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.