San Nicolas Island Nolf Airport

KNSI · United States

Climate San Nicolas Island Nolf Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of San Nicolas Island Nolf Airport (KNSI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.3 67 45 83 86 89
February 71.6 60 45 91 85 79
March 69.8 73 58 65 85 77
April 64.9 63 58 84 69 63
May 47.1 33 60 40 75
June 41.8 31 57 47 54
July 52.5 64 48 33 48
August 60.4 63 64 52 69
September 59.2 55 81 31 48
October 67.4 77 38 36 67
November 79.8 86 82 45 92
December 77.7 69 73 64 88
Average 63.6 65.8 56.5 67.7 55.1 69.9

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 82.3 70 49 92 96 93
February 81.1 79 55 100 92 86
March 78.8 87 67 72 98 88
April 79.4 81 66 92 92 87
May 67.2 67 73 71 85
June 58.1 74 60 56 71
July 62.7 70 55 38 71
August 70.4 69 70 64 79
September 73.5 89 86 44 58
October 76.0 81 47 41 83
November 86.1 91 89 51 95
December 86.8 78 82 82 92
Average 75.1 79.6 71.4 75.1 67.8 81.7

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 15.6 16 11 17 18 16
February 15.3 15 10 19 17 17
March 16.1 16 14 18 16 15
April 17.9 17 17 20 18 19
May 17.9 17 19 17 20
June 20.1 18 22 19 21
July 21.5 22 21 21 21
August 22.1 24 23 22 25
September 22.0 22 26 21 21
October 21.3 23 21 18 24
November 18.9 20 18 20 19
December 16.4 17 15 14 18
Average 18.5 16.0 17.9 19.9 18.4 19.6

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 8.1 11 1 10 10 10
February 7.3 10 0 10 10 9
March 8.6 10 9 11 9 10
April 9.4 9 10 11 10 11
May 10.2 11 11 11 12
June 12.5 13 12 11 13
July 12.3 14 14 14 14
August 10.9 15 16 15 15
September 11.6 15 17 14 13
October 11.4 13 15 11 16
November 10.9 12 12 12 11
December 9.6 10 9 10 10
Average 10.2 10.0 10.2 12.2 11.4 12.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.3 5 3 1 4 1
February 4.2 14 2 0 0 1
March 4.6 6 9 2 1 6
April 1.2 3 0 0 0 5
May 0.6 1 1 0 0
June 1.9 1 7 3 1
July 0.9 0 4 1 1
August 0.5 3 0 0 0
September 0.5 1 0 1 0
October 1.4 0 0 8 0
November 1.4 2 2 1 1
December 3.2 5 1 8 1
Average 2.4 6.6 2.0 1.6 2.0 1.3

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 9.8 12 7 8 11 12
February 10.9 9 11 10 14 9
March 11.8 13 12 13 14 11
April 13.4 11 13 15 15 12
May 12.5 10 14 12 13
June 10.1 10 10 11 10
July 8.8 7 11 9 10
August 9.8 10 11 9 9
September 9.3 10 10 8 8
October 8.6 10 9 9 7
November 9.1 9 11 8 9
December 9.6 8 9 10 11
Average 10.5 11.2 9.8 10.9 10.8 10.1

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 319° 322° 332° 318° 302°
February 287° 302° 322° 319° 321°
March 304° 300° 309° 310° 286°
April 311° 317° 314° 308° 307°
May 301° 314° 311° 305°
June 305° 317° 309° 308°
July 319° 310° 303° 305°
August 312° 312° 297° 303°
September 312° 312° 304° 311°
October 317° 310° 305° 322°
November 330° 315° 327° 318°
December 324° 291° 294° 320°

Prevailing wind direction

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