Albuquerque International Sunport Airport

KABQ · New Mexico, United States

Climate Albuquerque International Sunport Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Albuquerque International Sunport Airport (KABQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.4 93 97 99 99 95
February 94.8 94 94 92 94 92
March 97.9 100 93 95 99 100
April 98.3 100 99 100 97
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.6 100 99 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.3 99 100 100 100
September 98.8 98 100 100 96
October 98.4 100 98 100 97
November 96.8 89 100 100 98
December 97.1 94 93 99 98
Average 97.9 95.5 97.0 97.9 99.1 97.8

62nd 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 98.0 96 99 99 99 96
February 96.5 94 95 93 96 97
March 99.0 100 96 98 99 100
April 99.4 100 99 100 98
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 99 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 99 100 100 100
September 99.8 99 100 100 100
October 99.1 100 99 100 97
November 98.7 96 100 100 100
December 98.1 96 94 100 99
Average 98.8 96.8 98.3 98.5 99.5 99.0

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 9.3 9 8 10 9 9
February 12.5 13 11 11 13 12
March 17.0 16 14 17 16 17
April 22.4 22 24 22 22
May 27.2 26 29 27 29
June 32.2 31 31 32 33
July 33.6 37 34 32 34
August 32.2 33 31 32 34
September 29.0 29 30 29 28
October 21.7 24 20 22 24
November 15.2 15 13 17 17
December 9.7 10 10 12 9
Average 20.8 12.6 21.7 21.8 22.0 22.3

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 -3.9 -2 -2 -3 -3 -2
February -1.2 1 -2 -4 -2 -1
March 3.5 3 2 3 2 5
April 7.4 6 8 7 8
May 12.4 13 13 13 14
June 17.6 16 18 19 17
July 20.8 23 21 20 21
August 19.2 20 19 19 20
September 16.0 17 17 17 14
October 8.5 10 9 8 8
November 2.3 3 0 4 4
December -2.4 -1 -1 0 -3
Average 7.7 0.7 8.8 8.6 8.7 8.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.2 4 4 1 2 6
February 4.4 6 4 7 5 6
March 3.3 3 13 3 1 2
April 1.6 0 0 1 3
May 1.3 2 0 2 0
June 1.7 0 5 4 0
July 0.4 0 1 1 1
August 1.5 2 5 1 0
September 1.8 3 1 4 1
October 2.3 1 5 1 3
November 2.2 9 0 1 0
December 1.8 3 3 0 1
Average 2.3 4.0 3.2 2.4 1.8 1.7

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 6.4 6 8 5 7 7
February 8.0 8 9 7 9 7
March 8.5 9 10 8 9 8
April 9.0 9 10 9 8
May 8.7 9 10 9 8
June 7.2 7 7 7 8
July 6.1 6 6 6 6
August 6.0 8 7 6 5
September 6.1 6 6 6 7
October 7.0 6 7 7 6
November 5.8 6 7 4 7
December 5.8 6 6 6 6
Average 7.1 7.5 7.4 7.2 6.9 6.9

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 276° 285° 337° 337° 329°
February 277° 258° 072° 243° 279°
March 216° 234° 262° 241° 229°
April 274° 253° 239° 254°
May 160° 235° 189° 203°
June 229° 161° 123° 222°
July 183° 203° 181° 277°
August 180° 102° 207° 232°
September 223° 187° 215° 071°
October 204° 095° 273° 149°
November 083° 218° 314° 236°
December 336° 274° 258° 332°

Prevailing wind direction

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