Madera Municipal Airport

KMAE · California, United States

Climate Madera Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Madera Municipal Airport (KMAE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.1 61 76 61 64 55
February 88.3 84 82 93 92 93
March 93.5 91 90 94 94 94
April 96.0 92 99 98 100 94
May 98.6 99 100 100 100
June 99.4 99 99 100 99
July 99.7 100 100 100 100
August 92.1 99 99 85 80
September 92.6 98 96 96 62
October 92.1 96 98 82 79
November 78.3 92 78 51 86
December 64.8 80 59 52 63
Average 88.6 82.2 92.9 90.8 85.7 84.5

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 76.2 71 87 72 73 69
February 93.9 91 85 96 97 95
March 97.1 98 97 98 96 97
April 98.6 98 99 99 100 98
May 99.0 99 100 100 100
June 99.5 99 99 100 100
July 99.9 100 100 100 100
August 95.8 99 99 96 84
September 94.6 99 97 98 69
October 94.4 99 99 85 85
November 84.8 94 86 63 93
December 75.9 84 63 72 71
Average 92.7 89.6 95.4 93.5 90.7 88.9

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 15.6 16 14 16 20 14
February 17.8 17 17 20 18 20
March 19.9 20 16 23 20 19
April 24.5 24 20 24 27 24
May 29.5 28 30 31 31
June 34.3 31 36 36 34
July 37.3 38 37 38 37
August 36.9 37 38 37 37
September 33.5 32 35 35 34
October 27.3 28 29 25 29
November 19.8 22 17 19 19
December 14.8 18 12 13 14
Average 25.2 19.2 25.8 26.7 26.4 25.9

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 5.1 6 5 2 5 4
February 4.5 7 3 2 4 3
March 6.8 7 7 6 5 6
April 8.9 9 8 8 8 10
May 12.0 12 11 11 12
June 15.2 14 16 16 15
July 17.8 17 18 19 16
August 17.2 17 18 17 18
September 15.1 15 17 15 15
October 9.9 11 11 10 11
November 5.4 5 3 7 4
December 4.2 5 4 5 3
Average 9.8 7.0 10.3 9.7 10.0 9.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.3 7 14 0 8 4
February 4.3 7 1 0 1 0
March 6.3 5 17 3 3 8
April 3.0 4 0 4 0 2
May 2.0 0 0 0 1
June 0.5 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.1 0 0 0 0
September 0.6 2 3 0 0
October 0.5 1 0 2 0
November 3.9 2 7 0 1
December 6.2 4 8 11 3
Average 3.1 5.8 3.3 1.8 1.9 1.5

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 4.6 5 7 2 5 4
February 5.1 5 4 3 5 3
March 5.5 6 8 5 5 5
April 6.6 6 7 7 6 7
May 6.8 6 8 7 7
June 6.6 6 7 6 7
July 6.0 6 7 5 6
August 5.4 5 6 5 5
September 5.0 5 5 5 5
October 4.6 4 5 5 4
November 3.8 4 4 3 4
December 4.3 4 5 5 5
Average 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.2

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 113° 133° 202° 129° 283°
February 150° 115° 343° 313° 310°
March 276° 140° 299° 304° 236°
April 304° 308° 304° 296° 300°
May 299° 304° 304° 299°
June 301° 298° 298° 297°
July 296° 298° 298° 297°
August 292° 302° 300° 297°
September 304° 300° 302° 299°
October 297° 301° 292° 289°
November 301° 329° 295° 312°
December 114° 133° 148° 211°

Prevailing wind direction

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