Statistics Mission Field 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mission Field (KLVM) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	89.6	83	85	90	98	93
February	81.6	79	81	84	91	63
March	80.0	60	81	97	77	78
April	81.6	80	79	82	90	75
May	85.0	88	85	84	90	69
June	95.2	91	96	99	97	96
July	98.7	96	99	100	100	98
August	93.7	91	92	87	98	98
September	88.1		89	98	90	84
October	89.7		87	89	88	88
November	87.5		79	98	95	85
December	85.4		70	83	92	95
Average	88.2	83.5	85.9	91.1	92.1	85.3

619th 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	85	89	96	98	94
February	87.0	86	86	87	94	74
March	86.4	67	85	98	91	86
April	89.2	83	88	94	93	83
May	94.5	97	96	93	96	88
June	97.7	96	98	99	99	99
July	99.3	97	100	100	100	99
August	97.1	94	97	96	100	100
September	96.4		97	99	97	95
October	93.4		92	92	91	92
November	92.2		87	100	97	95
December	88.5		77	84	93	96
Average	93.1	88.3	91.8	95.1	95.8	91.9

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	3.5	2	5	4	5	5
February	0.9	3	4	-4	4	-5
March	7.5	2	10	11	8	2
April	12.2	12	9	13	13	13
May	18.5	21	17	18	18	16
June	24.2	22	24	29	24	24
July	30.6	30	32	34	30	28
August	29.6	28	32	28	31	29
September	24.0		27	26	26	22
October	14.3		17	16	14	10
November	7.2		3	11	10	8
December	3.3		-1	4	6	5
Average	14.9	15.3	15.3	16.0	15.7	12.9

1,847th 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	-6.4	-7	-4	-4	-3	-5
February	-9.0	-6	-8	-11	-5	-15
March	-4.0	-8	-3	-2	-3	-10
April	-1.1	-1	-4	-1	-1	2
May	4.7	7	4	3	5	4
June	8.3	9	8	9	8	8
July	11.1	9	12	13	10	11
August	10.8	12	12	11	11	10
September	6.7		8	6	6	8
October	1.7		4	4	0	-1
November	-3.8		-7	1	0	-3
December	-6.7		-7	-6	-3	-3
Average	1.5	2.2	1.6	2.0	2.1	0.5

439th 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	9.2	17	13	7	4	7
February	15.7	19	15	18	9	24
March	12.8	30	13	4	10	11
April	14.0	19	16	11	10	15
May	10.9	7	23	7	11	14
June	7.8	14	6	1	9	8
July	1.7	2	4	2	1	3
August	3.0	6	2	5	1	1
September	5.0		2	1	3	15
October	10.1		12	9	14	11
November	9.6		20	2	1	8
December	11.1		26	13	7	3
Average	9.2	14.0	11.9	6.2	6.7	9.8

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	17.5	16	21	17	18	18
February	17.1	20	20	15	18	13
March	13.3	10	16	15	15	9
April	12.7	13	14	13	13	12
May	10.8	10	12	10	12	12
June	9.7	8	10	9	11	10
July	8.0	8	8	9	9	8
August	9.3	10	10	11	9	9
September	11.3		9	13	13	12
October	14.9		12	14	15	17
November	17.8		17	21	20	16
December	18.4		17	20	18	20
Average	12.8	11.6	13.4	13.4	13.7	12.5

1,847th 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	243°	233°	231°	232°	244°
February	237°	234°	230°	241°	212°
March	279°	239°	241°	243°	285°
April	252°	256°	245°	257°	246°
May	066°	252°	301°	237°	074°
June	018°	261°	287°	259°	253°
July	315°	277°	288°	278°	287°
August	261°	277°	247°	285°	283°
September		278°	248°	251°	240°
October		262°	228°	247°	235°
November		251°	235°	236°	241°
December		237°	223°	239°	227°

Prevailing wind direction

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