Sun Valley Airport

A20 · Arizona, United States

Climate Sun Valley Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport (KIFP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.6 96 96 100 100 100
February 98.5 98 100 100 100 100
March 98.4 98 98 99 100 94
April 99.6 99 100 100 100
May 99.7 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 99 100
July 99.6 99 100 97 100
August 99.6 99 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 100.0 100 100 100 100
November 99.7 99 100 100 100
December 99.5 100 99 100 100
Average 99.0 97.3 99.1 99.7 99.1 99.4

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 99.4 99 99 100 100 100
February 99.1 99 100 100 100 100
March 99.4 99 100 99 100 100
April 99.8 100 100 100 100
May 100.0 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 99 100
July 99.7 100 100 97 100
August 99.6 99 100 100 100
September 99.9 100 100 100 100
October 100.0 100 100 100 100
November 99.7 99 100 100 100
December 99.7 100 100 100 100
Average 99.6 98.9 99.6 99.8 99.1 100.0

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 17.5 18 16 19 17 17
February 19.8 20 19 21 20 19
March 23.9 24 21 27 22 22
April 30.5 31 32 30 28
May 34.1 35 36 35 36
June 40.4 38 41 42 39
July 43.2 46 43 42 43
August 41.7 42 42 41 43
September 37.7 38 39 36 34
October 30.2 33 32 28 32
November 22.5 24 20 25 22
December 17.1 20 16 17 17
Average 28.5 20.5 29.9 31.0 28.8 27.9

19th highest temperature of United States

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 8.9 8 8 9 9 9
February 9.3 10 8 10 10 9
March 11.9 11 10 13 11 12
April 17.1 16 18 17 16
May 21.2 21 21 22 22
June 26.6 22 28 28 26
July 31.0 33 31 32 29
August 28.9 30 29 31 32
September 25.0 24 27 29 28
October 18.5 19 20 17 18
November 12.8 12 10 15 13
December 8.8 9 6 9 9
Average 17.1 9.5 17.7 18.8 18.3 16.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.9 0 1 0 0 0
February 0.9 1 1 0 0 0
March 1.2 2 2 0 4 7
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.2 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.1 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average 0.5 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.5

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 11.3 8 10 15 10 8
February 11.3 9 12 18 11 15
March 9.8 9 9 12 8 4
April 9.8 8 13 5 5
May 9.3 9 11 4 6
June 7.8 9 10 4 5
July 7.0 8 8 4 2
August 6.4 8 7 3 5
September 8.0 8 7 7 8
October 10.4 12 7 4 6
November 11.8 13 13 9 11
December 11.3 11 7 9 14
Average 8.0 8.7 9.6 10.5 4.9 5.3

19th highest wind speed of United States

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 344° 353° 353° 005° 356°
February 333° 352° 351° 331° 349°
March 214° 187° 339° 001° 187°
April 326° 302° 011° 281°
May 190° 246° 357° 018°
June 199° 203° 157° 189°
July 191° 194° 197° 180°
August 227° 211° 187° 169°
September 239° 207° 138° 360°
October 348° 333° 005° 354°
November 351° 348° 355° 354°
December 355° 334° 255° 353°

Prevailing wind direction

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