Guadalupe Pass Weather Station

KGDP · United States

Climate Guadalupe Pass Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cavern City Air Terminal (KCNM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.2 95 90 96 90 95
February 85.5 90 95 99 24 85
March 91.3 90 99 97 82 88
April 95.2 96 100 92 94
May 94.3 90 98 89 98
June 96.7 99 94 93 100
July 98.4 99 99 97 100
August 94.4 98 96 95 100
September 92.5 93 96 99 93
October 90.5 89 93 99 93
November 86.1 82 83 92 94
December 92.6 89 91 100 99
Average 92.5 91.6 93.3 95.2 88.2 95.0

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 96.3 95 93 99 95 99
February 88.7 97 97 100 24 93
March 95.0 98 99 98 82 93
April 98.4 100 100 96 97
May 99.0 99 99 99 99
June 99.1 100 99 98 100
July 99.1 100 99 100 100
August 96.2 100 99 97 100
September 97.3 98 98 99 99
October 95.8 96 98 100 98
November 91.9 87 87 98 95
December 95.5 93 95 100 99
Average 96.2 96.7 96.9 97.6 91.3 97.7

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 14 16 15 14 16
February 17.8 20 17 16 16 17
March 22.4 22 22 22 22 22
April 27.6 27 29 25 27
May 32.1 31 34 30 34
June 36.1 37 36 36 36
July 36.0 38 37 33 38
August 34.8 37 33 32 37
September 31.6 34 31 33 31
October 25.5 26 24 28 28
November 19.3 19 17 21 22
December 16.2 17 17 21 15
Average 25.3 18.5 26.7 26.1 25.8 26.8

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 0 1 -2 -1 0
February 1.1 4 1 -3 -1 1
March 5.9 7 6 2 5 9
April 9.7 9 11 9 10
May 14.9 14 17 16 15
June 19.9 21 21 20 20
July 21.9 23 23 20 23
August 20.9 23 21 20 21
September 17.1 19 17 17 15
October 10.1 12 10 11 9
November 4.1 6 3 4 5
December 1.3 2 4 5 -2
Average 9.7 3.5 11.3 10.5 10.3 10.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.2 1 2 0 1 2
February 1.7 3 1 0 4 4
March 1.3 0 0 2 2 5
April 1.1 0 0 3 0
May 0.3 1 0 0 0
June 0.6 0 1 3 0
July 0.6 0 0 2 0
August 2.0 2 6 4 1
September 1.8 1 2 1 2
October 2.5 0 3 0 2
November 3.0 4 4 3 2
December 1.7 2 3 0 1
Average 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.7 1.9 1.4

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 9.1 11 9 8 8 9
February 9.8 11 11 8 8 9
March 10.5 12 11 11 11 10
April 10.3 11 12 10 9
May 9.5 8 11 9 8
June 8.1 9 8 7 9
July 7.0 8 7 6 6
August 6.2 7 7 6 6
September 7.0 7 6 7 7
October 8.0 8 8 8 8
November 8.4 8 10 7 9
December 7.7 8 9 8 8
Average 8.7 11.2 8.7 8.5 7.9 8.2

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 240° 248° 300° 252° 274°
February 267° 242° 204° 167° 254°
March 256° 233° 275° 237° 235°
April 233° 242° 231° 248°
May 170° 243° 149° 215°
June 243° 120° 135° 168°
July 145° 121° 132° 132°
August 098° 076° 144° 139°
September 147° 146° 179° 077°
October 156° 296° 244° 248°
November 255° 247° 304° 228°
December 270° 241° 249° 316°

Prevailing wind direction

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