Davis Monthan Air Force Base

KDMA · Arizona, United States

Climate Davis Monthan Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Davis Monthan Air Force Base (KDMA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.6 96 97 99 98 100
February 96.3 94 97 96 100 100
March 98.8 96 98 100 98 99
April 99.1 95 100 100 100
May 99.1 96 100 100 100
June 98.8 95 100 100 99
July 98.3 94 96 99 99
August 99.2 99 98 100 100
September 99.5 99 100 100 100
October 99.4 100 99 99 99
November 99.2 99 99 100 99
December 97.4 97 91 97 100
Average 98.3 95.3 97.0 98.4 99.2 99.5

48th 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 99.3 99 99 100 100 100
February 98.0 98 100 98 100 100
March 99.5 98 99 100 99 100
April 99.1 95 100 100 100
May 99.3 96 100 100 100
June 99.0 95 100 100 100
July 98.4 94 97 99 100
August 99.5 99 99 100 100
September 99.7 99 100 100 100
October 99.6 100 99 100 99
November 99.6 100 99 100 100
December 99.3 100 97 100 100
Average 99.1 98.1 97.9 99.1 99.7 99.8

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 18.8 18 17 19 19 19
February 20.0 21 19 20 21 20
March 23.7 22 22 25 23 23
April 29.6 29 30 29 29
May 33.1 33 34 34 35
June 38.1 37 38 39 38
July 38.1 41 37 35 39
August 37.3 38 35 36 40
September 35.3 36 35 34 36
October 29.4 32 28 29 32
November 25.1 25 21 27 27
December 19.3 21 17 20 19
Average 28.0 20.0 29.0 28.5 28.9 29.7

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 4.9 5 4 5 5 5
February 6.0 7 4 4 6 6
March 8.2 8 7 7 8 9
April 12.0 10 11 14 11
May 15.5 13 16 17 18
June 21.5 20 23 24 21
July 24.3 26 24 23 25
August 22.4 25 23 15 26
September 19.5 21 22 16 23
October 14.3 16 15 12 15
November 9.0 12 6 7 8
December 6.2 7 5 7 6
Average 12.8 6.6 13.7 13.7 12.7 14.3

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 8 8 2 2 3
February 5.2 9 9 4 0 2
March 2.8 8 5 2 2 4
April 0.2 0 0 0 1
May 0.2 0 0 0 0
June 0.6 0 2 0 1
July 3.0 1 4 6 3
August 2.0 2 6 3 0
September 1.2 2 1 1 0
October 1.0 1 2 0 1
November 1.2 3 1 0 1
December 4.2 7 10 4 0
Average 2.6 8.3 2.8 2.5 1.5 1.2

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 6.0 5 6 7 6 6
February 6.7 6 8 7 7 7
March 6.9 7 7 7 8 6
April 7.3 7 8 8 7
May 7.0 8 7 7 6
June 6.8 8 7 7 7
July 6.0 6 6 5 7
August 5.4 6 5 5 6
September 6.5 7 8 4 7
October 6.7 7 7 6 7
November 6.2 7 6 6 7
December 5.7 5 5 5 7
Average 6.4 6.2 6.9 6.7 6.0 6.5

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 210° 215° 096° 159° 238°
February 212° 217° 211° 259° 251°
March 221° 247° 252° 234° 227°
April 235° 235° 223° 247°
May 204° 224° 227° 246°
June 221° 209° 256° 249°
July 270° 227° 214° 298°
August 173° 134° 210° 276°
September 212° 132° 184° 118°
October 168° 146° 205° 216°
November 157° 220° 126° 161°
December 125° 245° 198° 090°

Prevailing wind direction

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