Bicycle Lake Army Air Field

KBYS · California, United States

Climate Bicycle Lake Army Air Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bicycle Lake Army Air Field (KBYS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.6 96 96 99 98 98
February 94.5 96 93 99 100 100
March 96.4 92 97 97 99 96
April 98.1 99 99 100 94
May 99.0 100 99 100 100
June 98.6 100 99 100 99
July 99.2 100 98 98 100
August 98.5 98 100 100 93
September 98.5 98 100 99 98
October 98.7 98 100 99 100
November 98.4 99 99 100 97
December 97.2 99 96 97 96
Average 97.6 94.7 98.0 98.7 99.2 97.6

28th 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 98.1 99 98 100 99 98
February 96.2 100 97 99 100 100
March 98.8 98 100 99 100 100
April 98.8 99 99 100 97
May 99.3 100 99 100 100
June 99.1 100 99 100 99
July 99.5 100 98 100 100
August 99.6 100 100 100 98
September 99.1 99 100 99 99
October 99.0 98 100 100 100
November 99.1 100 100 100 98
December 98.5 100 99 98 97
Average 98.8 98.8 99.2 99.2 99.6 98.9

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 15.0 15 12 16 15 16
February 17.0 16 13 18 18 19
March 19.9 19 16 24 19 17
April 26.4 26 27 27 24
May 30.0 30 31 31 31
June 36.0 32 36 38 35
July 39.6 41 39 40 39
August 38.2 36 38 39 40
September 33.8 31 34 35 36
October 27.0 26 28 25 30
November 20.4 19 17 24 20
December 14.7 16 12 14 15
Average 25.8 16.7 24.9 26.9 27.2 27.2

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 2.1 2 2 1 1 1
February 3.6 5 1 2 3 3
March 6.7 7 5 7 4 7
April 11.6 10 11 11 11
May 14.9 14 15 16 16
June 20.2 18 20 23 19
July 25.0 26 25 26 22
August 23.0 21 24 23 21
September 18.4 18 20 18 17
October 11.2 11 12 9 13
November 4.9 4 2 7 4
December 1.2 2 -1 2 -1
Average 11.5 4.8 11.0 11.7 12.2 11.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.2 6 6 0 0 0
February 3.2 11 5 1 0 0
March 2.5 6 6 0 1 1
April 0.6 0 0 0 4
May 0.6 0 0 0 0
June 0.1 0 0 1 0
July 0.4 0 1 1 0
August 0.8 3 0 1 0
September 0.5 2 0 0 0
October 0.1 0 0 0 0
November 1.0 0 2 0 0
December 2.5 3 2 3 0
Average 1.9 7.5 2.1 0.4 0.5 0.3

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 7 9 6 7 5
February 7.6 7 10 9 8 6
March 8.8 10 10 9 10 8
April 8.3 8 10 9 6
May 7.9 8 10 8 8
June 7.2 7 8 7 8
July 5.8 7 7 5 6
August 5.6 6 5 6 6
September 5.9 6 5 6 5
October 6.0 6 5 7 6
November 6.2 6 8 6 7
December 5.5 4 6 7 6
Average 6.9 7.7 7.0 7.3 7.2 6.6

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 168° 283° 002° 145° 239°
February 168° 207° 312° 313° 341°
March 203° 215° 289° 251° 223°
April 226° 233° 238° 254°
May 212° 233° 219° 217°
June 191° 208° 192° 202°
July 186° 168° 168° 188°
August 184° 153° 182° 186°
September 175° 164° 180° 075°
October 267° 168° 217° 177°
November 260° 216° 176° 207°
December 107° 194° 195° 333°

Prevailing wind direction

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