Blythe Airport

KBLH · California, United States

Climate Blythe Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Blythe Airport (KBLH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.0 96 99 100 98 99
February 98.4 100 99 95 100 99
March 98.7 99 99 100 100 95
April 99.7 89 100 100 100
May 99.2 100 99 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 96.1 99 98 99 100
September 98.1 90 100 100 100
October 99.0 99 100 99 99
November 98.2 95 97 99 99
December 98.4 96 97 100 99
Average 98.6 98.2 97.3 98.9 99.5 99.1

21st 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 98.9 98 100 100 99 100
February 99.0 100 99 96 100 100
March 99.2 99 99 100 100 98
April 100.0 100 100 100 100
May 99.5 100 99 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 96.3 99 99 99 100
September 98.2 90 100 100 100
October 99.3 99 100 99 99
November 98.3 95 97 99 99
December 99.3 97 100 100 99
Average 99.0 98.7 97.7 99.3 99.6 99.5

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 19.8 19 18 22 20 20
February 22.0 22 21 24 23 23
March 25.5 24 24 28 25 24
April 32.1 29 33 33 30
May 35.4 35 36 36 38
June 40.9 38 42 43 40
July 43.5 45 43 43 44
August 41.8 42 41 42 44
September 38.7 37 39 39 41
October 32.6 34 32 32 35
November 25.4 25 22 28 26
December 19.4 20 18 20 20
Average 30.5 21.6 30.9 32.9 31.5 32.2

1st highest temperature of United States

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 7.0 6 7 8 6 6
February 7.9 10 6 9 8 8
March 11.4 11 11 16 10 11
April 16.0 17 16 17 15
May 18.8 22 20 18 20
June 24.4 22 26 26 25
July 29.3 30 29 31 28
August 27.6 28 28 28 30
September 24.1 20 27 27 24
October 17.1 17 19 18 17
November 10.5 10 9 13 10
December 6.6 7 5 9 6
Average 16.0 8.8 16.4 18.7 16.8 16.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.4 3 1 1 2 0
February 1.7 2 0 0 1 1
March 1.5 1 6 1 0 4
April 0.3 0 0 0 1
May 0.7 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.2 0 0 1 0
August 1.0 2 3 0 0
September 0.2 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 1 0
November 0.4 0 2 0 0
December 1.1 0 1 1 0
Average 0.8 1.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6

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 6.1 5 7 7 7 5
February 6.8 5 8 9 8 6
March 7.4 7 8 9 8 7
April 7.8 10 8 9 6
May 7.6 9 8 8 7
June 8.1 8 8 8 9
July 8.5 9 8 9 8
August 7.4 8 7 7 8
September 6.4 6 6 7 6
October 6.3 6 5 7 5
November 5.8 6 8 5 6
December 5.4 3 4 7 7
Average 6.9 5.7 6.9 7.3 7.6 6.7

1st highest wind speed of United States

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 315° 282° 352° 331° 350°
February 230° 269° 359° 336° 357°
March 220° 253° 284° 269° 220°
April 353° 265° 240° 216°
May 175° 197° 188° 187°
June 184° 184° 177° 179°
July 181° 174° 167° 177°
August 172° 168° 175° 180°
September 197° 167° 204° 138°
October 317° 036° 306° 242°
November 337° 325° 006° 305°
December 135° 221° 239° 348°

Prevailing wind direction

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