Whitecourt Airport

CYZU · Alberta, Canada

Climate Whitecourt Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Whitecourt Airport (CYZU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.2 64 71 71 93 90
February 80.3 75 74 77 87 87
March 78.2 74 82 75 86 75
April 81.2 89 83 86 93
May 83.5 72 81 85 84
June 88.7 87 89 97 85
July 82.8 72 84 80 88
August 80.5 74 91 82 97
September 78.8 77 94 96 84
October 80.9 78 88 82 78
November 74.4 81 77 92 79
December 83.9 95 84 79 83
Average 80.0 71.1 79.0 83.2 86.8 85.4

37th 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 82.6 76 75 84 95 92
February 89.3 86 86 89 91 90
March 86.4 87 91 82 93 86
April 89.7 91 90 96 96
May 91.2 77 93 95 94
June 95.0 94 95 99 95
July 91.1 85 89 84 98
August 87.3 79 95 89 98
September 87.2 80 100 100 91
October 90.8 88 92 88 91
November 84.9 89 85 92 84
December 89.5 97 86 85 92
Average 88.4 82.9 85.6 90.5 92.4 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 -6.7 -9 -3 -5 -3 -10
February -4.3 0 -2 -1 -4 0
March 2.5 3 1 4 7 0
April 9.3 12 8 12 8
May 18.2 22 15 17 16
June 21.2 23 20 25 20
July 22.9 23 24 25 22
August 22.2 23 25 23 22
September 17.2 19 22 19 18
October 9.9 11 15 10 6
November 0.3 5 -2 2 0
December -5.2 1 -11 -12 -1
Average 7.9 -3.8 11.2 10.3 10.0 8.4

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 -14.6 -17 -10 -14 -11 -18
February -15.7 -10 -11 -12 -19 -10
March -10.8 -9 -12 -7 -6 -12
April -3.2 -2 -3 -3 -4
May 4.9 8 3 4 4
June 8.9 10 9 10 9
July 11.0 11 12 12 11
August 10.0 10 12 10 9
September 5.2 5 6 6 6
October -1.3 0 2 -1 -3
November -8.3 -4 -10 -8 -8
December -13.3 -9 -21 -19 -9
Average -3.1 -13.9 -1.7 -2.8 -2.1 -2.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.0 32 12 35 15 24
February 27.0 15 31 32 28 21
March 21.0 25 21 16 12 32
April 14.2 8 19 5 12
May 9.7 7 14 12 14
June 10.6 12 14 2 8
July 9.5 6 10 4 15
August 7.1 13 4 9 4
September 9.4 3 2 6 5
October 11.9 11 6 6 23
November 18.5 2 25 9 20
December 16.5 1 27 29 11
Average 15.3 24.1 10.4 15.4 10.3 15.0

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.6 7 6 8 7 6
February 7.6 7 7 8 10 7
March 7.2 7 7 9 7 9
April 7.9 7 9 7 10
May 7.7 7 8 7 9
June 7.6 7 8 8 8
July 6.6 7 7 6 7
August 6.8 7 7 7 8
September 6.9 6 7 8 8
October 7.3 7 8 6 8
November 6.2 5 8 6 6
December 6.6 4 7 8 7
Average 7.1 6.8 6.5 7.7 7.3 7.8

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 302° 308° 301° 298° 297°
February 304° 297° 304° 294° 301°
March 349° 052° 315° 300° 303°
April 109° 341° 304° 307°
May 057° 303° 325° 334°
June 331° 322° 305° 308°
July 304° 317° 329° 296°
August 304° 292° 304° 293°
September 265° 297° 294° 304°
October 305° 290° 303° 303°
November 286° 301° 290° 292°
December 248° 296° 294° 291°

Prevailing wind direction

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