Lompoc Airport

KLPC · California, United States

Climate Lompoc Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lompoc Airport (KLPC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.2 83 0 91 89 90
February 66.4 69 0 90 89 85
March 72.4 78 0 72 90 86
April 70.1 0 78 98 77
May 55.0 0 73 72 76
June 57.6 0 75 64 85
July 58.3 0 59 70 81
August 55.6 0 62 59 77
September 58.1 0 77 53 60
October 72.0 14 56 88 84
November 87.3 86 88 84 91
December 84.6 79 81 71 92
Average 67.0 76.5 14.2 74.2 76.6 81.5

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 70.7 94 0 95 95 95
February 73.2 87 0 94 97 89
March 82.6 93 0 85 98 98
April 79.2 0 92 99 95
May 72.8 0 80 90 86
June 68.1 0 78 76 89
July 63.8 0 71 75 83
August 63.7 0 68 73 81
September 65.5 0 83 62 65
October 79.3 14 74 97 90
November 92.8 95 93 90 95
December 95.1 97 91 90 97
Average 76.3 91.3 16.4 82.7 85.9 88.0

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 12.9 18 0 19 18 12
February 13.8 17 0 20 18 20
March 15.6 18 0 19 17 17
April 16.2 0 19 17 19
May 16.0 0 19 17 22
June 17.4 0 22 18 22
July 18.1 0 21 21 21
August 19.0 0 22 22 24
September 18.8 0 17 22 22
October 19.9 4 17 22 25
November 20.9 22 19 23 20
December 16.9 20 14 16 19
Average 17.1 17.4 3.8 18.9 19.2 20.0

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 3.8 6 0 5 5 1
February 3.7 7 0 3 6 5
March 5.6 7 0 5 5 7
April 6.9 0 5 8 9
May 7.9 0 8 8 11
June 9.1 0 10 8 12
July 10.9 0 13 14 13
August 11.2 0 13 14 14
September 10.2 0 9 13 12
October 7.7 1 8 9 11
November 6.3 6 3 8 5
December 4.9 7 4 5 4
Average 7.3 6.9 1.1 7.3 8.4 8.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.2 3 0 2 9 1
February 3.8 10 0 4 0 1
March 5.5 10 0 4 2 10
April 1.6 0 1 0 5
May 0.7 0 0 0 1
June 0.2 0 0 1 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.3 0 0 0 0
September 0.6 0 1 1 1
October 0.7 0 0 2 0
November 3.2 2 7 2 2
December 6.5 9 4 14 4
Average 2.6 7.4 0.8 1.6 2.3 2.0

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 5.0 7 0 6 7 7
February 5.8 6 0 8 9 7
March 7.0 8 0 9 9 7
April 7.8 0 10 9 8
May 7.8 0 10 9 10
June 7.3 0 9 8 9
July 7.2 0 9 8 9
August 6.9 0 8 8 8
September 6.6 0 8 7 7
October 6.7 1 6 8 7
November 6.7 7 7 6 7
December 6.4 6 6 6 7
Average 6.8 6.9 1.1 8.0 7.8 7.8

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 301° 360° 282° 282° 302°
February 233° 360° 294° 294° 292°
March 286° 360° 281° 294° 269°
April 360° 286° 281° 278°
May 360° 285° 284° 276°
June 360° 273° 275° 280°
July 360° 271° 269° 271°
August 360° 269° 271° 273°
September 360° 268° 270° 268°
October 287° 275° 282° 270°
November 258° 281° 272° 283°
December 282° 261° 277° 282°

Prevailing wind direction

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