Edwards Air Force Base

KEDW · California, United States

Climate Edwards Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Edwards Air Force Base (KEDW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.1 97 95 100 100 100
February 96.8 92 94 99 100 99
March 98.0 96 98 99 100 95
April 99.2 100 100 100 95
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 98.6 95 100 100 96
September 99.1 100 99 99 96
October 99.4 99 100 98 100
November 98.9 98 100 99 100
December 95.7 95 99 92 98
Average 98.3 95.2 98.0 99.5 98.9 98.1

5th 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 99.1 99 99 100 100 100
February 99.0 99 99 99 100 99
March 99.7 100 100 100 100 99
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 99.5 99 100 100 98
September 99.4 100 100 99 98
October 99.6 100 100 99 100
November 99.3 99 100 99 100
December 98.5 98 99 100 98
Average 99.4 99.1 99.4 99.7 99.6 99.2

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 14.9 16 13 16 15 15
February 16.5 16 15 18 18 20
March 18.9 19 15 22 20 17
April 25.0 25 25 27 23
May 28.4 28 29 30 30
June 34.7 31 35 38 34
July 38.5 39 38 40 38
August 37.8 36 39 38 39
September 33.6 31 35 35 35
October 27.0 27 29 25 29
November 20.4 19 17 23 21
December 14.4 16 12 14 15
Average 24.8 16.6 24.5 26.6 26.7 26.3

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 1.5 3 1 -1 2 1
February 1.7 4 -1 -2 2 1
March 4.7 5 4 4 3 5
April 8.8 7 9 9 9
May 11.9 12 12 14 12
June 17.0 14 17 22 16
July 21.1 21 22 24 19
August 20.2 18 22 20 20
September 15.9 15 18 16 15
October 8.5 8 11 9 9
November 2.5 1 0 4 2
December 0.5 1 0 2 0
Average 8.9 4.1 8.4 9.5 10.4 9.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.4 2 12 1 0 0
February 4.4 11 6 3 0 0
March 3.1 4 7 1 1 3
April 1.5 0 0 0 10
May 0.9 1 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 1 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.9 6 0 0 0
September 0.1 0 1 0 0
October 0.2 0 0 2 0
November 1.3 0 2 0 0
December 4.6 6 4 7 2
Average 2.2 5.7 3.1 0.8 0.8 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 6.5 7 9 5 5 7
February 8.3 8 9 7 8 7
March 10.1 12 12 9 10 10
April 11.3 9 12 11 11
May 10.6 11 12 10 10
June 9.6 10 10 9 9
July 8.7 10 9 8 9
August 8.0 8 6 9 8
September 7.1 8 7 7 4
October 6.3 7 5 8 6
November 6.1 6 8 5 6
December 5.5 4 7 7 7
Average 8.4 9.2 8.7 8.1 8.2 7.8

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 272° 259° 032° 335° 269°
February 242° 252° 279° 281° 328°
March 247° 252° 272° 262° 243°
April 263° 261° 249° 250°
May 240° 264° 251° 249°
June 236° 249° 232° 238°
July 238° 238° 232° 230°
August 247° 226° 234° 235°
September 240° 229° 243° 252°
October 267° 288° 257° 246°
November 300° 276° 271° 261°
December 310° 248° 244° 289°

Prevailing wind direction

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