Point Mugu Naval Air Station (Naval Base Ventura Co)

KNTD · California, United States

Climate Point Mugu Naval Air Station (Naval Base Ventura Co) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Point Mugu Naval Air Station (Naval Base Ventura Co) (KNTD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.3 78 79 94 94 93
February 85.0 74 88 97 92 95
March 82.1 81 70 85 96 89
April 75.9 70 50 88 86 83
May 64.3 46 64 55 74
June 47.8 52 50 49 57
July 53.9 51 45 58 56
August 64.2 58 71 71 64
September 72.4 66 89 58 57
October 81.9 86 64 84 74
November 85.6 95 89 66 84
December 84.8 85 81 66 96
Average 72.7 75.4 67.0 74.5 72.0 75.6

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 94.1 91 89 99 98 98
February 92.7 89 93 100 95 99
March 89.6 92 84 90 99 95
April 87.3 84 64 97 97 90
May 86.0 72 90 93 84
June 76.8 87 64 71 87
July 75.7 64 69 78 80
August 80.7 73 80 86 76
September 87.6 95 96 76 74
October 92.6 91 89 94 89
November 91.5 98 95 78 90
December 93.0 96 89 83 100
Average 86.9 88.8 82.8 87.1 86.9 87.8

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 18.0 18 16 19 20 19
February 17.5 17 16 21 18 19
March 17.5 17 15 19 17 17
April 18.6 18 17 20 19 19
May 19.0 18 19 19 21
June 20.9 20 22 21 22
July 22.6 22 22 22 22
August 23.8 24 24 23 24
September 23.9 24 27 22 24
October 23.6 23 24 22 24
November 20.8 22 20 21 20
December 18.5 20 16 15 20
Average 20.0 17.2 19.8 21.1 19.8 20.7

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 8.4 9 8 9 8 8
February 7.1 9 6 7 7 8
March 8.5 9 7 8 7 9
April 9.8 10 10 9 9 11
May 11.0 13 11 11 12
June 13.8 13 15 14 14
July 13.8 3 15 17 14
August 14.8 14 16 15 16
September 13.9 16 10 14 15
October 11.6 13 6 12 14
November 9.6 11 7 11 8
December 8.4 10 8 8 8
Average 10.7 9.2 10.2 10.1 11.0 11.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.5 6 15 1 3 0
February 6.8 15 8 0 0 0
March 6.7 9 17 3 1 7
April 1.8 4 2 1 0 5
May 2.3 6 0 2 2
June 2.7 2 1 2 3
July 0.8 1 2 1 2
August 1.4 4 0 3 3
September 0.3 0 1 1 0
October 0.7 0 1 3 1
November 1.9 2 4 1 0
December 5.4 6 11 12 2
Average 3.5 8.1 4.8 1.7 2.2 2.2

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 8.3 7 10 8 10 6
February 8.5 8 10 11 9 8
March 8.5 9 8 9 9 9
April 7.7 8 7 9 8 7
May 7.7 7 8 8 8
June 7.0 6 7 7 8
July 6.9 7 7 7 7
August 7.0 7 7 7 7
September 7.0 7 7 7 6
October 7.6 8 6 7 7
November 7.5 8 10 7 8
December 7.8 7 6 7 9
Average 7.6 7.9 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.4

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 236° 169° 080° 059° 284°
February 180° 265° 354° 289° 165°
March 241° 237° 251° 260° 224°
April 225° 250° 259° 260° 235°
May 240° 252° 251° 239°
June 240° 236° 239° 233°
July 233° 244° 248° 250°
August 246° 265° 247° 250°
September 246° 245° 248° 262°
October 252° 251° 243° 249°
November 078° 300° 345° 271°
December 104° 302° 255° 359°

Prevailing wind direction

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