Monterey Regional Airport

KMRY · California, United States

Climate Monterey Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Monterey Regional Airport (KMRY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.6 82 83 91 90 86
February 86.5 89 80 91 83 85
March 81.6 82 72 67 83 84
April 72.9 71 80 56 64
May 58.7 38 76 67 83
June 61.0 29 75 64 69
July 54.7 53 50 51 52
August 55.3 54 66 51 53
September 68.1 49 76 72 62
October 80.7 80 55 88 76
November 90.1 93 96 90 94
December 86.0 85 75 76 93
Average 74.0 84.2 63.3 73.5 71.7 73.9

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 95.1 96 93 94 96 92
February 95.6 98 95 96 92 97
March 92.0 95 86 78 96 98
April 88.8 83 88 89 90
May 86.7 79 87 83 93
June 80.2 83 79 77 83
July 66.9 65 65 62 65
August 70.8 69 76 62 66
September 80.8 80 84 80 63
October 87.7 89 64 97 85
November 94.5 98 98 93 96
December 94.2 95 86 92 95
Average 86.7 96.3 83.4 81.8 84.0 84.6

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 16.1 15 15 18 17 16
February 15.9 15 14 19 16 17
March 16.3 16 14 17 17 17
April 17.0 15 18 17 17
May 17.8 16 19 18 21
June 19.7 17 22 21 21
July 20.0 19 20 21 21
August 21.7 22 22 22 25
September 21.7 20 22 22 21
October 21.1 22 18 21 22
November 18.5 19 16 21 18
December 16.1 17 13 15 16
Average 18.2 15.5 17.3 18.9 18.9 19.3

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 7.4 8 7 7 7 8
February 6.9 8 5 7 7 7
March 8.4 9 7 9 8 10
April 9.6 8 10 10 11
May 10.8 10 10 11 12
June 11.9 11 12 13 11
July 12.8 12 14 14 11
August 14.5 14 14 15 17
September 12.5 13 14 14 5
October 11.1 12 11 12 10
November 8.6 9 6 10 7
December 7.3 8 5 8 6
Average 9.9 8.0 9.6 10.0 10.8 9.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.1 4 17 1 7 2
February 6.7 12 13 0 2 0
March 8.3 6 19 4 5 9
April 2.8 1 5 1 3
May 1.0 2 0 0 1
June 0.1 1 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.3 1 1 0 0
October 0.6 1 0 4 0
November 3.0 2 3 3 1
December 6.5 7 18 10 1
Average 3.3 7.3 4.8 2.1 2.3 1.4

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 4.8 4 6 4 5 4
February 6.1 6 7 5 6 6
March 6.3 7 7 6 6 6
April 6.7 7 7 7 6
May 7.0 7 7 7 6
June 6.7 7 6 7 7
July 6.7 6 7 7 7
August 6.0 6 6 6 6
September 5.6 6 5 6 5
October 5.1 5 5 6 4
November 4.6 5 5 4 5
December 4.5 4 5 5 5
Average 5.9 5.6 6.0 5.8 6.1 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 263° 236° 326° 308° 306°
February 247° 270° 304° 311° 314°
March 279° 259° 307° 296° 260°
April 304° 288° 290° 291°
May 278° 300° 291° 299°
June 284° 306° 290° 290°
July 302° 299° 290° 286°
August 290° 299° 286° 299°
September 288° 307° 281° 315°
October 299° 297° 280° 327°
November 303° 296° 299° 315°
December 288° 218° 257° 318°

Prevailing wind direction

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