Long Beach (Daugherty Field)

KLGB · California, United States

Climate Long Beach (Daugherty Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Long Beach (Daugherty Field) (KLGB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.4 75 69 83 83 85
February 79.7 64 82 93 84 87
March 81.4 79 69 85 93 88
April 80.0 62 85 81 81
May 68.5 54 70 67 75
June 61.5 56 66 73 65
July 77.0 75 72 83 75
August 80.7 80 83 83 87
September 78.1 71 90 78 66
October 81.3 81 71 83 74
November 83.1 95 88 63 80
December 82.4 82 84 64 90
Average 77.0 72.5 72.2 80.1 77.7 78.7

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 88.9 88 80 88 93 93
February 90.4 79 92 100 96 93
March 91.9 94 83 92 99 96
April 95.0 86 99 98 95
May 96.6 91 97 99 96
June 92.2 98 88 90 96
July 94.2 86 93 96 96
August 94.8 91 96 94 94
September 94.8 95 97 98 86
October 93.8 89 95 96 87
November 92.0 99 95 78 91
December 91.6 93 91 76 98
Average 92.5 87.4 90.2 94.2 93.0 93.5

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 19.5 19 18 20 20 19
February 19.4 19 19 22 20 21
March 20.3 20 19 22 20 19
April 22.6 21 24 22 21
May 22.0 20 23 22 24
June 24.6 22 26 24 25
July 28.1 29 27 27 27
August 28.9 29 30 28 29
September 28.2 26 31 27 30
October 26.5 27 25 25 27
November 22.8 21 22 23 23
December 19.9 22 18 17 21
Average 23.1 19.1 22.7 24.3 22.9 23.8

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 9.4 10 9 9 9 8
February 9.5 12 9 9 10 10
March 11.2 12 11 11 10 11
April 13.4 13 13 13 13
May 14.8 14 15 15 16
June 16.4 16 17 15 17
July 18.7 17 19 19 18
August 19.5 19 20 18 20
September 19.0 19 21 18 18
October 16.2 17 18 14 17
November 11.9 10 11 13 11
December 9.5 12 10 9 9
Average 13.8 11.2 13.7 14.5 13.4 13.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.0 7 14 1 3 0
February 7.6 23 11 0 0 2
March 6.3 12 14 3 4 5
April 1.1 0 1 0 7
May 1.0 1 0 1 1
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.7 4 0 1 0
September 0.2 0 1 0 0
October 0.8 0 0 3 1
November 2.3 1 4 0 5
December 4.2 3 6 11 2
Average 3.5 13.7 3.8 1.1 1.7 1.8

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 4.4 4 6 4 5 4
February 5.2 5 6 5 6 5
March 5.8 6 6 6 6 6
April 6.1 6 7 6 6
May 6.0 6 6 6 6
June 5.5 5 6 6 6
July 5.4 5 5 6 5
August 5.4 5 5 5 6
September 5.3 5 6 5 5
October 4.9 5 5 5 4
November 4.5 4 5 4 4
December 4.0 4 4 4 4
Average 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.4 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 246° 195° 227° 216° 228°
February 169° 211° 266° 266° 207°
March 205° 217° 223° 233° 214°
April 222° 235° 214° 195°
May 201° 205° 203° 213°
June 208° 204° 204° 207°
July 200° 198° 213° 216°
August 248° 232° 219° 223°
September 211° 219° 243° 239°
October 238° 210° 248° 219°
November 236° 225° 234° 260°
December 193° 252° 229° 290°

Prevailing wind direction

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