Delano Municipal Airport

KDLO · California, United States

Climate Delano Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Delano Municipal Airport (KDLO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.2 69 67 87 68
February 95.5 91 99 94 98
March 95.7 93 97 95 99 93
April 99.1 99 100 100 100
May 98.0 99 98
June 99.0 97 99 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.0 100 100 100 96
September 96.8 99 100 99 86
October 95.9 95 100 90 98
November 87.6 99 94 68 91
December 75.3 85 71 62 83
Average 88.5 80.1 97.1 94.8 90.8 91.4

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 82.7 83 75 90 78
February 98.1 96 100 98 98
March 99.0 97 99 99 100 98
April 99.6 99 100 100 100
May 99.7 100 100
June 99.5 99 99 100 100
July 100.0 100 100 100 100
August 99.5 100 100 100 98
September 98.3 99 100 100 93
October 98.5 98 100 96 100
November 92.1 99 98 76 95
December 85.2 96 80 72 89
Average 93.8 89.7 98.8 96.9 93.6 95.0

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 13.8 14 14 15 12
February 16.1 16 16 17 19
March 18.5 17 16 22 19 18
April 24.1 23 24 26 21
May 26.1 27 28
June 32.7 29 33 37 34
July 36.1 37 36 38 36
August 35.5 35 37 36 36
September 31.9 30 34 33 32
October 25.8 26 27 24 28
November 18.2 20 16 18 18
December 13.5 16 11 12 14
Average 22.1 15.3 26.1 25.3 24.5 24.3

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 2.5 4 2 2 2
February 3.2 6 1 3 2
March 6.4 13 5 6 4 6
April 8.1 7 8 8 8
May 11.2 12 10
June 15.6 14 15 20 15
July 18.2 18 19 20 17
August 18.2 18 19 18 19
September 15.0 15 17 14 15
October 8.6 9 10 8 10
November 2.9 3 1 5 2
December 2.4 3 2 3 0
Average 8.2 7.3 10.5 9.5 9.4 8.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.8 5 0 1 2
February 4.0 3 2 0 1
March 3.5 3 6 4 1 4
April 0.2 0 1 0 0
May 2.0 0 0
June 0.4 1 1 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.5 0 0 3 0
November 2.2 1 2 0 2
December 5.5 5 2 14 2
Average 2.2 4.0 1.1 0.8 1.6 1.1

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 2.1 2 2 2 2
February 2.8 3 3 2 2
March 3.1 4 4 3 3 3
April 3.7 4 4 3 3
May 4.0 4 4
June 3.9 4 4 4 4
July 3.4 3 3 3 3
August 3.2 3 3 3 3
September 2.7 3 3 3 2
October 2.4 3 2 3 2
November 2.0 2 2 2 2
December 2.0 2 2 2 2
Average 2.7 2.7 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.5

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 337° 329° 209° 265°
February 180° 341° 327° 305°
March 308° 303° 328° 316° 297°
April 328° 328° 326° 299°
May 318° 333°
June 322° 339° 331° 326°
July 344° 334° 340° 333°
August 343° 338° 328° 330°
September 326° 332° 339° 331°
October 343° 338° 347° 316°
November 351° 337° 294° 328°
December 358° 285° 343° 343°

Prevailing wind direction

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