Nevada County Airport

KGOO · California, United States

Climate Nevada County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nevada County Airport (KGOO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.0 62 68 91 77 71
February 75.1 54 93 97 82 99
March 72.8 57 60 88 90 65
April 86.5 92 83 99 80
May 91.3 83 95 100 86
June 95.5 92 93 100 96
July 99.8 100 99 100 100
August 97.3 98 99 88 99
September 92.3 91 89 99 91
October 93.5 93 99 77 100
November 81.1 92 76 85 93
December 74.4 78 58 61 87
Average 81.5 57.9 87.9 90.2 89.6 89.1

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 74.6 65 72 92 84 78
February 82.0 74 95 98 85 99
March 84.5 79 75 96 95 74
April 90.6 94 88 99 89
May 96.0 94 99 100 91
June 98.2 98 96 100 97
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 98.3 100 99 92 100
September 94.4 96 91 99 92
October 96.4 96 99 88 100
November 87.8 95 83 91 95
December 81.0 84 61 69 91
Average 87.1 71.9 92.6 93.1 93.0 92.2

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 10.6 11 10 14 11 10
February 11.3 11 12 17 12 16
March 11.8 6 10 18 12 12
April 17.2 17 18 21 17
May 21.6 20 23 25 21
June 27.5 25 29 31 25
July 32.1 32 33 34 31
August 31.3 30 34 33 31
September 27.3 25 30 30 30
October 22.0 22 25 18 25
November 14.0 16 13 17 15
December 10.4 13 8 9 13
Average 17.6 8.9 19.7 22.1 21.0 20.1

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 4.2 4 2 5 5 4
February 3.9 4 3 6 5 7
March 4.5 1 3 7 5 4
April 8.5 8 7 10 9
May 12.4 12 12 13 13
June 16.3 14 17 19 14
July 22.2 22 21 24 22
August 20.9 21 20 22 22
September 17.1 15 19 18 19
October 13.3 13 15 9 16
November 6.9 8 5 9 7
December 4.8 6 2 4 6
Average 9.8 3.1 10.7 11.5 11.8 11.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 3.5 4 5 2 4 3
February 4.0 4 4 3 4 4
March 4.1 5 5 3 4 3
April 4.3 5 4 4 4
May 3.6 4 3 3 3
June 3.1 4 2 3 4
July 2.6 3 1 3 3
August 2.7 3 2 3 3
September 3.6 4 3 3 4
October 3.6 3 4 4 4
November 3.0 3 3 2 3
December 3.2 3 4 3 3
Average 3.6 3.9 3.7 2.9 3.4 3.3

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 168° 145° 079° 131° 144°
February 177° 267° 345° 306° 312°
March 173° 196° 282° 245° 193°
April 268° 259° 258° 261°
May 251° 278° 286° 247°
June 272° 227° 229° 227°
July 214° 233° 245° 249°
August 269° 235° 247° 260°
September 235° 208° 267° 264°
October 255° 286° 199° 278°
November 180° 146° 248° 233°
December 161° 176° 185° 229°

Prevailing wind direction

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