Hanford Municipal Airport

KHJO · California, United States

Climate Hanford Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hanford Municipal Airport (KHJO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.8 51 75 42 61 50
February 80.3 73 75 82 85 87
March 90.7 89 86 90 97 93
April 96.3 90 99 99 100 93
May 98.3 99 98 100 100
June 98.9 97 99 100 99
July 99.4 100 100 98 100
August 92.7 98 99 85 82
September 91.6 98 99 92 60
October 83.2 89 96 74 60
November 65.6 83 65 46 71
December 52.0 61 51 50 55
Average 84.1 75.7 88.7 86.3 83.5 80.3

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 65.8 60 82 54 71 64
February 86.1 80 81 87 90 89
March 94.2 92 92 96 97 96
April 98.5 96 100 99 100 97
May 99.3 100 99 100 100
June 99.2 97 99 100 99
July 99.5 100 100 99 100
August 96.0 99 100 96 86
September 95.3 99 100 97 76
October 90.9 95 98 78 80
November 75.5 88 75 59 81
December 65.8 71 58 65 70
Average 89.0 82.1 92.2 89.9 88.5 87.2

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 15.0 15 15 16 16 14
February 17.8 18 16 20 19 20
March 20.3 21 16 23 20 20
April 25.9 25 25 26 28 25
May 29.9 29 31 32 31
June 34.8 32 36 36 35
July 38.3 39 38 39 38
August 37.7 37 39 38 38
September 33.9 33 36 35 34
October 27.7 29 29 25 30
November 19.9 22 18 19 19
December 14.8 18 13 13 15
Average 25.6 19.7 26.0 27.4 26.6 26.4

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 4.6 6 5 2 3 4
February 4.1 7 2 2 4 3
March 6.7 8 6 7 5 7
April 9.6 9 9 9 9 11
May 12.9 13 13 13 14
June 16.5 15 17 18 15
July 19.5 20 20 21 18
August 18.7 19 20 18 19
September 15.8 17 18 16 16
October 9.5 11 11 9 11
November 4.9 5 2 8 4
December 3.6 5 4 5 2
Average 10.2 7.5 10.6 10.5 10.6 10.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.3 5 9 0 6 2
February 4.1 5 6 1 0 0
March 5.3 6 12 3 2 7
April 1.8 3 0 0 1 4
May 0.7 1 0 0 0
June 0.3 0 0 3 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.1 1 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.5 0 0 2 1
November 3.5 2 5 0 4
December 5.2 4 4 13 2
Average 2.3 4.5 2.6 0.9 2.1 1.6

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 3.1 3 4 2 3 3
February 4.0 3 4 3 5 3
March 4.4 5 6 4 4 4
April 5.1 5 6 6 4 5
May 5.3 5 7 6 5
June 5.0 4 6 5 5
July 4.4 4 5 4 4
August 4.2 4 5 4 4
September 4.1 5 4 4 4
October 3.6 3 4 4 3
November 2.7 3 3 3 3
December 2.8 3 2 3 3
Average 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.1 3.8

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 310° 152° 315° 304° 308°
February 187° 191° 295° 323° 090°
March 301° 240° 326° 317° 258°
April 309° 317° 322° 312° 319°
May 309° 322° 321° 322°
June 318° 323° 320° 325°
July 317° 317° 311° 314°
August 308° 314° 311° 317°
September 316° 309° 320° 330°
October 322° 321° 317° 325°
November 326° 314° 304° 323°
December 321° 172° 124° 328°

Prevailing wind direction

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