Falcon Field

KFFZ · Arizona, United States

Climate Falcon Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Falcon Field (KFFZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.9 81 97 99 96 96
February 94.9 94 95 96 100 97
March 97.5 96 94 100 99 97
April 99.5 100 100 100 100
May 98.3 93 100 100 100
June 98.5 93 99 100 100
July 99.0 98 100 96 100
August 98.2 94 99 98 99
September 99.0 97 100 99 100
October 97.3 90 97 99 100
November 97.1 93 97 99 99
December 88.8 63 81 94 97
Average 96.5 90.4 92.2 97.9 98.2 98.8

64th 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 97.4 89 99 99 100 100
February 98.0 98 99 98 100 99
March 98.7 97 97 100 100 98
April 99.5 100 100 100 100
May 98.3 93 100 100 100
June 98.5 93 99 100 100
July 99.4 98 100 99 100
August 98.3 94 99 99 99
September 99.3 97 100 100 100
October 97.7 90 99 100 100
November 97.8 94 98 99 99
December 92.8 70 89 98 99
Average 97.8 94.7 93.6 98.6 99.4 99.4

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 16.4 18 17 20 19 20
February 17.3 21 20 22 22 21
March 20.3 23 22 26 24 23
April 25.6 30 31 31 30
May 30.4 34 35 35 36
June 39.3 37 40 41 40
July 40.6 44 41 39 42
August 39.5 41 39 39 43
September 36.8 37 37 37 39
October 31.2 33 30 30 34
November 25.0 25 21 28 26
December 19.2 21 17 20 19
Average 27.5 20.5 30.1 30.2 30.2 30.9

30th 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 7.8 8 8 9 8 8
February 7.9 9 8 9 10 9
March 10.7 11 11 12 12 12
April 14.9 16 17 18 16
May 18.7 20 20 20 22
June 26.8 22 27 28 26
July 30.4 31 30 28 30
August 29.0 30 27 27 29
September 25.9 23 27 25 26
October 19.3 21 19 17 20
November 13.6 14 10 15 14
December 9.0 10 8 9 8
Average 16.9 9.3 17.9 18.1 18.0 18.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.0 4 4 1 4 1
February 3.5 4 3 3 0 2
March 3.7 5 5 1 5 7
April 0.1 0 0 0 0
May 0.5 1 0 0 0
June 0.1 0 0 1 0
July 1.4 0 1 6 0
August 0.9 1 3 2 0
September 0.3 0 1 0 0
October 0.0 0 1 0 0
November 1.1 1 3 0 0
December 3.5 3 7 4 1
Average 1.6 4.5 1.3 1.4 1.8 0.9

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 4 5 5 6 4
February 5.8 5 7 6 5 6
March 5.9 6 6 6 7 6
April 6.3 6 6 7 6
May 6.3 6 6 6 5
June 5.8 5 6 6 6
July 5.6 5 6 5 6
August 5.1 5 4 5 5
September 5.2 5 4 4 5
October 5.2 5 4 6 5
November 4.8 4 5 5 5
December 4.7 4 4 4 5
Average 5.5 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.4

30th 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 024° 045° 022° 014° 006°
February 183° 146° 020° 277° 020°
March 189° 211° 251° 213° 198°
April 262° 223° 200° 220°
May 195° 213° 209° 220°
June 203° 189° 224° 205°
July 245° 233° 185° 226°
August 204° 200° 161° 246°
September 204° 157° 354° 235°
October 208° 018° 009° 275°
November 010° 006° 019° 319°
December 023° 020° 062° 004°

Prevailing wind direction

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