Estrella Sailport Gliderport

E68 · Arizona, United States

Climate Estrella Sailport Gliderport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ak-Chin Regional Airport (KA39) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.9 96 99 100 98 97
February 97.4 98 98 99 100 100
March 99.0 97 99 98 100 100
April 99.0 99 100 97 100
May 99.0 100 100 100 99
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 98.2 100 98 98 100
August 99.3 100 99 99 100
September 99.0 99 99 99 100
October 98.6 100 98 99
November 87.0 100 0 100 99
December 93.6 96 72 95 100
Average 97.4 97.0 99.1 90.7 98.4 99.4

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 98.6 99 99 100 99 98
February 98.7 99 99 99 100 100
March 99.7 99 100 100 100 100
April 99.2 99 100 97 100
May 99.2 100 100 100 99
June 99.8 100 100 100 100
July 98.7 100 99 99 100
August 99.7 100 100 99 100
September 99.3 99 99 99 100
October 99.4 100 99 100
November 87.3 100 0 100 99
December 95.1 98 72 98 100
Average 98.1 98.7 99.5 91.1 99.1 99.6

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 18.2 17 16 19 19 18
February 20.2 20 19 21 22 21
March 24.5 23 22 26 24 23
April 30.7 30 32 31 30
May 34.3 34 36 35 37
June 39.7 38 40 41 40
July 40.9 44 40 39 42
August 39.6 41 38 36 43
September 36.9 38 38 37 30
October 31.3 33 30 34
November 24.6 25 21 27 26
December 17.9 19 16 19 18
Average 28.6 19.9 29.9 29.9 29.8 29.5

40th highest temperature of United States

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 4.5 4 4 4 4 4
February 5.9 7 4 4 7 5
March 8.8 8 7 9 8 10
April 13.4 11 14 15 13
May 17.1 17 18 18 19
June 22.6 19 24 25 22
July 27.3 29 27 27 28
August 26.6 28 26 27 28
September 22.5 22 25 23 21
October 15.2 16 13 17
November 9.2 10 5 10 9
December 5.1 5 5 6 3
Average 13.7 6.0 14.3 14.6 14.9 13.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.6 3 4 0 2 1
February 3.0 3 3 1 0 2
March 1.6 5 3 1 1 2
April 0.1 0 0 0 1
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.3 0 1 1 0
July 1.8 0 4 7 0
August 0.8 0 3 2 0
September 1.1 1 1 1 0
October 1.3 0 0 0
November 0.5 0 0 0 0
December 2.3 3 0 4 0
Average 1.4 3.8 1.0 1.0 1.4 0.4

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 5.1 5 5 5 6 5
February 6.4 5 8 7 7 6
March 6.4 6 6 7 8 6
April 6.9 6 7 8 7
May 6.8 7 7 7 6
June 6.4 6 7 7 7
July 6.4 7 6 6 7
August 5.6 6 5 5 6
September 5.8 6 6 6 6
October 5.8 6 6 5
November 5.2 6 6 5 5
December 4.5 4 3 5 5
Average 5.9 5.2 6.0 6.3 6.3 5.9

40th highest wind speed of United States

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 340° 187° 034° 061° 353°
February 202° 208° 022° 295° 030°
March 222° 233° 262° 252° 201°
April 275° 244° 238° 218°
May 195° 220° 218° 224°
June 212° 199° 230° 212°
July 251° 232° 201° 244°
August 191° 218° 162° 261°
September 230° 102° 164° 082°
October 022° 182° 163°
November 021° 012° 039° 008°
December 045° 343° 099° 009°

Prevailing wind direction

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