Alaminos Canyon Blk 857 Weather Station

KGYF · United States

Climate Alaminos Canyon Blk 857 Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alaminos Canyon Blk 857 Weather Station (KGYF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.5 70 81 71 72 74
February 65.8 82 70 54 53 67
March 69.8 70 67 69 67 78
April 68.5 75 62 67 70
May 76.3 74 79 66 87
June 82.5 87 90 83 70
July 90.0 92 93 88 87
August 93.5 94 94 93 94
September 90.2 94 100 91 85
October 86.9 85 91 89 83
November 77.5 80 59 83 88
December 78.2 86 81 65 79
Average 79.7 73.6 82.2 75.3 77.1 80.5

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 96.6 96 99 94 99 96
February 91.6 97 97 86 89 89
March 92.4 94 97 89 87 96
April 91.2 97 91 86 92
May 95.0 96 98 89 98
June 98.1 98 100 100 95
July 98.2 99 99 100 96
August 99.6 99 100 100 100
September 98.8 99 100 98 100
October 98.3 98 99 99 97
November 97.2 99 92 100 99
December 95.8 99 98 89 98
Average 96.0 95.8 97.8 94.5 94.5 96.2

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 22.4 23 25 20 21 23
February 22.2 23 23 22 21 22
March 23.8 25 24 24 22 24
April 24.8 25 25 23 26
May 22.1 8 28 26 27
June 29.6 31 30 29 28
July 31.4 32 32 32 30
August 31.7 32 33 32 31
September 30.3 32 25 30 29
October 20.2 28 26 0 27
November 18.7 24 25 0 25
December 17.3 24 26 0 22
Average 24.0 23.5 25.7 25.8 19.7 26.1

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 16.9 18 17 16 14 19
February 17.8 19 16 18 18 18
March 20.4 22 19 20 19 22
April 17.2 1 23 22 24
May 19.8 5 25 25 25
June 26.6 27 26 27 26
July 28.0 29 28 28 28
August 28.8 29 29 29 29
September 24.3 28 25 18 27
October 18.3 24 24 0 25
November 16.8 22 22 0 24
December 10.6 20 23 0 2
Average 20.2 19.4 19.9 22.6 16.5 22.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.9 1 0 12 8 20
February 8.9 4 2 8 14 19
March 2.9 0 1 2 5 7
April 0.2 1 0 0 0
May 1.9 0 1 4 3
June 2.9 0 0 4 8
July 3.5 1 1 2 10
August 1.0 0 13 2 1
September 3.3 1 0 5 4
October 2.7 2 2 5 2
November 2.8 5 5 1 1
December 5.6 2 1 3 16
Average 2.7 1.3 1.1 2.9 3.9 7.1

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 2022 2021 2020
January 14.4 14 16 15 13 13
February 14.4 14 16 15 14 14
March 14.1 14 16 14 13 14
April 13.0 13 14 14 12
May 11.4 9 13 13 10
June 10.5 11 10 10 11
July 9.9 10 10 10 11
August 8.4 9 11 9 7
September 9.6 7 14 11 12
October 11.0 12 11 10 11
November 11.9 12 13 12 11
December 13.6 12 13 15 15
Average 12.8 13.6 11.7 12.6 11.7 11.7

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 082° 143° 070° 086° 097°
February 135° 132° 083° 095° 124°
March 114° 122° 123° 105° 136°
April 106° 121° 102° 111°
May 117° 139° 116° 128°
June 158° 133° 131° 118°
July 152° 152° 146° 161°
August 123° 168° 143° 132°
September 099° 007° 142° 043°
October 060° 079° 093° 037°
November 052° 093° 072° 074°
December 069° 131° 148° 089°

Prevailing wind direction

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