Dona Ana County International Jetport Airport

KDNA · New Mexico, United States

Climate Dona Ana County International Jetport Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dona Ana County International Jetport Airport (KDNA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.5 98 99 99 94 98
February 95.8 97 97 96 93 92
March 97.7 98 98 98 99 96
April 99.1 100 99 99 100
May 99.3 100 100 100 100
June 97.8 100 99 95
July 99.6 100 100 99 100
August 98.5 99 96 97 100
September 98.9 100 100 99 98
October 97.0 100 98 100 96
November 98.2 95 98 98 99
December 97.3 97 99 99 100
Average 97.9 97.3 98.8 98.5 97.8 97.8

39th 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 97.6 98 99 100 98 100
February 98.5 99 100 98 98 97
March 98.7 99 99 100 99 98
April 99.1 100 100 100 100
May 99.6 100 100 100 100
June 99.3 100 100 99
July 99.7 100 100 99 100
August 99.4 100 99 99 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 99.6 100 100 100 100
November 99.5 100 100 99 99
December 98.4 97 99 99 100
Average 99.1 98.3 99.5 99.5 99.1 99.3

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 14.6 15 15 15 15 15
February 17.3 18 16 17 18 16
March 21.4 21 21 22 22 21
April 27.0 27 28 26 27
May 31.5 31 33 32 32
June 35.5 36 35 35
July 35.7 39 36 33 39
August 34.4 36 33 32 37
September 31.8 35 31 31 32
October 25.9 27 23 27 28
November 20.2 20 17 21 22
December 14.9 16 15 18 14
Average 24.8 17.9 26.4 25.8 25.8 24.1

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 0.2 1 0 0 -1 1
February 2.1 2 1 0 2 3
March 6.0 5 5 4 6 9
April 10.4 6 11 12 12
May 15.0 12 16 16 17
June 19.8 17 21 21
July 21.2 17 23 21 26
August 20.9 16 21 21 24
September 18.1 17 18 18 17
October 11.3 10 11 11 11
November 5.3 5 3 5 7
December 1.3 0 2 4 -2
Average 10.0 2.5 8.6 11.2 11.3 9.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.1 2 2 1 1 2
February 1.4 1 4 0 3 2
March 1.1 0 2 1 1 4
April 0.2 0 0 1 0
May 1.0 0 0 0 0
June 1.1 0 1 4
July 0.4 0 1 1 0
August 1.4 2 3 2 0
September 1.5 0 1 1 0
October 3.8 0 1 0 2
November 0.1 0 1 0 0
December 1.3 1 2 2 1
Average 1.5 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.2 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 5.6 8 5 5 4 6
February 7.1 8 6 6 7 7
March 8.6 10 9 7 9 7
April 7.9 8 7 9 8
May 6.1 7 4 8 8
June 6.9 8 7 8
July 5.2 7 5 5 10
August 4.7 6 5 5 5
September 5.2 6 5 5 6
October 5.9 6 4 7 5
November 4.8 6 4 4 6
December 4.8 5 3 5 5
Average 6.3 8.8 6.7 5.2 6.4 6.2

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 255° 270° 274° 255° 270°
February 254° 248° 249° 254° 231°
March 243° 255° 259° 247° 225°
April 238° 254° 215° 247°
May 222° 235° 231° 223°
June 242° 155° 149°
July 132° 119° 117° 109°
August 117° 080° 138° 133°
September 164° 119° 075° 097°
October 189° 249° 241° 173°
November 212° 252° 262° 199°
December 285° 261° 257° 286°

Prevailing wind direction

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