Edwards Air Force Auxiliary North Base

9L2 · California, United States

Climate Edwards Air Force Auxiliary North Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Edwards Air Force Auxiliary North Base (K9L2) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.3 97 97 100 100 100
February 96.6 98 95 100 90 100
March 98.7 98 99 100 99 98
April 93.8 69 100 98 94
May 98.6 100 100 99 98
June 99.7 100 100 100 99
July 99.2 100 100 100 96
August 98.7 94 99 100 99
September 99.4 100 99 100 99
October 96.8 97 99 88 100
November 92.2 99 99 100 89
December 95.7 98 100 94 97
Average 97.3 97.5 95.6 99.7 97.4 97.3

2nd best VFR conditions of United States

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 98.1 99 100 100 100 100
February 97.8 100 98 100 90 100
March 99.6 100 100 100 100 99
April 94.5 69 100 98 98
May 99.2 100 100 99 99
June 99.7 100 100 100 99
July 99.3 100 100 100 96
August 99.8 100 100 100 99
September 99.5 100 99 100 99
October 98.5 98 99 98 100
November 93.0 99 100 100 90
December 98.0 99 100 100 99
Average 98.3 99.4 96.9 99.8 98.8 98.1

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 12.7 16 12 16 16 16
February 15.7 16 15 19 16 20
March 18.9 19 15 22 19 17
April 23.0 17 26 27 15
May 28.7 28 29 31 30
June 35.0 31 36 38 34
July 39.0 40 38 40 38
August 38.0 36 39 38 39
September 32.7 31 35 35 36
October 23.6 27 28 25 31
November 17.3 20 17 23 20
December 11.9 17 12 13 16
Average 23.7 16.8 24.1 26.9 26.8 26.1

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 0.3 2 1 -2 -1 -1
February 0.7 4 -1 -3 1 0
March 3.9 5 3 3 2 4
April 6.8 3 8 7 5
May 11.0 11 11 11 11
June 15.8 14 16 18 14
July 19.4 20 22 23 16
August 19.2 18 21 19 19
September 14.1 14 17 13 13
October 6.5 7 10 7 8
November 0.7 0 0 3 0
December -1.9 1 -1 0 -2
Average 7.6 3.6 7.5 8.9 8.6 7.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.8 3 9 0 0 0
February 3.7 12 5 1 1 0
March 2.6 4 7 2 1 3
April 1.3 0 0 0 8
May 0.7 1 0 0 0
June 0.1 0 1 0 0
July 0.2 1 0 1 0
August 1.1 7 1 0 0
September 0.1 0 0 0 0
October 0.2 0 0 1 0
November 1.0 0 2 0 0
December 3.8 5 2 6 0
Average 1.9 5.9 2.8 0.7 0.7 0.9

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 5.5 7 8 3 5 6
February 7.3 7 8 6 6 6
March 9.1 11 12 7 9 9
April 9.8 8 11 10 9
May 9.4 10 10 9 9
June 8.3 9 8 9 9
July 7.3 8 7 7 8
August 6.7 7 5 7 7
September 6.1 6 6 6 4
October 5.4 6 4 7 4
November 5.0 5 7 4 4
December 4.9 4 6 6 6
Average 7.3 8.4 7.5 6.9 7.1 6.7

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 240° 231° 047° 325° 236°
February 205° 223° 272° 251° 330°
March 228° 225° 238° 244° 215°
April 236° 234° 229° 235°
May 207° 238° 222° 241°
June 199° 216° 196° 228°
July 203° 195° 190° 214°
August 196° 177° 197° 224°
September 196° 181° 207° 158°
October 234° 162° 224° 223°
November 257° 249° 229° 251°
December 219° 218° 224° 272°

Prevailing wind direction

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