Joseph State Airport

KJSY · Oregon, United States

Climate Joseph State Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of La Grande/Union County Airport (KLGD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.3 70 77 79 77 81
February 80.5 82 80 86 72 88
March 88.1 91 75 91 91 91
April 91.1 88 81 98 99
May 94.6 97 88 97 94
June 96.2 98 92 95 97
July 99.6 100 100 100 100
August 97.2 96 99 98 100
September 92.4 96 97 97 74
October 93.0 90 94 93 95
November 79.1 89 81 89 85
December 80.5 83 76 80 77
Average 89.0 81.2 89.6 89.5 91.4 90.7

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 96.4 92 98 91 98 97
February 92.8 96 92 95 87 97
March 98.1 99 95 99 99 98
April 96.7 95 89 99 100
May 99.2 100 98 99 99
June 98.7 100 98 96 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 98.5 99 99 99 100
September 94.7 100 98 99 75
October 97.9 96 99 99 97
November 86.4 97 95 95 95
December 95.9 99 97 95 93
Average 96.2 95.7 97.5 96.5 97.2 96.0

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 4.3 4 4 2 5 5
February 5.1 8 5 5 4 7
March 10.1 12 7 11 11 11
April 15.0 14 12 18 17
May 20.6 23 17 21 21
June 25.4 26 24 30 23
July 31.6 33 33 35 30
August 31.1 31 34 30 31
September 25.3 25 28 26 27
October 16.6 19 19 17 18
November 7.8 9 5 10 9
December 3.6 6 1 4 5
Average 15.0 7.9 17.0 16.3 17.6 17.0

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 -2.4 -2 -3 -4 -1 0
February -3.2 0 -3 -4 -3 -2
March -2.7 -1 -2 1 -1 -2
April 1.7 1 0 1 2
May 6.1 7 5 5 6
June 9.4 10 9 11 9
July 11.6 13 12 14 10
August 11.8 13 13 12 11
September 7.1 8 8 7 6
October 2.7 4 2 5 2
November 0.0 1 -3 3 0
December -3.9 1 -4 -2 -3
Average 2.8 -2.7 4.2 3.1 4.2 3.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.1 32 13 17 11 21
February 22.5 20 18 18 40 14
March 11.3 8 23 12 8 5
April 14.8 17 23 7 5
May 9.2 5 16 5 11
June 7.3 5 11 1 13
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 1.9 6 1 2 1
September 4.4 9 3 6 1
October 8.9 5 10 11 6
November 11.3 10 18 14 13
December 16.5 17 24 23 20
Average 10.9 19.2 10.4 11.9 9.6 8.7

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 11.4 12 11 12 11 12
February 9.7 9 11 11 9 10
March 8.4 8 10 9 10 7
April 8.8 10 9 9 8
May 7.2 6 8 8 6
June 6.4 6 6 7 6
July 5.6 6 6 6 5
August 5.3 5 5 5 5
September 5.4 6 5 6 4
October 7.5 8 5 9 6
November 9.0 10 10 11 12
December 11.3 14 13 11 10
Average 8.1 9.3 8.3 7.9 8.4 7.4

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 182° 177° 178° 175° 179°
February 189° 187° 208° 251° 222°
March 235° 172° 271° 219° 275°
April 199° 263° 317° 305°
May 312° 297° 316° 316°
June 323° 312° 321° 320°
July 334° 324° 334° 333°
August 321° 326° 319° 318°
September 308° 309° 269° 314°
October 229° 191° 202° 284°
November 194° 206° 176° 182°
December 170° 185° 186° 175°

Prevailing wind direction

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