McClellan-Palomar Airport

KCRQ · California, United States

Climate McClellan-Palomar Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of McClellan-Palomar Airport (KCRQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.2 55 71 91 90 85
February 82.5 67 81 93 84 89
March 79.0 75 64 79 88 84
April 69.5 55 77 63 65
May 52.5 36 53 42 67
June 47.1 38 61 49 47
July 65.6 64 62 68 65
August 71.5 61 82 71 80
September 70.9 54 85 68 79
October 76.4 57 59 80 86
November 81.7 68 83 75 89
December 82.6 57 76 76 93
Average 70.9 65.5 58.2 73.9 70.3 76.4

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 89.5 68 85 97 96 95
February 93.1 85 93 98 96 95
March 90.7 92 79 92 98 94
April 89.7 76 98 93 85
May 88.9 75 93 96 87
June 81.9 93 81 70 85
July 84.7 74 86 83 87
August 87.4 77 94 87 89
September 89.6 87 94 89 90
October 90.6 65 90 95 98
November 89.6 75 95 84 95
December 89.3 61 87 92 100
Average 88.2 81.5 78.2 91.8 89.7 91.2

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 17.8 15 16 19 19 18
February 17.4 16 16 20 18 19
March 17.5 17 16 19 17 17
April 19.2 17 20 19 19
May 18.9 18 19 19 21
June 20.7 20 21 20 22
July 23.2 24 22 22 23
August 24.4 25 25 24 25
September 24.4 24 26 23 26
October 23.4 23 22 22 25
November 21.0 23 19 21 20
December 17.5 14 16 16 19
Average 20.0 15.9 19.6 20.9 19.9 21.2

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 9.4 8 8 9 9 9
February 9.3 10 8 9 10 10
March 10.6 11 9 11 10 11
April 12.8 12 13 13 13
May 14.2 14 14 14 16
June 15.0 16 15 16 17
July 18.5 19 18 17 18
August 19.4 20 19 18 20
September 18.4 19 20 18 19
October 15.8 16 17 14 17
November 12.2 13 11 13 11
December 8.5 3 10 9 9
Average 13.2 9.6 13.0 14.0 13.3 14.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.2 9 19 2 3 0
February 6.6 17 9 2 1 2
March 5.9 8 13 2 3 9
April 2.1 1 0 1 11
May 1.7 3 0 1 0
June 0.3 1 0 1 1
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.7 3 0 1 0
September 0.8 2 3 0 0
October 0.4 0 0 3 0
November 2.5 1 5 0 2
December 4.5 2 14 8 1
Average 3.5 11.3 4.4 1.7 1.6 2.0

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 4.5 4 6 4 5 4
February 5.3 6 6 6 5 5
March 5.7 6 6 6 6 6
April 5.6 5 6 6 6
May 5.8 5 6 6 5
June 5.2 5 5 5 5
July 5.2 5 5 5 5
August 5.2 5 5 5 5
September 4.9 5 5 5 4
October 4.8 5 5 5 5
November 4.3 4 5 4 4
December 4.1 4 5 5 5
Average 5.1 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.1 4.9

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 232° 209° 239° 243° 240°
February 215° 234° 246° 252° 241°
March 230° 229° 231° 243° 239°
April 242° 245° 243° 229°
May 243° 233° 232° 242°
June 245° 236° 241° 239°
July 242° 243° 244° 245°
August 248° 247° 245° 242°
September 248° 245° 251° 252°
October 250° 240° 240° 246°
November 243° 225° 256° 251°
December 229° 229° 222° 224°

Prevailing wind direction

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