China Lake Naws (Armitage Field)

KNID · California, United States

Climate China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) (KNID) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 93.9 96 96 71 99 100
February 96.2 91 93 96 96 100
March 98.7 99 97 99 99 99
April 98.4 99 96 99 96
May 98.4 99 99 100 100
June 99.5 99 100 100 100
July 94.9 100 100 100 88
August 92.6 94 96 99 60
September 82.3 99 87 88 1
October 93.8 100 97 98 79
November 88.1 98 96 78 41
December 89.7 96 100 62 85
Average 94.2 95.2 97.4 94.8 93.5 80.1

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 95.3 98 99 71 99 100
February 98.3 98 98 96 96 100
March 99.6 99 100 100 100 100
April 98.8 99 96 99 98
May 98.6 99 99 100 100
June 99.7 99 100 100 100
July 95.0 100 100 100 88
August 93.0 95 97 99 60
September 82.8 100 87 90 1
October 94.1 100 97 98 79
November 88.6 100 96 78 41
December 91.1 96 100 63 85
Average 95.1 98.4 98.7 95.0 94.0 80.3

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 2020
January 16.1 16 13 16 17 16
February 17.8 17 16 19 20 21
March 20.8 20 17 25 21 19
April 27.6 27 28 29 26
May 30.9 31 32 33 33
June 37.4 34 38 40 37
July 40.8 42 41 42 41
August 38.6 38 41 41 32
September 31.3 33 36 37 9
October 27.4 28 30 26 27
November 20.4 20 18 25 13
December 15.3 17 14 15 16
Average 26.0 17.8 26.4 28.6 28.7 24.2

100th 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 2020
January 1.3 2 2 -1 0 -1
February 2.2 5 1 1 2 2
March 6.0 7 5 6 4 6
April 10.1 9 11 10 9
May 13.6 14 16 15 15
June 18.5 16 19 22 19
July 22.6 22 24 25 21
August 20.1 21 23 23 9
September 13.3 17 9 16 0
October 9.2 11 12 8 9
November 3.5 4 2 5 3
December 0.2 1 0 0 -1
Average 9.4 4.4 10.4 10.4 10.8 7.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.8 4 7 0 0 0
February 4.0 11 7 0 1 1
March 2.9 5 10 1 0 3
April 1.0 0 0 0 6
May 0.4 0 0 0 0
June 0.2 0 1 0 0
July 0.4 0 0 1 0
August 1.3 8 1 0 0
September 0.2 0 0 0 0
October 0.2 0 0 2 0
November 1.3 1 4 0 0
December 2.9 2 2 6 0
Average 2.0 6.5 2.7 0.8 0.8 0.8

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 4.6 4 7 4 5 3
February 6.3 5 7 6 5 5
March 8.1 8 8 7 9 8
April 7.5 6 9 8 5
May 7.1 6 8 7 7
June 6.5 5 7 6 7
July 5.3 5 6 6 5
August 4.7 5 5 6 3
September 4.7 5 5 5 0
October 4.4 3 4 6 3
November 3.9 4 5 4 2
December 3.6 2 4 5 3
Average 5.7 5.8 5.4 5.9 6.0 4.5

100th 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 2020
January 267° 227° 027° 247° 084°
February 178° 231° 237° 245° 009°
March 214° 203° 230° 240° 208°
April 202° 232° 228° 185°
May 174° 242° 231° 217°
June 175° 223° 200° 214°
July 186° 179° 190° 197°
August 173° 176° 200° 188°
September 177° 167° 185° 171°
October 164° 163° 217° 081°
November 258° 199° 163° 180°
December 156° 195° 206° 305°

Prevailing wind direction

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