San Gabriel Valley Airport

KEMT · California, United States

Climate San Gabriel Valley Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of San Gabriel Valley Airport (KEMT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.1 89 81 93 95 92
February 87.0 72 87 99 91 98
March 86.4 85 71 93 93 87
April 85.8 74 93 90 78
May 78.5 65 83 75 89
June 76.4 64 86 92 75
July 93.2 94 92 96 90
August 92.6 92 96 92 93
September 86.3 74 97 89 75
October 86.4 93 78 84 83
November 89.3 97 91 71 93
December 89.9 94 92 66 95
Average 86.4 82.3 81.8 90.8 86.6 87.5

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 94.2 95 91 96 98 96
February 94.3 81 94 100 98 99
March 94.9 95 87 98 99 97
April 96.0 92 99 100 90
May 97.9 95 100 100 99
June 98.8 98 100 100 98
July 98.8 98 99 98 99
August 99.2 98 100 100 100
September 97.1 98 100 98 86
October 96.2 98 97 96 92
November 93.8 100 97 77 94
December 94.0 98 98 76 97
Average 95.8 90.9 95.4 98.6 95.4 95.6

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 19.8 19 17 21 21 20
February 20.1 18 18 23 22 23
March 21.1 20 18 24 20 19
April 24.3 23 25 25 23
May 24.3 22 26 25 28
June 28.0 24 31 29 28
July 31.9 33 31 32 30
August 32.6 32 33 32 33
September 31.1 28 33 31 33
October 28.2 29 27 26 30
November 24.4 25 23 26 24
December 20.0 21 17 17 22
Average 24.8 19.1 24.1 26.4 25.3 26.0

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 9.2 9 8 9 9 9
February 10.0 11 8 10 10 10
March 11.6 12 10 12 10 11
April 14.5 12 15 14 15
May 16.2 14 16 17 18
June 18.6 16 20 19 19
July 21.1 21 20 21 19
August 21.0 21 21 21 21
September 19.7 19 22 18 20
October 16.1 16 17 15 17
November 12.8 13 10 14 12
December 9.6 10 8 9 9
Average 14.5 10.4 13.9 15.2 14.6 14.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.3 0 3 0 2 0
February 4.2 10 6 0 0 0
March 3.8 3 9 2 1 6
April 1.3 0 0 0 11
May 0.4 0 0 1 1
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.5 3 0 0 0
September 0.2 0 1 0 0
October 0.1 0 0 0 0
November 0.7 0 0 0 1
December 2.7 0 1 11 2
Average 1.7 4.0 1.7 0.2 1.0 1.6

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 3.0 3 4 3 3 3
February 3.9 4 4 3 3 4
March 4.4 5 5 5 5 5
April 4.6 5 5 5 4
May 5.1 5 5 5 5
June 4.9 4 5 6 4
July 5.7 5 7 5 4
August 4.8 5 5 5 5
September 4.1 4 5 4 3
October 3.6 3 4 4 4
November 3.1 3 4 3 3
December 2.7 2 3 3 3
Average 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.6 4.3 3.8

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 210° 175° 159° 176° 201°
February 164° 168° 209° 209° 198°
March 184° 187° 204° 198° 197°
April 208° 208° 200° 190°
May 199° 205° 207° 206°
June 205° 206° 203° 202°
July 205° 213° 206° 204°
August 204° 206° 204° 204°
September 206° 202° 208° 205°
October 203° 206° 206° 208°
November 190° 205° 202° 201°
December 170° 173° 180° 185°

Prevailing wind direction

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