Needles Airport

KEED · California, United States

Climate Needles Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Needles Airport (KEED) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.3 95 97 100 100 98
February 97.1 93 92 100 99 99
March 98.7 98 97 100 100 96
April 99.3 97 100 99 100
May 99.7 100 99 100 100
June 99.0 100 100 99 100
July 99.2 99 100 99 100
August 97.6 99 97 100 87
September 99.6 100 100 100 100
October 99.8 100 99 100 100
November 97.6 100 96 100 100
December 93.8 99 88 99 88
Average 98.1 95.6 98.4 98.5 99.5 97.2

41st 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 98.9 100 100 100 100 98
February 98.0 94 92 100 99 100
March 99.5 100 99 100 100 98
April 99.3 98 100 99 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.1 100 100 100 100
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 97.9 99 99 100 87
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 99.9 100 100 100 100
November 97.9 100 98 100 100
December 94.9 100 91 100 89
Average 98.7 98.0 99.0 99.1 99.7 97.6

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 18.7 18 16 19 19 19
February 21.2 21 19 22 23 22
March 25.2 24 22 27 25 23
April 32.2 31 32 33 30
May 35.8 35 36 37 38
June 41.7 38 42 44 41
July 44.3 46 43 44 45
August 43.3 42 42 43 45
September 39.4 38 40 40 41
October 31.8 33 32 30 34
November 24.2 24 21 26 24
December 18.4 20 15 19 19
Average 30.2 21.0 30.4 31.4 31.9 31.8

10th 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 8.0 7 7 8 8 7
February 8.9 9 7 9 9 8
March 12.2 12 10 13 11 12
April 17.3 15 18 18 16
May 21.4 21 22 22 23
June 26.8 24 28 29 26
July 31.3 32 31 32 30
August 30.5 29 30 31 32
September 25.7 24 28 26 25
October 17.8 19 19 16 17
November 11.8 12 9 14 11
December 7.7 8 5 8 7
Average 17.3 9.2 17.2 18.5 18.7 17.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.5 4 1 0 3 0
February 2.4 3 2 0 0 2
March 2.1 3 3 1 1 4
April 0.5 0 0 1 2
May 2.4 1 0 0 14
June 0.2 0 0 0 1
July 0.5 0 1 1 0
August 1.0 3 3 0 0
September 0.3 1 0 1 0
October 0.4 1 1 1 0
November 0.5 0 1 0 0
December 1.3 0 1 1 0
Average 1.4 3.3 0.9 0.6 0.7 2.0

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 7.8 6 9 9 9 7
February 8.5 7 10 13 10 9
March 8.1 7 7 10 9 7
April 8.3 8 10 9 6
May 7.9 8 9 7 9
June 7.1 7 8 7 8
July 6.5 6 7 6 7
August 6.1 6 5 7 6
September 6.4 6 6 6 6
October 7.9 8 6 7 7
November 8.2 8 10 9 8
December 7.3 6 5 6 9
Average 7.4 6.6 7.2 8.0 7.6 7.3

10th 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 351° 353° 356° 354° 357°
February 327° 342° 355° 351° 358°
March 236° 287° 355° 351° 194°
April 327° 327° 320° 196°
May 180° 263° 208° 223°
June 173° 200° 186° 189°
July 193° 187° 175° 187°
August 199° 179° 176° 184°
September 199° 178° 206° 359°
October 351° 017° 354° 001°
November 354° 360° 355° 353°
December 350° 359° 317° 355°

Prevailing wind direction

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