Climate Yuma Auxiliary Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yuma Auxiliary Weather Station (KNOZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	84.2	0	97	64	98	100
February	82.7	20	88		99	87
March	75.3	0	73	100	99	86
April	92.5		98	98	74	88
May	77.2		100	58	0	100
June	81.3		100	96	3	100
July	91.0		100	91	99	85
August	86.5		4	95	98	84
September	78.2		0	99	84	76
October	82.8		0	97	100	78
November	72.6		0	98	99	18
December	85.2		0	95	96	97
Average	74.9	6.4	57.9	91.3	76.6	84.1

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	85.5	0	100	64	100	100
February	83.5	20	91		99	87
March	76.5	0	74	100	100	90
April	93.1		98	99	74	88
May	77.3		100	58	0	100
June	81.4		100	96	3	100
July	91.2		100	91	100	85
August	86.8		4	95	99	84
September	78.8		0	99	84	76
October	83.3		0	97	100	78
November	73.0		0	99	99	18
December	85.9		0	96	97	98
Average	75.3	6.4	58.5	91.8	76.9	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	17.3	0	19	17	20	21
February	20.9	18	21		24	21
March	24.0	25	24	26	25	23
April	31.1		32	32	33	27
May	31.7		33	22	35	37
June	37.8		37	41	37	40
July	39.4		44	40	41	39
August	36.1		3	40	41	39
September	30.3		0	39	33	32
October	27.0		0	32	31	37
November	21.9		0	23	29	23
December	17.3		0	18	22	21
Average	27.0	14.0	17.1	31.2	31.1	29.7

9th 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	6.4	0	7	11	8	7
February	7.5	7	7		9	8
March	9.8	9	11	12	9	11
April	14.6		14	15	15	13
May	16.4		19	10	19	20
June	21.5		21	25	21	23
July	25.5		28	26	30	23
August	23.9		2	26	27	23
September	18.1		0	27	18	16
October	14.4		0	19	14	19
November	9.7		0	9	13	9
December	6.3		0	7	8	7
Average	14.0	5.3	8.4	17.5	16.0	14.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.5	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.9	0	1		0	0
March	1.2	0	2	0	1	3
April	0.2		0	0	0	1
May	0.0		0	0	0	0
June	0.1		0	1	0	0
July	0.3		0	0	0	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.3		0	2	0	0
October	0.1		0	0	0	0
November	0.2		0	0	0	0
December	0.9		0	3	0	0
Average	0.3		0.2	0.4	0.1	0.3

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	7.4	0	9	6	9	8
February	8.1	5	11		10	7
March	7.2	7	8	9	8	7
April	7.6		7	9	8	7
May	7.2		8	5	8	8
June	7.7		6	7	8	8
July	8.5		9	8	10	8
August	7.3		0	7	9	7
September	5.9		0	8	5	5
October	6.6		0	7	7	5
November	7.1		0	10	8	8
December	7.2		0	6	8	9
Average	7.0	4.2	5.1	7.3	8.1	7.4

9th 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	360°	347°	068°	342°	352°
February	343°	316°		339°	359°
March	299°	301°	337°	313°	271°
April		309°	310°	306°	306°
May		171°	199°	186°	199°
June		183°	165°	161°	164°
July		161°	158°	156°	162°
August		251°	161°	154°	167°
September		360°	143°	165°	172°
October		360°	072°	328°	345°
November		360°	345°	349°	342°
December		360°	340°	351°	352°

Prevailing wind direction

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