Van Nuys County Court Heliport

43L · California, United States

Climate Van Nuys County Court Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Van Nuys Airport (KVNY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.1 82 76 95 97 96
February 85.0 73 79 98 94 95
March 84.7 84 67 92 93 85
April 87.4 77 89 88 88
May 74.7 55 84 74 89
June 73.9 57 86 90 76
July 91.2 92 91 94 91
August 91.7 94 97 91 93
September 86.4 71 92 86 88
October 88.6 94 79 86 83
November 91.9 96 87 87 98
December 86.9 84 73 70 95
Average 85.0 79.4 78.6 88.8 87.3 89.3

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 93.9 96 83 99 100 97
February 92.9 83 91 100 98 99
March 93.5 95 84 98 97 95
April 96.2 88 97 99 99
May 93.9 83 96 95 96
June 93.1 95 97 96 92
July 96.6 95 95 96 99
August 97.7 97 99 98 98
September 96.9 93 100 97 92
October 97.0 98 94 96 95
November 95.6 99 96 90 100
December 93.9 92 88 84 98
Average 94.7 91.1 91.8 96.6 95.6 96.5

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 19.9 19 17 22 21 20
February 20.0 18 19 23 22 22
March 21.1 20 18 25 22 19
April 25.3 25 26 26 24
May 25.5 23 27 26 29
June 29.8 26 33 31 30
July 34.1 36 33 34 33
August 34.4 35 36 34 36
September 32.3 29 35 32 36
October 29.3 30 29 27 31
November 25.1 25 22 27 25
December 20.2 21 17 18 22
Average 25.6 18.9 25.4 27.5 26.6 27.2

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 9.2 9 8 10 10 9
February 8.7 9 7 11 10 9
March 10.1 10 9 12 9 9
April 12.9 12 14 13 14
May 14.2 16 15 15 16
June 16.5 15 18 17 17
July 19.5 20 19 20 18
August 20.0 20 21 20 21
September 18.8 19 22 18 19
October 15.5 16 17 14 17
November 11.4 12 10 13 11
December 8.9 10 8 8 10
Average 13.2 8.9 13.6 14.7 13.8 14.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.2 6 15 1 2 0
February 7.2 17 14 0 0 0
March 8.2 8 17 3 4 11
April 1.1 0 0 0 7
May 0.9 0 0 0 1
June 0.0 0 0 1 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.6 4 0 0 0
September 0.1 1 1 0 0
October 0.6 0 0 3 0
November 2.3 5 4 0 1
December 5.1 8 4 13 3
Average 3.4 10.3 5.2 0.9 1.8 1.9

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 6.2 6 6 7 8 6
February 6.1 4 7 8 8 6
March 6.0 6 6 7 6 5
April 6.0 5 7 6 6
May 5.3 5 6 5 5
June 4.9 5 5 5 5
July 4.9 5 5 5 5
August 4.8 5 5 5 5
September 4.3 4 5 4 3
October 5.3 5 4 5 4
November 5.2 6 7 5 4
December 5.6 5 4 4 7
Average 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.8 5.4 5.0

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 021° 045° 006° 013° 357°
February 141° 068° 020° 359° 031°
March 147° 144° 030° 131° 156°
April 122° 071° 147° 147°
May 149° 141° 152° 153°
June 144° 140° 139° 149°
July 133° 134° 142° 142°
August 135° 140° 150° 144°
September 155° 145° 147° 149°
October 056° 135° 143° 131°
November 003° 004° 029° 119°
December 001° 148° 130° 001°

Prevailing wind direction

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