Bishop Airport

KBIH · California, United States

Climate Bishop Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bishop Airport (KBIH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.8 100 84 100 97 100
February 94.7 91 87 100 100 99
March 96.8 85 94 99 99 99
April 97.6 99 100 99 99
May 99.7 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.5 100 100 99 100
August 96.8 99 100 91 98
September 89.3 69 99 90 68
October 97.3 100 100 99 84
November 98.4 98 99 100 99
December 95.7 98 94 93 96
Average 96.3 91.7 94.2 99.3 97.1 95.0

9th 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 97.1 100 95 100 97 100
February 96.8 95 89 100 100 99
March 97.8 88 98 99 99 100
April 97.8 99 100 99 99
May 99.7 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 99 100
August 98.0 99 100 95 98
September 90.9 69 99 93 76
October 98.4 100 100 100 91
November 99.0 99 100 100 100
December 98.1 100 100 96 96
Average 97.4 94.1 95.8 99.7 98.1 96.5

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 12.7 14 8 14 13 15
February 14.4 14 12 17 17 18
March 17.7 18 13 21 18 17
April 24.2 24 25 26 23
May 27.9 27 29 30 31
June 34.1 30 35 37 34
July 37.9 39 38 38 39
August 36.4 34 37 37 38
September 31.1 23 33 34 34
October 25.2 25 26 24 29
November 18.5 18 15 22 19
December 12.5 14 10 11 14
Average 23.3 15.1 22.3 25.4 25.5 25.9

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 -4.8 -3 -3 -4 -4 -5
February -3.5 -1 -4 -3 -2 -2
March 0.0 1 -1 1 -2 0
April 4.3 3 4 4 5
May 8.0 7 7 8 10
June 12.4 11 13 14 12
July 15.6 16 16 18 14
August 14.1 14 16 14 15
September 9.8 8 12 10 11
October 3.5 4 4 3 5
November -2.7 -2 -4 2 -1
December -4.2 -3 -4 -3 -5
Average 4.1 -1.0 4.0 5.1 5.1 4.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.7 1 15 0 3 0
February 5.8 9 11 0 0 2
March 4.2 2 13 2 0 3
April 1.1 0 0 0 3
May 1.4 0 0 1 1
June 1.1 1 0 1 0
July 0.6 0 1 2 0
August 0.7 4 1 0 0
September 0.5 0 2 0 0
October 0.7 0 0 3 0
November 2.7 5 3 1 1
December 2.9 3 4 8 2
Average 2.3 4.1 4.0 0.9 1.3 0.9

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 8 5 6 6
February 7.7 7 8 9 9 8
March 8.2 7 9 10 9 9
April 7.9 7 8 8 7
May 7.6 7 8 8 8
June 6.4 6 6 7 7
July 6.4 5 7 7 7
August 6.2 8 6 6 6
September 6.4 6 7 7 7
October 6.0 6 5 7 6
November 5.4 6 7 4 6
December 5.3 4 5 5 6
Average 6.8 7.2 6.7 7.0 6.9 6.8

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 360° 345° 335° 260° 340°
February 161° 299° 339° 339° 333°
March 311° 162° 357° 339° 155°
April 331° 300° 318° 282°
May 170° 335° 332° 216°
June 258° 238° 178° 257°
July 191° 163° 172° 165°
August 162° 167° 188° 185°
September 166° 165° 180° 169°
October 313° 294° 337° 315°
November 324° 340° 312° 320°
December 311° 322° 310° 333°

Prevailing wind direction

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