Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport

KGXF · Arizona, United States

Climate Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Airport (KGXF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.3 99 96 100 99 98
February 97.4 98 98 96 100 98
March 99.2 100 99 100 100 97
April 99.7 99 100 100 99
May 99.6 100 100 100 100
June 99.5 100 100 100 100
July 99.0 100 97 100 100
August 98.8 98 98 100 99
September 98.9 100 98 99 100
October 99.3 99 99 99 100
November 97.9 97 97 98 97
December 96.1 96 88 98 99
Average 98.8 98.7 98.5 98.1 99.3 99.0

58th 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 99.1 99 97 100 99 100
February 98.9 100 99 98 100 100
March 99.6 100 100 100 100 98
April 99.7 99 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 100 100
July 99.3 100 98 100 100
August 99.0 99 99 100 100
September 99.0 100 99 99 100
October 99.6 99 100 99 100
November 98.5 98 98 98 98
December 98.3 99 96 99 99
Average 99.3 99.6 99.1 99.0 99.5 99.5

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 19.4 19 17 20 20 19
February 21.2 22 20 22 23 22
March 25.3 25 23 27 25 23
April 31.7 31 32 32 31
May 35.0 35 36 36 38
June 40.5 38 41 42 41
July 42.0 45 41 40 43
August 41.3 42 39 40 44
September 38.3 39 38 38 40
October 31.6 34 31 31 35
November 25.3 26 22 28 27
December 19.5 21 17 20 20
Average 30.2 21.9 30.8 30.9 31.3 31.8

20th 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 6.0 6 5 6 4 4
February 7.0 8 6 5 7 7
March 10.3 11 8 10 9 11
April 14.7 13 15 15 14
May 18.3 18 18 19 20
June 23.7 21 26 26 23
July 28.6 29 29 29 29
August 26.8 29 27 28 28
September 22.8 23 25 25 24
October 16.4 17 18 15 17
November 10.1 11 6 11 10
December 6.5 7 5 8 4
Average 15.3 8.4 15.5 16.0 16.4 15.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.1 3 6 0 3 0
February 2.7 4 2 4 0 2
March 1.7 3 4 2 1 4
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.1 1 0 0 0
June 0.3 0 1 0 0
July 1.5 0 4 2 0
August 1.4 2 4 2 1
September 1.0 1 3 1 0
October 0.4 0 0 0 0
November 0.8 1 2 0 0
December 2.0 1 4 2 0
Average 1.3 3.3 1.4 1.7 1.0 0.5

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 5.6 5 6 6 7 4
February 6.5 5 8 8 7 6
March 6.4 6 6 7 8 6
April 6.8 6 8 7 6
May 6.6 6 8 7 6
June 6.1 6 6 7 7
July 5.9 6 6 6 6
August 5.1 6 4 5 6
September 5.4 5 6 4 6
October 5.5 5 6 6 5
November 5.0 4 6 5 6
December 4.5 4 3 5 6
Average 5.8 5.5 5.8 6.2 6.0 5.8

20th 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 324° 295° 019° 008° 358°
February 246° 226° 006° 289° 355°
March 231° 250° 265° 239° 226°
April 274° 253° 241° 242°
May 227° 235° 249° 244°
June 236° 250° 243° 236°
July 245° 258° 217° 240°
August 226° 274° 190° 250°
September 242° 056° 286° 340°
October 311° 022° 296° 325°
November 009° 342° 017° 354°
December 032° 326° 314° 022°

Prevailing wind direction

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