	10	12	11	8
April	10.1	10	11	11	11	10
May	9.0	7	10	9	10	8
June	9.4	9	10	10	9	9
July	8.1	8	7	7	9	10
August	7.8	8	8	8	8	7
September	8.5		8	11	10	9
October	10.1		10	10	9	11
November	10.0		11	12	11	9
December	9.0		9	9	9	8
Average	9.0	8.3	9.5	9.7	9.5	8.8

35th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	252°	252°	239°	245°	246°
February	250°	264°	256°	236°	284°
March	239°	269°	235°	248°	234°
April	227°	269°	271°	279°	244°
May	175°	259°	240°	236°	079°
June	224°	260°	252°	256°	257°
July	257°	251°	240°	237°	258°
August	254°	255°	264°	252°	276°
September		253°	236°	256°	276°
October		247°	237°	245°	252°
November		265°	234°	238°	271°
December		264°	242°	237°	224°

Prevailing wind direction

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