Phoenix Goodyear Airport

KGYR · Arizona, United States

Climate Phoenix Goodyear Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Luke Air Force Base (KLUF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.4 91 95 100 98 100
February 97.5 99 99 98 100 96
March 98.4 98 96 100 99 97
April 98.3 99 100 100 100
May 98.9 98 100 100 100
June 99.1 100 99 100 99
July 92.3 99 96 99 100
August 97.3 100 99 100 100
September 98.7 99 100 99 100
October 98.4 99 99 98 100
November 97.5 99 95 100 99
December 94.8 94 88 97 100
Average 97.2 96.0 98.0 98.1 99.3 99.2

60th 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 98.6 98 99 100 98 100
February 99.1 100 100 100 100 97
March 99.3 100 100 100 100 98
April 98.7 100 100 100 100
May 99.1 99 100 100 100
June 99.3 100 100 100 100
July 92.7 100 97 100 100
August 97.4 100 99 100 100
September 98.8 99 100 99 100
October 98.9 99 99 99 100
November 98.0 99 96 100 99
December 97.3 98 97 98 100
Average 98.2 99.0 99.4 99.0 99.5 99.4

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 18.8 18 17 20 19 19
February 20.7 22 20 22 22 21
March 24.7 24 22 26 24 23
April 30.9 31 32 31 30
May 34.5 34 36 35 37
June 39.9 37 41 42 40
July 42.0 45 41 41 43
August 40.9 42 39 40 43
September 37.8 38 38 38 39
October 31.0 33 30 30 33
November 25.0 26 21 27 26
December 19.0 21 17 20 19
Average 29.4 21.3 30.5 30.7 30.7 31.2

24th 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 6.2 6 5 6 6 6
February 7.4 9 6 6 8 6
March 10.2 12 9 10 10 10
April 14.6 14 15 14 14
May 18.7 20 19 19 21
June 24.4 23 26 28 24
July 29.2 31 30 30 29
August 28.6 30 28 28 30
September 24.1 23 26 25 24
October 16.6 19 18 15 16
November 10.5 13 7 12 10
December 6.6 8 6 8 6
Average 15.5 8.9 16.8 16.8 16.8 16.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.2 6 7 1 5 0
February 3.3 3 5 4 2 2
March 2.4 5 5 0 1 5
April 0.3 0 0 1 0
May 0.3 0 0 0 1
June 0.3 0 0 1 0
July 1.4 0 5 2 1
August 1.4 4 1 2 0
September 1.4 2 5 2 1
October 0.5 0 1 0 0
November 1.5 2 4 0 0
December 2.6 3 5 3 2
Average 1.8 4.3 2.2 1.9 1.4 0.9

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 3.7 4 4 4 3 3
February 4.9 4 6 5 6 4
March 5.5 7 5 6 6 5
April 6.2 5 7 7 5
May 6.0 5 7 6 6
June 5.9 6 6 7 6
July 6.5 7 7 6 7
August 5.3 6 4 4 6
September 4.7 4 4 4 5
October 4.5 5 4 4 4
November 3.8 5 4 3 4
December 3.3 3 3 3 4
Average 5.1 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.0

24th 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 268° 248° 037° 219° 304°
February 196° 205° 229° 261° 007°
March 225° 219° 228° 205° 231°
April 225° 216° 200° 234°
May 204° 212° 211° 234°
June 203° 209° 202° 226°
July 209° 203° 206° 207°
August 194° 207° 175° 212°
September 205° 106° 186° 173°
October 198° 082° 236° 221°
November 139° 274° 055° 185°
December 065° 235° 213° 033°

Prevailing wind direction

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