Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field

KIZA · California, United States

Climate Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field (KIZA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.7 91 74 85 90 91
February 85.5 74 87 97 91 86
March 83.7 83 75 84 89 83
April 79.5 76 80 75 77
May 71.9 60 80 73 85
June 70.5 42 84 77 76
July 81.0 82 78 77 73
August 80.2 78 81 81 82
September 78.3 65 84 73 83
October 87.0 88 77 81 88
November 91.0 92 90 83 95
December 85.5 81 81 64 93
Average 81.5 82.7 74.0 83.4 79.2 83.8

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 92.4 96 86 89 93 95
February 92.4 86 96 98 92 88
March 91.3 87 88 89 96 93
April 87.1 80 88 84 92
May 84.3 79 86 82 89
June 79.9 74 87 82 82
July 83.2 85 83 78 76
August 82.6 81 81 87 85
September 83.6 81 89 77 86
October 90.3 90 86 85 92
November 93.9 96 93 87 97
December 92.5 90 94 80 96
Average 87.7 89.3 84.8 88.3 84.9 88.6

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 16.4 18 15 19 19 18
February 18.0 17 17 21 20 21
March 18.7 18 16 22 18 17
April 22.2 21 23 22 21
May 23.3 22 25 23 26
June 27.2 23 30 28 28
July 30.6 32 30 30 29
August 30.7 30 31 29 32
September 29.5 27 31 29 32
October 26.9 28 25 22 30
November 22.9 24 20 25 23
December 17.6 20 15 16 21
Average 22.9 17.7 22.9 24.6 23.1 24.8

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 3.6 6 5 3 3 3
February 3.6 6 2 2 4 3
March 5.1 6 6 5 3 5
April 6.7 6 7 6 8
May 8.7 10 7 8 9
June 10.6 12 11 11 10
July 12.1 12 13 13 11
August 12.7 13 13 12 14
September 11.6 13 15 11 11
October 7.8 9 10 7 10
November 4.7 5 3 7 4
December 3.5 6 5 4 2
Average 7.3 6.0 8.3 7.8 7.1 7.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.7 4 15 2 10 1
February 6.5 13 7 1 0 1
March 7.9 13 15 3 4 13
April 3.0 4 2 1 12
May 2.0 8 1 0 0
June 1.1 8 0 0 0
July 0.6 5 0 0 0
August 1.0 6 1 0 0
September 1.0 4 1 1 1
October 0.8 4 0 2 0
November 2.9 4 4 3 1
December 6.2 12 6 14 3
Average 4.0 10.1 7.3 1.6 2.7 2.7

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 4.6 6 6 3 4 4
February 5.5 6 6 5 6 4
March 6.1 7 7 7 6 6
April 6.2 6 7 6 5
May 6.4 6 8 7 6
June 5.7 5 6 5 6
July 5.5 5 6 5 5
August 5.4 6 6 5 5
September 5.1 5 5 5 5
October 5.2 6 5 5 5
November 4.5 6 5 4 4
December 4.2 5 4 5 4
Average 5.5 6.2 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.0

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 287° 227° 263° 258° 283°
February 219° 273° 271° 288° 266°
March 281° 264° 280° 275° 225°
April 273° 271° 261° 264°
May 255° 267° 253° 262°
June 252° 261° 257° 256°
July 261° 265° 261° 255°
August 256° 266° 248° 254°
September 260° 245° 254° 255°
October 269° 259° 264° 254°
November 238° 270° 263° 261°
December 259° 252° 253° 277°

Prevailing wind direction

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