Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Air Station (Munn Field)

KNFG · California, United States

Climate Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Air Station (Munn Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Air Station (Munn Field) (KNFG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.9 73 69 92 93 87
February 86.8 66 88 95 87 93
March 78.5 69 68 88 87 88
April 75.0 59 84 76 74
May 62.6 49 63 61 73
June 59.4 49 73 70 64
July 70.8 68 71 80 70
August 74.3 63 86 80 82
September 72.4 38 87 77 71
October 83.9 67 72 87 89
November 87.9 93 84 86 95
December 89.7 91 88 81 90
Average 75.5 69.5 66.0 80.8 79.9 80.6

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 91.7 87 80 96 99 95
February 94.2 84 96 97 98 98
March 89.4 89 79 95 98 94
April 90.6 83 99 94 90
May 92.4 88 96 97 88
June 88.6 96 88 87 94
July 85.1 78 90 93 87
August 88.2 78 95 92 90
September 86.2 49 96 94 83
October 94.1 77 94 95 98
November 94.3 97 95 91 99
December 95.0 96 89 88 98
Average 90.3 86.8 83.1 94.1 93.6 92.6

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 19.1 20 18 16 21 20
February 19.2 18 18 23 21 21
March 19.3 19 17 22 20 19
April 21.7 20 23 23 21
May 21.4 20 22 22 24
June 23.8 23 25 25 25
July 26.4 28 26 27 27
August 27.2 28 29 28 30
September 26.9 26 30 29 31
October 26.2 27 25 27 29
November 22.9 25 22 26 23
December 19.3 22 18 14 22
Average 22.4 19.2 22.6 23.4 23.5 24.2

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 6 5 0 5 4
February 4.8 9 4 1 7 5
March 7.6 9 7 7 6 9
April 10.0 10 10 11 12
May 12.6 14 12 14 14
June 14.7 15 15 16 15
July 16.3 17 17 18 16
August 15.8 15 18 17 18
September 13.8 15 18 17 14
October 11.5 11 15 12 13
November 6.3 7 5 7 7
December 3.9 7 4 0 4
Average 10.0 7.9 10.4 10.3 10.8 10.8

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 12 22 1 2 0
February 6.6 21 4 2 1 3
March 6.1 13 11 3 3 6
April 2.1 0 0 1 11
May 1.5 1 2 0 0
June 0.9 2 0 3 1
July 0.2 1 0 1 0
August 0.5 3 0 1 0
September 0.9 2 4 0 0
October 0.9 3 0 3 0
November 3.5 3 7 0 2
December 4.0 3 9 5 1
Average 3.8 14.7 4.4 2.0 1.6 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 2020
January 4.0 4 5 3 5 4
February 4.8 4 5 5 5 5
March 5.0 5 5 6 5 5
April 5.3 5 6 6 5
May 5.2 4 6 6 5
June 5.2 4 6 6 5
July 5.4 5 6 6 6
August 5.5 5 6 5 6
September 5.1 4 5 5 5
October 5.0 5 5 5 5
November 4.6 4 5 5 4
December 3.5 3 4 4 4
Average 4.9 4.3 4.5 5.1 5.2 4.8

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 225° 201° 212° 232° 218°
February 225° 240° 237° 229° 217°
March 234° 248° 223° 236° 231°
April 270° 230° 223° 215°
May 314° 222° 221° 227°
June 310° 215° 219° 227°
July 211° 218° 217° 225°
August 216° 219° 218° 216°
September 227° 218° 218° 211°
October 212° 222° 225° 219°
November 219° 214° 202° 221°
December 215° 219° 224° 211°

Prevailing wind direction

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