Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal

KHHR · California, United States

Climate Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal (KHHR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.7 78 72 91 89 84
February 83.0 69 82 93 90 92
March 80.9 79 63 85 93 83
April 78.9 61 83 77 81
May 67.0 50 70 61 80
June 62.3 54 67 78 68
July 77.3 74 75 79 72
August 81.7 78 86 85 83
September 76.5 64 92 77 69
October 82.8 85 71 82 80
November 85.2 93 90 69 83
December 85.9 84 85 70 91
Average 78.1 75.5 70.6 81.6 78.7 79.9

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 92.1 91 87 96 95 93
February 92.8 87 93 97 98 95
March 91.4 93 79 94 99 94
April 95.0 88 98 98 93
May 96.3 91 98 98 94
June 94.3 96 92 94 98
July 94.1 88 96 94 92
August 94.6 89 95 97 94
September 94.8 96 97 95 88
October 94.6 91 96 97 92
November 93.0 97 97 83 92
December 93.4 94 96 83 97
Average 93.6 90.1 90.6 95.7 94.4 93.5

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 19.5 19 18 21 20 20
February 18.9 18 19 22 19 21
March 19.4 19 18 22 19 18
April 21.1 20 23 20 21
May 20.8 21 22 20 23
June 22.9 22 24 23 24
July 25.5 27 25 25 24
August 26.4 28 27 25 27
September 26.2 25 30 24 27
October 25.2 25 24 24 26
November 22.5 24 21 23 21
December 19.6 21 18 17 21
Average 21.9 18.4 22.3 23.2 21.5 22.5

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 10.3 11 10 11 9 10
February 10.3 11 10 10 10 11
March 11.7 12 12 12 10 12
April 13.7 14 14 13 14
May 15.1 16 15 15 16
June 17.0 18 18 16 17
July 18.9 20 19 19 17
August 19.9 21 20 19 19
September 19.2 20 22 18 19
October 16.6 16 18 15 17
November 12.8 13 11 14 11
December 10.4 12 10 10 9
Average 14.3 11.2 15.1 15.2 13.9 14.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.2 6 11 0 5 0
February 7.7 18 9 0 1 0
March 6.9 7 15 4 3 6
April 0.9 0 0 1 6
May 1.0 1 0 0 1
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.6 3 0 1 0
September 0.2 1 1 0 0
October 0.6 0 1 2 0
November 2.4 1 2 1 4
December 5.2 6 3 16 2
Average 3.3 10.1 3.7 0.7 2.3 1.5

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 4.2 4 6 3 4 4
February 5.2 5 6 5 5 5
March 6.1 6 6 6 6 6
April 6.3 6 7 6 6
May 6.3 6 6 6 6
June 5.8 6 6 6 6
July 6.0 6 6 6 6
August 6.0 6 6 6 6
September 5.5 5 6 6 5
October 5.0 5 5 5 5
November 4.2 4 5 4 4
December 3.7 4 4 4 3
Average 5.4 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.3

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 246° 221° 243° 238° 255°
February 212° 227° 254° 258° 249°
March 235° 239° 251° 253° 245°
April 253° 258° 250° 247°
May 246° 249° 246° 253°
June 249° 255° 248° 249°
July 252° 257° 256° 255°
August 254° 259° 255° 256°
September 239° 253° 259° 255°
October 252° 258° 256° 252°
November 241° 243° 260° 258°
December 228° 241° 244° 259°

Prevailing wind direction

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