Imperial County Airport

KIPL · California, United States

Climate Imperial County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Imperial County Airport (KIPL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 91.9 86 97 100 97 76
February 96.2 85 99 96 99 97
March 91.9 44 100 99 100 89
April 98.5 99 100 99 96
May 98.6 100 98 100 100
June 98.4 100 100 99 100
July 99.0 99 100 98 100
August 98.3 97 98 99 100
September 98.3 94 97 99 100
October 98.6 99 97 100 98
November 98.3 97 99 96 100
December 98.1 97 100 99 100
Average 94.3 69.6 98.2 98.6 98.7 96.3

35th 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 92.8 88 98 100 97 76
February 96.8 88 99 97 99 98
March 92.6 44 100 100 100 94
April 98.6 99 100 99 96
May 98.7 100 98 100 100
June 98.8 100 100 100 100
July 99.5 99 100 100 100
August 98.5 97 98 100 100
September 98.5 94 98 99 100
October 99.0 99 98 100 98
November 98.8 98 100 97 100
December 98.7 98 100 100 100
Average 94.8 71.0 98.5 99.0 99.2 96.8

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 20.4 20 19 22 21 22
February 21.8 18 20 23 24 23
March 25.6 25 23 28 25 23
April 31.7 31 32 33 30
May 34.4 34 35 35 37
June 39.8 37 41 42 39
July 42.7 44 42 42 43
August 42.3 41 42 42 44
September 38.6 37 38 39 41
October 32.5 33 32 31 35
November 26.1 25 23 29 27
December 20.9 22 22 21 21
Average 30.3 21.5 30.4 31.8 31.9 32.2

6th 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 5.8 7 7 6 6 5
February 6.7 9 6 6 8 6
March 11.1 12 11 11 9 10
April 14.2 13 14 15 12
May 17.5 18 18 17 20
June 21.8 20 24 24 22
July 27.5 29 28 28 26
August 27.4 26 29 28 29
September 23.0 19 26 24 23
October 16.4 16 18 15 18
November 10.8 11 8 12 11
December 6.9 7 9 8 5
Average 15.0 9.1 15.0 16.6 16.1 15.7

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 9 2 0 3 0
February 1.7 0 1 0 0 3
March 1.6 1 2 0 1 8
April 1.7 0 1 1 3
May 3.0 0 7 4 1
June 2.7 10 1 3 0
July 0.9 1 0 0 0
August 0.5 3 0 0 0
September 1.6 8 3 0 0
October 0.1 0 1 0 0
November 0.6 1 0 0 0
December 1.4 1 0 1 0
Average 1.9 4.6 2.4 1.1 1.0 1.2

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 4.7 4 6 4 5 4
February 6.5 8 8 8 6 6
March 7.3 7 8 7 8 7
April 6.7 6 7 7 6
May 6.9 7 6 7 6
June 6.0 7 6 6 6
July 6.1 6 7 7 5
August 5.6 6 6 6 6
September 4.8 4 4 4 4
October 5.1 5 4 6 4
November 4.4 5 6 4 5
December 4.4 3 4 6 4
Average 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.3

6th 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 343° 294° 334° 283° 314°
February 271° 278° 299° 330° 360°
March 288° 275° 301° 282° 278°
April 280° 269° 282° 285°
May 255° 271° 240° 262°
June 257° 158° 127° 255°
July 148° 134° 129° 139°
August 179° 130° 129° 150°
September 289° 125° 144° 012°
October 309° 195° 280° 319°
November 302° 308° 332° 276°
December 324° 275° 257° 331°

Prevailing wind direction

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