Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport

KALM · New Mexico, United States

Climate Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport (KALM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.3 98 99 98 98 96
February 93.6 92 97 98 77 94
March 95.3 98 96 96 90 97
April 93.0 98 99 99 95 100
May 99.3 99 100 98 100
June 93.4 100 98 96 81
July 95.2 99 98 99 75
August 98.2 98 96 96 100
September 96.7 99 99 99 92
October 97.3 99 97 99 97
November 98.1 98 99 100 99
December 95.3 94 96 98 100
Average 96.0 96.5 97.9 97.8 95.6 94.0

71st 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 97.6 99 100 99 99 98
February 95.6 95 97 100 80 98
March 96.4 98 99 98 91 99
April 93.4 98 99 99 96 100
May 99.5 99 100 99 100
June 94.1 100 99 97 81
July 95.2 99 98 99 75
August 98.6 98 97 98 100
September 98.2 100 100 99 98
October 98.5 99 99 99 98
November 99.0 99 99 100 99
December 97.0 94 96 99 100
Average 96.9 97.5 98.5 98.6 96.5 95.3

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 13.6 14 14 14 14 14
February 16.1 17 15 15 14 15
March 20.4 20 20 20 20 20
April 24.6 25 26 27 25 26
May 30.5 30 33 31 32
June 34.1 35 35 35 29
July 34.0 38 35 33 28
August 34.0 36 32 32 36
September 30.7 33 30 31 30
October 24.6 26 22 26 27
November 18.8 19 16 21 21
December 14.1 15 14 17 13
Average 24.0 18.7 25.5 24.7 24.8 24.2

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 -1.1 0 0 -3 -2 0
February 1.8 3 0 -1 2 2
March 5.0 6 4 3 4 7
April 8.0 7 7 9 8 9
May 12.6 11 13 12 14
June 17.1 17 18 18 14
July 18.7 17 19 19 16
August 19.2 19 18 19 20
September 15.3 17 14 14 14
October 9.5 10 9 9 8
November 3.1 4 0 3 5
December -1.7 -1 1 2 -3
Average 8.5 3.8 8.7 8.6 8.9 8.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.5 3 3 0 0 4
February 2.2 2 3 2 4 3
March 1.4 1 2 3 2 4
April 0.5 1 0 0 3 0
May 0.1 0 0 1 0
June 1.2 0 2 4 0
July 0.7 0 1 1 0
August 1.5 3 4 3 0
September 0.9 2 0 2 1
October 1.4 0 2 0 2
November 1.1 2 0 1 0
December 1.7 4 5 2 1
Average 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.0

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 7 7 5 6 6
February 7.4 8 8 7 6 7
March 8.1 9 9 8 9 8
April 8.1 8 8 9 8 8
May 8.0 7 9 9 7
June 6.9 8 6 6 7
July 5.9 6 6 6 5
August 5.5 6 5 6 5
September 5.3 5 5 5 5
October 6.2 6 5 7 5
November 5.3 5 6 4 6
December 5.7 6 6 7 6
Average 6.7 7.8 6.8 6.4 6.6 6.2

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 216° 208° 243° 254° 277°
February 240° 215° 205° 220° 221°
March 225° 222° 222° 216° 198°
April 228° 243° 216° 222° 224°
May 210° 218° 209° 228°
June 223° 227° 207° 208°
July 193° 149° 184° 240°
August 202° 145° 187° 222°
September 207° 197° 214° 270°
October 201° 257° 227° 210°
November 220° 200° 243° 211°
December 282° 219° 199° 246°

Prevailing wind direction

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