Holloman Air Force Base

KHMN · New Mexico, United States

Climate Holloman Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.3 91 98 100 98 99
February 93.1 85 94 96 92 96
March 95.3 92 93 91 97 99
April 98.4 95 100 99 100
May 99.4 100 100 100 99
June 98.4 100 96 98 100
July 99.2 100 99 100 100
August 97.6 95 92 98 100
September 96.9 94 99 99 92
October 96.4 98 96 98 95
November 96.4 96 96 99 91
December 95.5 90 92 99 100
Average 96.4 89.2 96.2 96.4 98.3 97.4

99th 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 98.8 96 100 100 99 100
February 96.1 91 95 99 97 98
March 98.0 95 99 98 99 100
April 99.4 99 100 100 100
May 99.6 100 100 100 99
June 99.1 100 98 99 100
July 99.3 100 99 100 100
August 98.4 96 96 99 100
September 98.9 97 99 100 99
October 99.0 100 98 99 98
November 97.1 98 96 100 92
December 96.4 91 93 100 100
Average 98.0 93.7 97.8 98.1 99.2 98.6

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 13.5 13 14 14 13 14
February 16.3 17 15 15 16 15
March 21.0 20 20 21 21 21
April 26.3 26 28 25 26
May 31.0 31 33 31 32
June 35.4 35 35 35 36
July 36.1 39 36 33 37
August 34.6 36 32 32 37
September 31.4 33 30 31 30
October 24.2 25 23 26 24
November 19.0 19 16 20 21
December 14.2 15 14 17 13
Average 24.3 16.7 25.5 24.8 25.1 25.6

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 -2.6 -1 -1 -3 -2 0
February 1.1 2 -1 -2 0 1
March 5.0 6 5 3 4 7
April 9.1 8 10 9 10
May 13.7 14 14 15 14
June 18.7 19 20 20 18
July 20.7 23 18 21 23
August 19.8 19 21 20 21
September 15.8 16 17 15 14
October 9.1 9 10 9 6
November 2.3 4 0 3 1
December -1.5 -2 0 2 -3
Average 8.6 2.4 9.4 9.0 9.6 9.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.3 5 3 1 0 2
February 3.2 5 3 2 5 5
March 2.3 2 3 5 0 5
April 0.4 0 0 2 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 1.8 1 4 5 0
July 0.9 1 1 0 0
August 2.6 4 7 2 1
September 2.1 5 1 2 1
October 2.2 1 4 0 4
November 1.3 3 1 1 0
December 1.9 3 5 1 0
Average 1.9 3.8 2.2 2.6 1.4 1.4

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 6.2 7 8 6 5 6
February 8.0 9 10 7 7 6
March 8.6 10 10 8 9 8
April 9.1 10 10 8 9
May 8.5 8 10 9 8
June 7.3 9 7 7 8
July 6.2 7 7 6 6
August 5.6 7 6 6 5
September 5.5 6 5 5 5
October 6.3 7 6 7 5
November 5.2 5 6 4 5
December 5.6 6 6 7 5
Average 7.1 8.7 7.6 7.1 6.6 6.5

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 189° 203° 227° 280° 339°
February 215° 217° 186° 211° 186°
March 204° 206° 221° 213° 184°
April 214° 211° 200° 215°
May 199° 212° 196° 214°
June 217° 210° 192° 198°
July 174° 130° 158° 212°
August 187° 138° 173° 219°
September 170° 180° 207° 264°
October 171° 247° 213° 182°
November 202° 199° 189° 210°
December 260° 208° 183° 195°

Prevailing wind direction

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