Dixon Airport

KDWX · United States

Climate Dixon Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dixon Airport (KDWX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.2 63 63 94 90 64
February 85.0 83 82 86 81 99
March 88.0 87 79 87 91 100
April 90.4 84 92 93 100
May 94.6 99 90 98 100
June 98.5 95 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 99.4 100 99 99 100
September 98.2 99 98 98 97
October 92.6 93 96 87 97
November 88.8 86 87 93 97
December 84.1 85 81 85 81
Average 90.4 77.9 88.3 93.5 92.8 94.6

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 85.4 77 79 99 93 94
February 91.4 89 91 91 90 99
March 93.5 93 86 95 95 100
April 96.0 94 96 98 100
May 97.7 100 96 99 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 99.7 100 99 100 100
September 99.6 100 100 100 98
October 97.2 97 99 95 98
November 94.6 93 92 98 98
December 90.4 94 86 88 90
Average 94.8 86.3 94.0 96.7 96.3 97.4

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 -1.8 1 -2 -1 0 -3
February 0.7 3 -2 -1 0 -4
March 6.3 7 1 5 7 6
April 14.3 9 23 14 5
May 19.9 21 23 20 9
June 25.4 23 25 29 18
July 29.6 30 26 32 30
August 28.4 29 25 29 31
September 23.6 25 23 26 18
October 14.5 16 20 15 11
November 7.5 8 4 10 9
December 1.1 2 -2 4 1
Average 12.8 3.7 13.2 14.7 14.5 13.9

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 -12.0 -10 -11 -15 -14 -10
February -11.2 -8 -15 -16 -12 -13
March -6.2 -4 -11 -9 -6 6
April -5.2 -4 -21 -4 5
May 0.3 4 -14 3 9
June 5.7 7 -3 8 13
July 6.6 10 -13 14 9
August 5.9 10 -13 8 11
September 2.3 5 -12 4 4
October -5.0 -1 -21 1 -5
November -6.1 -7 -10 -3 -6
December -12.5 -11 -14 -8 -13
Average -4.5 -8.4 -2.0 -14.6 -2.7 -1.9

4th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.3 16 29 4 9 11
February 11.9 16 11 9 18 1
March 9.6 9 17 10 6 0
April 6.9 9 6 3 0
May 5.4 3 7 2 0
June 1.5 3 2 1 0
July 2.3 3 4 1 3
August 1.3 1 2 2 1
September 2.8 2 3 4 2
October 5.4 8 3 8 2
November 7.9 11 10 4 3
December 13.3 14 17 14 16
Average 7.3 13.4 9.3 5.5 5.6 4.7

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 6.6 4 6 9 9 13
February 8.2 6 6 10 12 8
March 8.9 9 6 10 12 12
April 10.0 7 13 12 14
May 8.8 7 10 11 12
June 9.1 7 10 11 11
July 8.4 6 9 9 11
August 8.1 7 8 9 9
September 8.7 7 9 8 10
October 8.3 6 6 11 11
November 6.5 5 0 10 12
December 6.4 3 1 12 9
Average 8.3 6.5 6.0 8.0 10.4 10.2

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 192° 188° 114° 146° 176°
February 184° 193° 150° 185° 095°
March 188° 185° 152° 147° 193°
April 207° 206° 165° 170°
May 209° 182° 176° 153°
June 182° 178° 171° 170°
July 209° 159° 139° 172°
August 205° 154° 180° 172°
September 189° 179° 186° 172°
October 202° 206° 176° 207°
November 198° 360° 177° 183°
December 199° 240° 182° 163°

Prevailing wind direction

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