Los Angeles International Airport

KLAX · California, United States

Climate Los Angeles International Airport 2021-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 84.8 91 83 77 93 88
February 81.3 63 76 86 95 89
March 81.7 76 83 65 89 95
April 77.8 76 52 87 80
May 62.2 56 45 47 68 59
June 57.6 52 55 55 60 70
July 72.4 61 74 65 77
August 78.9 85 68 82 83
September 75.8 66 66 93 74
October 80.1 57 87 68 83
November 86.1 86 96 91 67
December 84.4 66 88 84 68
Average 75.6 66.3 69.0 70.5 80.3 77.4

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 92.9 95 95 89 97 94
February 90.8 73 88 93 100 96
March 90.8 89 96 79 92 99
April 92.7 90 80 100 98
May 95.4 96 98 88 99 98
June 90.0 92 88 95 84 87
July 88.1 72 84 89 90
August 92.3 96 80 93 95
September 93.0 83 97 98 93
October 91.4 71 92 96 95
November 93.3 96 99 98 77
December 91.6 75 97 96 81
Average 91.8 89.4 86.8 89.1 94.7 92.0

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 18.6 18.6 17.6 16.6 19.8 19.1
February 18.1 18.1 16.3 17.1 21.1 18.5
March 18.2 17.0 17.3 16.1 20.3 17.6
April 19.8 18.1 18.1 21.3 19.3
May 19.8 20.3 18.6 18.5 20.5 19.1
June 21.6 21.6 21.6 19.8 22.6 21.1
July 23.6 23.0 23.1 23.3 22.6
August 24.6 24.5 24.1 25.0 23.5
September 24.8 23.8 23.3 27.8 23.1
October 23.9 22.0 23.3 23.1 22.6
November 21.6 20.6 22.6 20.5 21.8
December 18.9 18.0 20.0 16.5 16.1
Average 20.9 19.1 20.1 20.2 22.0 20.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 10.2 8.9 10.1 9.4 10.8 9.5
February 10.3 10.4 10.8 8.6 10.5 10.1
March 11.2 10.8 11.0 10.1 11.8 9.6
April 13.0 11.5 11.6 13.8 12.6
May 14.4 15.0 13.9 13.8 14.5 14.3
June 16.4 16.5 16.1 15.1 17.1 15.9
July 18.0 17.3 17.3 18.0 18.0
August 18.9 18.1 18.5 19.3 18.1
September 18.6 18.0 18.1 20.8 17.3
October 16.3 15.5 15.4 17.3 14.9
November 12.7 11.5 12.9 10.9 13.6
December 10.6 10.4 11.8 9.6 9.9
Average 14.0 12.3 13.7 13.6 14.7 13.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 5.4 1 5 14 1 2
February 7.2 11 17 11 1 0
March 6.9 10 6 17 2 2
April 1.1 2 1 0 0
May 1.1 0 0 3 0 1
June 0.8 1 1 2 1 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 1
August 0.7 0 4 1 1
September 0.4 1 2 1 0
October 0.4 0 0 1 2
November 1.5 0 1 3 0
December 4.2 1 5 6 14
Average 2.5 4.2 2.4 4.7 1.2 1.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.5 6 7 8 5 6
February 7.5 7 7 8 7 7
March 8.6 9 9 9 9 9
April 8.5 9 8 9 8
May 8.2 8 8 8 8 8
June 7.7 8 7 8 8 8
July 7.9 7 8 8 8
August 8.1 8 8 9 8
September 7.7 8 7 8 8
October 7.3 7 7 7 8
November 6.7 7 6 7 6
December 6.0 5 6 7 7
Average 7.6 7.7 7.4 7.6 7.7 7.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 255° 276° 229° 257° 241°
February 235° 231° 238° 253° 264°
March 246° 244° 246° 251° 254°
April 244° 253° 256° 251°
May 245° 254° 246° 251° 250°
June 245° 253° 247° 248° 248°
July 256° 250° 252° 254°
August 257° 253° 257° 254°
September 254° 243° 248° 255°
October 258° 246° 251° 256°
November 258° 249° 253° 258°
December 251° 261° 255° 245°

Prevailing wind direction

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