Los Angeles Weather Station

KCQT · California, United States

Climate Los Angeles Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Los Angeles Weather Station (KCQT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.4 78 70 92 93 86
February 84.0 72 79 94 90 93
March 82.4 63 93 90 84
April 82.1 66 89 80 83
May 66.7 54 70 64 71
June 67.0 54 73 83 72
July 83.3 82 82 85 77
August 84.3 82 89 83 89
September 79.1 68 92 76 69
October 84.7 88 72 85 82
November 86.3 95 88 67 89
December 85.8 87 86 65 90
Average 79.9 74.8 72.8 84.2 79.8 81.6

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 91.7 91 83 96 97 94
February 92.9 84 89 98 97 98
March 91.5 78 98 97 93
April 96.0 89 100 98 95
May 95.3 91 99 99 86
June 96.2 96 97 96 98
July 96.4 94 97 96 94
August 95.9 93 99 94 98
September 95.9 99 97 95 89
October 95.4 94 96 97 94
November 92.3 100 96 77 95
December 92.6 94 92 77 97
Average 93.7 87.4 91.6 97.2 93.7 94.0

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 19.9 19 18 20 21 21
February 19.6 18 18 21 21 23
March 20.5 18 21 20 20
April 22.8 21 23 23 23
May 22.4 21 22 22 26
June 25.0 22 26 26 26
July 28.2 29 27 28 27
August 29.0 29 29 28 30
September 28.2 26 30 27 30
October 26.5 26 24 24 28
November 23.3 24 21 23 23
December 19.9 21 17 16 22
Average 23.2 18.7 22.7 23.7 23.3 24.8

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 9.7 10 9 9 10 11
February 9.9 11 9 8 10 11
March 11.4 10 12 10 12
April 13.6 13 13 14 15
May 14.8 15 14 15 16
June 17.0 16 17 17 18
July 18.8 19 17 19 18
August 19.3 19 19 18 20
September 18.3 19 19 17 17
October 15.2 15 16 14 17
November 12.0 12 9 12 11
December 9.6 12 9 8 9
Average 13.7 10.4 13.9 13.6 13.6 14.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.1 9 19 2 2 0
February 7.5 19 14 0 0 1
March 7.6 18 2 3 9
April 0.9 0 0 0 6
May 0.7 1 0 0 0
June 0.1 0 0 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 1 0
August 0.5 4 0 0 0
September 0.3 2 0 0 0
October 0.5 0 1 3 0
November 1.9 1 4 0 1
December 4.8 3 10 11 4
Average 3.7 14.1 5.1 1.1 1.5 1.7

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 1.7 2 2 1 2 2
February 2.0 2 2 2 2 2
March 2.3 3 2 3 3
April 2.0 2 2 2 2
May 1.8 2 2 2 2
June 1.6 1 2 2 2
July 1.6 1 2 2 2
August 1.6 1 2 1 1
September 1.6 1 2 1 1
October 1.5 1 1 2 1
November 1.4 1 2 1 2
December 1.5 1 2 2 2
Average 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7

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 084° 098° 267° 249° 282°
February 116° 133° 262° 268° 280°
March 211° 260° 254° 252°
April 264° 257° 258° 252°
May 251° 258° 257° 255°
June 254° 255° 255° 253°
July 256° 253° 257° 257°
August 257° 253° 257° 257°
September 257° 247° 259° 261°
October 258° 252° 261° 262°
November 273° 272° 263° 261°
December 194° 160° 156° 286°

Prevailing wind direction

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