Slave Lake Airport

CYZH · Alberta, Canada

Climate Slave Lake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Slave Lake Airport (CYZH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.2 56 61 63 86 80
February 71.7 70 65 62 68 89
March 80.7 79 76 75 90 73
April 81.7 86 66 88 91
May 81.4 66 65 88 87
June 83.9 76 86 88 76
July 82.1 70 88 78 91
August 84.0 73 86 87 90
September 84.4 80 83 92 86
October 74.2 62 81 72 72
November 62.6 66 57 78 66
December 77.6 94 60 67 79
Average 77.8 68.4 72.3 73.6 82.2 82.0

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 81.2 75 79 75 92 85
February 87.1 89 82 81 81 91
March 91.8 93 94 89 92 85
April 92.6 96 85 93 97
May 90.9 74 88 99 99
June 93.4 90 95 95 89
July 90.7 84 98 83 97
August 91.7 85 94 98 94
September 94.8 85 95 100 97
October 91.0 80 95 83 96
November 85.8 81 83 90 89
December 85.7 97 69 73 87
Average 89.9 85.3 85.1 88.2 90.5 92.7

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 -7.4 -11 -5 -6 -3 -11
February -7.3 -3 -4 -5 -11 -3
March 0.9 1 -2 3 5 -2
April 7.5 11 7 7 6
May 17.2 22 14 16 16
June 20.7 23 20 23 19
July 22.4 23 23 24 22
August 22.0 22 25 23 23
September 16.7 19 20 17 17
October 9.0 10 14 10 6
November -1.4 4 -2 2 -1
December -6.9 -1 -12 -13 -3
Average 6.7 -5.9 10.3 9.1 8.2 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 -15.0 -18 -12 -17 -12 -19
February -17.6 -12 -14 -15 -20 -14
March -11.4 -10 -13 -8 -8 -14
April -4.9 -1 -3 -3 -5
May 4.4 7 3 5 4
June 10.2 11 10 12 9
July 12.3 13 13 13 13
August 11.0 12 12 11 11
September 6.1 7 8 7 7
October 0.1 1 3 0 -1
November -9.9 -4 -10 -8 -9
December -15.6 -10 -21 -20 -11
Average -4.7 -14.5 -1.7 -2.6 -2.0 -3.5

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 39 20 39 19 17
February 29.5 26 42 40 28 18
March 20.5 21 29 32 12 29
April 13.7 11 26 12 11
May 11.4 14 27 13 8
June 11.0 15 12 5 18
July 8.5 13 7 5 10
August 7.7 16 12 8 4
September 8.2 4 9 5 9
October 12.7 17 10 6 22
November 25.8 13 45 15 24
December 23.0 8 44 39 17
Average 16.6 28.6 16.7 23.8 12.9 14.8

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 8.4 8 8 9 10 8
February 8.2 8 8 9 10 9
March 7.9 9 7 10 8 8
April 7.7 8 9 6 9
May 7.5 7 8 8 7
June 7.6 7 7 9 8
July 7.4 7 8 8 8
August 7.8 7 7 8 11
September 7.9 7 8 9 9
October 8.9 9 10 8 10
November 8.2 8 9 8 8
December 8.0 6 8 9 7
Average 7.9 8.2 7.3 8.4 8.3 8.4

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 308° 324° 289° 243° 093°
February 287° 305° 300° 283° 286°
March 105° 091° 305° 315° 294°
April 110° 292° 308° 292°
May 103° 295° 021° 327°
June 323° 320° 286° 292°
July 284° 287° 275° 287°
August 283° 265° 282° 269°
September 268° 278° 281° 281°
October 261° 267° 216° 278°
November 286° 300° 309° 272°
December 113° 293° 284° 292°

Prevailing wind direction

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