Merced Yosemite Regional Airport

KMCE · California, United States

Climate Merced Yosemite Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Merced Yosemite Regional Airport (KMCE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.6 62 83 50 53 51
February 88.2 82 85 92 94 96
March 92.5 94 86 93 97 91
April 96.9 92 99 98 100 94
May 98.4 98 99 99 99
June 99.8 99 100 100 100
July 99.7 99 100 100 100
August 92.0 98 100 80 81
September 93.8 98 96 98 68
October 92.6 91 99 87 82
November 77.3 92 81 48 83
December 62.8 77 59 43 53
Average 88.3 83.0 92.7 90.0 84.4 84.0

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 72.0 72 88 63 64 65
February 93.2 88 92 96 97 98
March 96.3 98 93 96 99 96
April 98.7 97 100 98 100 98
May 99.4 99 99 99 99
June 99.8 99 100 100 100
July 99.8 99 100 100 100
August 96.0 99 100 94 84
September 95.7 99 96 100 77
October 95.8 96 100 92 88
November 85.0 94 91 66 92
December 73.7 82 63 66 62
Average 92.4 89.2 95.4 92.9 90.6 88.8

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 14.5 15 14 16 15 14
February 17.0 17 15 20 18 20
March 19.3 20 16 23 19 19
April 24.3 24 24 25 26 24
May 28.7 27 30 31 30
June 33.7 31 35 35 34
July 36.8 37 37 38 36
August 36.0 35 37 36 37
September 32.9 31 35 34 34
October 27.2 28 29 25 29
November 19.4 21 17 19 19
December 14.1 17 12 12 14
Average 24.6 18.7 24.6 26.7 25.8 25.7

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 4.7 7 5 3 4 4
February 4.0 7 3 2 4 4
March 6.4 8 6 7 5 7
April 8.9 9 8 9 8 10
May 12.0 12 12 12 13
June 15.8 15 17 17 17
July 18.1 17 18 20 18
August 17.5 18 18 17 19
September 15.1 14 18 15 16
October 10.1 12 12 11 11
November 5.4 6 4 8 4
December 4.0 5 4 5 3
Average 9.8 7.6 10.0 10.4 10.3 10.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.9 5 9 0 5 2
February 4.1 7 6 0 1 0
March 4.1 2 9 3 2 6
April 1.9 4 0 3 0 2
May 0.6 1 0 0 1
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.1 0 1 0 0
October 0.7 1 0 3 0
November 1.9 3 4 0 1
December 2.6 3 5 8 0
Average 1.9 4.5 2.6 1.1 1.4 1.0

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 5.2 6 8 2 5 5
February 5.7 5 6 4 7 4
March 5.8 5 8 6 6 4
April 6.5 6 7 7 6 7
May 7.0 6 9 8 7
June 7.0 6 8 7 7
July 6.4 6 7 6 6
August 5.9 5 7 6 6
September 5.5 6 6 6 6
October 5.2 5 5 6 4
November 3.9 4 4 4 4
December 4.7 4 5 5 5
Average 5.8 5.6 5.8 6.0 5.9 5.5

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 124° 142° 094° 113° 328°
February 147° 154° 328° 331° 322°
March 302° 140° 327° 327° 275°
April 320° 325° 322° 317° 328°
May 303° 327° 321° 318°
June 314° 328° 322° 319°
July 320° 320° 320° 320°
August 307° 319° 314° 316°
September 313° 325° 319° 321°
October 323° 324° 321° 326°
November 323° 321° 331° 329°
December 043° 164° 137° 004°

Prevailing wind direction

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