Meadows Field

KBFL · California, United States

Climate Meadows Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Meadows Field (KBFL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.7 63 82 45 68 69
February 89.8 90 91 85 86 99
March 94.1 94 89 94 98 96
April 97.4 99 98 97 98
May 98.4 98 98 99 99
June 99.2 96 100 100 100
July 99.5 98 100 100 100
August 93.2 92 100 82 85
September 95.4 92 100 89 86
October 90.2 84 100 67 87
November 71.4 71 65 30 82
December 58.2 35 53 42 79
Average 87.9 82.4 86.1 87.9 81.1 90.5

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 77.4 76 91 54 88 82
February 95.7 95 94 97 96 99
March 98.2 99 96 98 100 99
April 99.2 99 98 99 100
May 99.5 99 100 99 100
June 99.6 99 100 100 100
July 99.7 98 100 100 100
August 96.6 96 100 92 89
September 98.5 100 100 95 95
October 95.2 98 100 80 89
November 85.3 89 89 51 91
December 74.0 63 63 55 91
Average 93.3 90.0 93.7 92.6 88.6 94.7

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 15.9 16 15 16 17 14
February 18.5 18 17 20 19 21
March 20.8 21 17 24 21 20
April 26.1 25 26 28 24
May 29.7 29 30 31 31
June 34.8 31 35 36 35
July 38.4 39 38 40 38
August 37.5 37 38 38 38
September 33.6 32 35 34 35
October 27.7 28 29 26 29
November 20.5 22 18 20 19
December 15.9 18 14 14 16
Average 25.6 17.8 25.7 27.3 26.9 26.6

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 6.0 7 7 4 5 5
February 6.1 8 5 5 7 4
March 8.7 9 7 10 8 9
April 12.2 11 11 12 13
May 15.6 15 15 16 16
June 19.8 16 20 22 19
July 23.6 22 23 26 22
August 22.9 23 24 23 24
September 20.0 19 22 20 21
October 13.8 14 16 13 15
November 8.2 8 6 9 7
December 5.6 7 6 6 4
Average 12.9 7.8 12.7 13.7 13.9 13.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.8 4 9 0 1 1
February 3.8 2 6 1 0 1
March 4.6 4 9 5 3 3
April 2.2 0 1 1 10
May 0.8 0 0 0 1
June 0.2 1 0 0 1
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.4 3 0 0 0
September 0.1 0 0 0 0
October 0.9 2 0 3 0
November 2.7 3 2 0 3
December 4.5 7 3 8 2
Average 2.2 3.3 3.1 1.0 1.2 1.6

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 4.4 4 6 3 6 3
February 4.7 4 5 4 5 4
March 5.0 5 6 5 5 5
April 5.8 6 6 6 6
May 6.4 6 7 6 6
June 6.3 6 6 6 7
July 6.1 6 6 6 6
August 5.7 6 6 6 6
September 5.3 5 5 5 5
October 5.1 5 5 5 4
November 3.9 5 4 3 4
December 4.2 4 4 4 5
Average 5.2 4.4 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.2

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 294° 016° 326° 278° 299°
February 031° 304° 322° 310° 290°
March 308° 321° 302° 302° 302°
April 314° 306° 303° 311°
May 312° 312° 310° 308°
June 311° 313° 311° 311°
July 298° 306° 307° 306°
August 288° 305° 306° 302°
September 297° 303° 305° 292°
October 301° 302° 316° 293°
November 287° 305° 275° 281°
December 274° 310° 307° 300°

Prevailing wind direction

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