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 85.4 76 82 87 86
May 89.1 87 92 81 88
June 91.5 92 80 94 89
July 91.0 85 89 82 95
August 87.5 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 83.1 63.8 82.5 85.5 87.6 88.6

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 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 94.1 91 90 95 96
May 96.3 90 100 94 96
June 97.3 98 93 99 97
July 95.5 90 93 92 96
August 93.5 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 90.6 74.5 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 13.0 13 11 15 11
May 21.0 25 20 18 20
June 25.6 27 24 29 24
July 30.2 30 30 33 28
August 29.1 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 11.8 -1.8 15.0 14.1 14.6 12.9

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 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 -1.5 0 -2 -1 -1
May 6.4 9 6 5 6
June 11.1 12 11 13 11
July 13.4 14 14 16 12
August 12.4 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 -1.1 -11.2 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 9.1 18 15 7 6
May 6.9 3 5 13 7
June 8.2 6 20 4 9
July 2.4 6 2 1 4
August 2.6 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 12.4 26.9 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 10.1 10 11 11 11
May 9.0 7 10 9 10
June 9.4 9 10 10 9
July 8.1 8 7 7 9
August 7.8 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 8.9 7.8 8.5 9.5 9.7 9.5

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 244° 252° 252° 239° 245°
February 249° 250° 264° 256° 236°
March 273° 239° 269° 235° 248°
April 227° 269° 271° 279°
May 175° 259° 240° 236°
June 224° 260° 252° 256°
July 257° 251° 240° 237°
August 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.