Las Cruces International Airport

KLRU · New Mexico, United States

Climate Las Cruces International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Las Cruces International Airport (KLRU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 97.8 96 99 99 97 98
February 95.9 97 96 98 94 93
March 97.7 98 99 97 96 97
April 99.5 100 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 98.4 100 99 95 100
July 99.6 100 100 100 98
August 98.0 100 95 95 100
September 97.9 100 100 99 94
October 97.3 100 97 100 97
November 98.1 96 99 100 99
December 97.5 99 98 99 99
Average 98.1 97.0 98.9 98.6 97.9 97.9

37th 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 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 98.8 98 100 100 97 98
February 98.5 99 99 100 98 97
March 98.7 100 100 99 96 98
April 99.5 100 100 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.2 100 100 99 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 99.4 100 100 98 100
September 99.6 100 100 100 100
October 98.9 100 99 100 99
November 99.3 100 100 100 99
December 99.0 99 99 99 100
Average 99.2 99.0 99.7 99.7 99.0 99.1

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 14.6 14 15 15 13 15
February 17.8 19 17 17 19 16
March 22.2 22 22 23 22 21
April 27.3 28 29 27 26
May 31.3 31 33 31 32
June 35.6 36 35 35 36
July 35.8 40 37 33 37
August 34.1 35 32 32 37
September 31.3 33 31 31 31
October 25.1 26 22 26 28
November 19.3 19 16 21 21
December 14.9 15 15 18 14
Average 25.0 18.4 26.5 25.7 26.4 26.2

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 0.3 1 1 -1 -1 1
February 2.2 4 2 -1 2 1
March 6.1 8 6 4 5 7
April 9.8 10 11 12 9
May 13.7 14 15 14 15
June 19.3 19 21 19 19
July 21.3 24 22 20 21
August 20.0 21 20 19 21
September 16.6 18 16 17 15
October 10.1 11 10 10 9
November 4.0 5 1 4 5
December 1.0 0 2 4 -1
Average 9.7 4.3 11.0 10.2 10.9 10.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.3 2 1 3 4 4
February 2.8 2 6 1 3 3
March 1.9 1 1 2 1 8
April 0.3 0 0 1 0
May 0.2 0 0 1 0
June 1.4 0 1 5 0
July 0.8 0 0 2 0
August 1.9 2 4 3 2
September 1.2 1 0 2 1
October 1.9 1 4 0 2
November 1.5 1 1 2 0
December 2.4 1 4 2 1
Average 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.6

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 7.5 10 9 5 7 7
February 8.9 9 10 7 8 8
March 10.2 11 12 9 11 9
April 9.9 9 11 10 9
May 9.4 8 11 9 9
June 8.0 10 7 8 9
July 5.7 7 6 5 6
August 5.3 6 6 5 5
September 5.9 6 6 6 6
October 6.9 6 6 8 6
November 6.4 6 8 5 7
December 6.2 6 6 8 6
Average 7.8 10.3 7.8 7.4 7.6 7.2

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 252° 251° 257° 245° 283°
February 257° 244° 239° 257° 247°
March 244° 247° 246° 246° 229°
April 242° 249° 228° 249°
May 225° 243° 231° 240°
June 244° 230° 211° 228°
July 138° 134° 143° 149°
August 127° 086° 163° 140°
September 217° 121° 193° 154°
October 210° 241° 244° 206°
November 253° 246° 276° 214°
December 289° 256° 246° 273°

Prevailing wind direction

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