California Pines Airport

A24 · California, United States

Climate California Pines Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alturas Municipal Airport (KAAT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.1 61 87 91 83 83
February 83.6 82 68 95 84 91
March 85.8 84 70 94 89 85
April 87.1 91 84 97 67
May 90.7 88 90 86 90
June 94.2 96 93 91 87
July 97.2 100 99 91 100
August 86.0 95 99 61 86
September 91.7 99 96 92 75
October 93.5 92 99 85 93
November 86.8 91 72 90 83
December 80.6 75 68 78 84
Average 87.2 75.5 87.8 90.6 85.7 85.2

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 91.5 83 93 98 90 96
February 90.6 90 74 98 94 96
March 93.3 96 80 100 95 92
April 93.4 96 94 99 71
May 96.8 99 95 89 94
June 96.7 99 99 91 90
July 98.2 100 99 94 100
August 90.7 96 99 76 91
September 95.5 100 98 97 81
October 96.9 96 100 95 95
November 94.4 93 84 97 96
December 91.9 89 83 90 96
Average 93.7 89.5 93.3 95.9 92.2 91.3

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 6.3 7 3 9 6 7
February 7.6 8 6 11 8 11
March 10.4 10 5 14 11 10
April 15.8 16 15 18 17
May 20.8 21 19 22 21
June 26.8 24 27 31 26
July 32.8 33 33 35 32
August 31.6 30 33 31 32
September 26.4 24 28 27 30
October 19.3 20 22 17 23
November 10.9 12 5 13 11
December 6.1 9 0 5 7
Average 16.8 8.4 17.1 18.5 18.6 18.8

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 -5.3 -2 -7 -7 -4 -2
February -6.4 -3 -6 -8 -5 -7
March -3.0 -2 -5 -3 -5 -4
April -1.6 -1 -3 -2 0
May 3.5 4 1 4 3
June 6.8 6 5 8 6
July 9.1 9 8 11 8
August 8.8 10 9 8 9
September 4.3 5 6 3 5
October -2.4 0 -2 1 -2
November -5.5 -4 -9 -3 -5
December -6.3 -3 -10 -6 -7
Average 0.2 -3.7 0.8 -1.3 0.7 0.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.7 16 5 1 6 7
February 11.3 13 23 3 5 1
March 10.4 12 24 2 7 9
April 6.4 4 9 3 4
May 5.1 8 6 1 6
June 2.7 4 3 1 6
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.5 1 1 0 1
September 1.8 5 2 2 0
October 1.8 2 0 6 0
November 4.3 5 8 2 7
December 7.2 4 18 15 4
Average 5.8 13.7 6.9 4.0 3.6 3.7

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 5.3 6 6 4 6 6
February 6.1 7 6 5 6 4
March 6.9 8 8 6 7 7
April 7.2 7 8 7 6
May 6.1 5 7 6 7
June 5.4 4 6 5 6
July 4.5 4 4 4 5
August 4.4 4 5 5 5
September 4.6 5 4 4 5
October 4.3 4 3 6 3
November 4.4 4 4 4 5
December 4.2 4 4 6 3
Average 5.5 6.9 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.1

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 221° 179° 221° 192° 238°
February 209° 224° 270° 278° 314°
March 226° 225° 268° 226° 241°
April 249° 258° 302° 281°
May 251° 270° 305° 259°
June 308° 265° 260° 275°
July 271° 273° 277° 269°
August 265° 252° 295° 272°
September 257° 240° 272° 264°
October 221° 299° 219° 287°
November 235° 227° 233° 245°
December 192° 202° 221° 198°

Prevailing wind direction

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