Cannon Air Force Base

KCVS · New Mexico, United States

Climate Cannon Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cannon Air Force Base (KCVS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 89.2 82 86 87 92 94
February 88.1 85 92 92 74 80
March 88.2 80 95 95 90 83
April 90.8 90 98 89 93
May 89.2 87 95 75 97
June 91.7 87 88 86 98
July 97.6 96 98 93 100
August 95.0 100 87 95 100
September 89.8 93 97 95 87
October 84.5 84 84 96 85
November 84.7 84 78 93 87
December 91.5 83 94 98 92
Average 89.4 82.0 89.8 91.0 89.6 91.6

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 93.8 86 93 96 95 97
February 93.1 92 93 97 82 91
March 94.0 92 98 99 98 88
April 95.4 96 100 91 98
May 96.8 98 97 91 98
June 97.0 95 95 95 100
July 98.9 99 99 96 100
August 97.9 100 95 98 100
September 94.0 98 98 97 94
October 90.9 93 92 98 91
November 91.0 88 93 95 90
December 94.7 87 96 98 98
Average 94.4 89.8 95.2 96.4 94.7 95.5

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 11.5 11 12 13 9 12
February 14.3 16 14 12 11 13
March 19.0 19 18 19 19 19
April 23.3 23 26 22 23
May 28.3 27 31 26 30
June 32.7 31 33 32 34
July 33.7 36 35 30 35
August 32.2 35 31 30 35
September 29.1 31 30 30 28
October 22.0 23 21 25 23
November 16.9 18 14 19 18
December 13.3 14 13 17 12
Average 22.1 15.0 23.4 23.3 22.7 23.7

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 -3.3 -4 -2 -5 -2 -1
February -2.3 1 -2 -6 -5 -2
March 2.8 4 2 0 2 5
April 6.0 5 7 5 6
May 11.3 12 10 12 12
June 16.5 16 18 18 17
July 18.2 18 20 16 20
August 18.0 19 19 17 19
September 14.3 16 15 15 12
October 7.7 8 9 8 7
November 2.2 3 1 3 4
December -2.7 0 -1 1 -2
Average 6.8 0.3 7.9 7.5 7.5 8.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.8 11 7 3 1 3
February 4.6 8 5 5 8 6
March 3.3 7 1 4 4 4
April 1.8 3 0 2 1
May 1.9 8 0 4 0
June 1.5 1 0 8 0
July 0.9 1 2 1 0
August 2.5 1 7 4 1
September 1.2 1 0 2 0
October 5.7 1 16 1 6
November 2.6 5 5 0 3
December 2.5 6 3 0 3
Average 3.2 8.6 3.1 3.8 2.8 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 11.3 10 12 11 11 11
February 12.9 13 15 12 11 11
March 12.2 13 13 13 13 12
April 12.6 13 14 12 11
May 11.1 10 13 12 11
June 10.0 8 11 10 11
July 8.1 8 8 7 8
August 7.9 9 7 8 8
September 8.8 7 9 10 9
October 10.2 9 9 11 12
November 11.6 10 12 11 12
December 11.3 11 11 13 12
Average 10.8 12.1 10.2 10.8 10.5 10.6

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 274° 265° 289° 329° 268°
February 266° 264° 304° 257° 254°
March 272° 254° 295° 251° 226°
April 251° 245° 247° 249°
May 161° 241° 152° 225°
June 210° 177° 188° 191°
July 181° 181° 173° 173°
August 180° 140° 206° 179°
September 218° 200° 211° 339°
October 220° 227° 256° 259°
November 273° 263° 274° 248°
December 282° 254° 261° 327°

Prevailing wind direction

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