Los Angeles International Airport

KLAX · California, United States

Statistics Los Angeles International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 84.2 77 93 88 90 79
February 85.0 86 95 89 92 84
March 82.3 65 89 95 86 86
April 78.1 52 87 80 81 76
May 65.8 47 68 59 79 71
June 59.4 60 70 66 36
July 74.2 65 77 67 70
August 79.9 82 83 79 81
September 79.3 93 74 73 87
October 83.2 68 83 82 96
November 84.5 91 67 86 82
December 87.2 84 68 92 93
Average 76.9 64.0 80.3 77.4 80.3 77.5

1,394th 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: 5 mi or more
  • Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more
Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 92.4 89 97 94 96 88
February 94.0 93 100 96 98 95
March 90.4 79 92 99 95 93
April 93.2 80 100 98 91 93
May 95.0 88 99 98 92 98
June 89.2 84 87 96 92
July 92.0 89 90 87 93
August 93.9 93 95 88 94
September 94.0 98 93 90 97
October 95.3 96 95 92 100
November 91.8 98 77 92 91
December 93.9 96 81 99 97
Average 92.3 85.5 94.7 92.0 92.8 94.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:
  • Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
  • Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more
Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 18.8 17 20 19 20 18
February 18.3 17 21 19 21 15
March 18.5 16 20 18 19 19
April 20.1 18 21 19 21 20
May 19.9 19 21 19 22 19
June 21.9 23 21 23 21
July 23.8 23 23 23 23
August 24.7 25 24 25 24
September 25.2 28 23 25 26
October 24.4 23 23 25 26
November 21.6 21 22 20 22
December 18.8 17 16 20 19
Average 20.9 17.3 22.0 20.4 21.8 21.1

901st 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 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 10.4 9 11 10 11 11
February 10.2 9 11 10 12 9
March 11.3 10 12 10 12 12
April 13.2 12 14 13 14 14
May 14.4 14 15 14 16 14
June 16.6 17 16 17 17
July 18.3 18 18 17 17
August 19.1 19 18 19 19
September 18.8 21 17 18 20
October 16.5 17 15 17 16
November 12.9 11 14 11 13
December 10.5 10 10 10 11
Average 13.9 10.7 14.7 13.7 14.5 14.3

2,259th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 6.2 14 1 2 0 12
February 5.2 11 1 0 1 11
March 6.7 17 2 2 8 5
April 0.9 1 0 0 6 0
May 1.5 3 0 1 2 3
June 0.6 1 0 0 2
July 0.1 0 1 0 1
August 0.3 1 1 0 0
September 0.1 1 0 0 0
October 0.5 1 2 0 0
November 1.8 3 0 1 5
December 4.7 6 14 2 4
Average 2.9 8.8 1.2 1.7 1.6 3.2

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 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 6.5 8 5 6 6 7
February 7.5 8 7 7 7 8
March 8.5 9 9 9 8 9
April 8.5 8 9 8 8 9
May 8.3 8 8 8 8 9
June 7.8 8 8 8 7
July 8.1 8 8 8 8
August 8.2 9 8 8 8
September 7.7 8 8 7 8
October 7.3 7 8 7 7
November 6.7 7 6 7 7
December 6.1 7 7 6 6
Average 7.7 8.1 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.7

901st 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 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
January 229° 257° 241° 262° 215°
February 238° 253° 264° 255° 240°
March 246° 251° 254° 246° 254°
April 253° 256° 251° 250° 255°
May 246° 251° 250° 251° 252°
June 248° 248° 251° 255°
July 252° 254° 254° 256°
August 257° 254° 258° 253°
September 248° 255° 256° 250°
October 251° 256° 255° 247°
November 253° 258° 260° 256°
December 255° 245° 287° 234°

Prevailing wind direction

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

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