Climate Pinal Airpark 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pinal Airpark (KMZJ) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	97.5	98	100	96
February	97.3	98		97
March	97.4	98		97
April	99.6			100	100
May	97.6			97	99
June	96.5		92	98	99
July	97.5		100	98	94
August	97.9		98	97	100
September	98.8		100	99	97
October	99.0		100	100	98
November	98.3		99	98	98
December	95.5		95	100	95
Average	97.8	97.9	97.8	97.5	97.8

78th 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
January	97.8	99	100	97
February	98.2	98		98
March	98.2	99		98
April	99.6			100	100
May	98.2			98	99
June	97.1		94	98	99
July	97.9		100	98	95
August	98.2		98	98	100
September	98.9		100	99	97
October	99.0		100	100	98
November	98.8		99	99	99
December	97.6		98	100	97
Average	98.3	98.4	98.4	98.0	98.3

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
January	18.3	18	17	19
February	20.5	20		21
March	24.2	23		26
April	30.7			31	30
May	34.6			35	34
June	39.0		38	39	40
July	39.6		43	39	36
August	37.7		40	37	36
September	36.7		37	37	36
October	30.5		33	24	30
November	24.8		26	21	28
December	19.6		21	12	20
Average	28.7	20.2	33.1	29.8	31.7

29th 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	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	3.4	4	6	3
February	3.8	6		2
March	7.0	7		7
April	12.6			12	14
May	15.7			15	17
June	21.1		19	20	24
July	25.0		26	25	26
August	24.1		24	25	24
September	20.5		19	22	21
October	12.8		15	9	12
November	7.0		9	4	9
December	4.8		4	4	6
Average	12.6	5.5	16.0	12.7	16.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	1.7	2	0	2
February	2.9	3		3
March	2.4	3		2
April	0.4			1	0
May	0.5			1	0
June	1.6		4	0	1
July	1.9		0	1	7
August	1.7		1	3	1
September	0.8		1	0	2
October	0.8		0	0	2
November	1.1		1	1	1
December	5.1		6	0	4
Average	1.9	2.6	1.7	1.4	1.8

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	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	4.7	5	5	5
February	5.5	5		6
March	6.3	6		7
April	6.9			7	7
May	6.6			7	7
June	6.2		6	6	6
July	5.7		6	6	6
August	4.7		5	5	4
September	5.1		5	5	5
October	5.2		5	5	5
November	5.1		5	6	5
December	4.0		4	4	4
Average	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.7	5.5

29th 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	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	233°	272°	285°
February	228°		247°
March	217°		256°
April			242°	224°
May			227°	208°
June		232°	176°	276°
July		290°	285°	156°
August		168°	300°	179°
September		212°	136°	208°
October		208°	303°	242°
November		226°	279°	193°
December		104°	307°	246°

Prevailing wind direction

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