Miramar Marine Corps Air Station (Joe Foss Field)

KNKX · California, United States

Climate Miramar Marine Corps Air Station (Joe Foss Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Miramar Marine Corps Air Station (Joe Foss Field) (KNKX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.9 68 73 95 92 82
February 83.2 67 84 92 86 91
March 78.3 72 62 80 86 85
April 73.7 61 76 68 65
May 57.2 41 63 54 71
June 59.0 42 69 72 59
July 76.3 75 74 79 72
August 79.1 77 87 75 86
September 76.4 60 86 77 84
October 82.7 81 65 82 88
November 86.9 79 82 85 92
December 88.7 87 88 79 90
Average 76.0 68.9 67.3 78.6 77.2 79.8

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 92.0 81 86 98 98 94
February 93.7 84 96 97 98 97
March 92.0 88 80 94 99 95
April 91.3 77 95 92 91
May 91.8 81 95 95 89
June 87.6 92 84 87 89
July 87.8 81 91 88 86
August 89.4 85 93 89 90
September 92.0 91 94 92 91
October 95.0 91 88 96 97
November 93.4 85 95 88 96
December 96.2 94 92 93 100
Average 91.1 84.5 86.2 92.8 92.6 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 19.6 18 16 20 20 20
February 19.4 16 17 21 21 21
March 19.7 17 16 21 20 19
April 22.3 18 22 22 22
May 21.9 19 21 22 25
June 24.7 21 26 24 25
July 28.0 27 26 27 27
August 28.6 27 28 27 30
September 27.9 24 29 26 31
October 26.4 25 24 23 28
November 23.5 23 21 23 23
December 20.1 20 16 17 21
Average 22.8 16.9 21.1 23.0 22.5 24.3

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 8.2 7 7 7 8 8
February 8.0 8 5 6 8 8
March 9.0 7 6 8 8 10
April 11.5 9 11 11 13
May 13.3 12 12 13 15
June 15.4 13 14 15 15
July 18.0 16 17 18 17
August 18.2 16 18 16 19
September 17.0 16 18 15 16
October 13.7 12 15 12 13
November 10.2 9 8 10 9
December 8.0 8 6 8 7
Average 11.9 7.1 10.6 11.7 11.6 12.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.4 8 18 2 5 1
February 6.4 16 7 4 0 2
March 6.5 7 19 4 3 8
April 1.6 1 2 1 5
May 1.9 1 0 2 0
June 0.7 1 0 1 1
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.6 3 0 1 0
September 1.5 3 5 2 0
October 0.5 1 0 2 1
November 2.1 1 5 0 1
December 3.7 2 9 8 1
Average 3.4 10.1 4.6 2.2 2.0 1.5

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 5.6 5 7 4 6 5
February 6.2 6 7 7 6 6
March 6.2 7 7 6 7 6
April 6.1 5 6 6 6
May 6.0 5 6 6 6
June 5.5 5 5 6 6
July 5.3 5 5 6 6
August 5.6 5 6 6 6
September 5.6 5 6 6 6
October 5.7 6 5 6 5
November 5.7 6 7 5 6
December 5.3 5 5 6 5
Average 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.7

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 277° 227° 288° 292° 294°
February 251° 266° 286° 298° 284°
March 254° 241° 256° 261° 264°
April 275° 272° 275° 240°
May 264° 241° 246° 274°
June 282° 258° 267° 265°
July 282° 271° 279° 288°
August 287° 282° 283° 279°
September 283° 283° 293° 298°
October 289° 275° 276° 275°
November 290° 259° 309° 290°
December 287° 280° 261° 309°

Prevailing wind direction

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