Palmdale Weather Station

KGXA · California, United States

Climate Palmdale Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Palmdale Weather Station (KGXA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2021 2020
January 97.6 98 99
February 95.9 98 92 100 100
March 98.3 98 97 99 99
April 89.8 98 99 100 100
May 81.8 99 100 100
June 96.8 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100
August 98.9 95 100 98
September 98.3 98 98 95
October 97.9 98 94 100
November 98.6 100 100 100
December 96.5 99 100 100
Average 96.1 98.2 98.2 99.3 99.0

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 2021 2020
January 99.1 99 99
February 97.4 99 93 100 100
March 98.8 99 99 99 99
April 89.9 99 99 100 100
May 82.0 100 100 100
June 96.8 100 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100
August 99.4 96 100 100
September 98.8 100 99 96
October 98.1 98 94 100
November 98.6 100 100 100
December 96.6 99 100 100
Average 96.4 98.9 98.7 99.4 99.3

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 2021 2020
January 14.8 15 15
February 14.9 14 13 16 18
March 17.1 17 14 18 16
April 23.5 22 24 25 21
May 27.1 26 28 29
June 33.2 29 37 33
July 37.2 38 38 37
August 36.3 34 37 38
September 31.9 30 33 34
October 25.5 26 24 28
November 20.1 18 22 20
December 14.5 15 12 17
Average 24.6 16.9 24.6 28.0 26.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2021 2020
January 1.4 2 2
February 2.4 3 2 4 3
March 2.8 4 2 2 3
April 6.4 6 7 8 8
May 10.5 10 13 11
June 15.1 12 20 14
July 19.5 20 22 16
August 18.6 18 19 19
September 14.9 16 16 16
October 8.8 9 10 11
November 4.0 3 6 4
December 1.2 3 1 1
Average 8.8 3.5 9.3 12.2 9.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2021 2020
January 4.1 4 0
February 5.5 11 10 0 0
March 4.3 7 9 2 4
April 1.1 1 0 0 7
May 0.6 1 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0
July 0.2 1 0 0
August 1.3 9 0 1
September 0.1 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0
November 0.5 1 0 1
December 4.3 4 12 0
Average 1.9 5.4 2.6 0.7 1.1

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 2021 2020
January 5.3 5 6
February 6.6 5 9 7 6
March 7.5 8 9 8 6
April 8.3 7 7 9 7
May 7.6 7 9 7
June 6.9 6 7 7
July 5.9 7 5 5
August 6.0 6 6 6
September 5.9 5 7 5
October 5.7 6 6 5
November 5.1 5 6 5
December 4.0 2 5 5
Average 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.9 6.0

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2021 2020
January 289° 293°
February 276° 291° 056° 353°
March 281° 297° 309° 300°
April 280° 305° 298° 296°
May 304° 297° 290°
June 298° 294° 294°
July 293° 309° 293°
August 279° 296° 297°
September 301° 317° 009°
October 326° 312° 317°
November 348° 046° 299°
December 296° 294° 074°

Prevailing wind direction

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