North Island Naval Air Station (Halsey Field)

KNZY · California, United States

Climate North Island Naval Air Station (Halsey Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of North Island Naval Air Station (Halsey Field) (KNZY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.1 80 76 93 88 86
February 85.2 79 89 94 81 88
March 84.4 83 75 86 87 89
April 74.0 73 59 77 72 75
May 56.9 44 54 44 65
June 47.9 48 56 45 50
July 63.5 65 57 66 65
August 68.7 65 79 66 68
September 73.4 67 82 68 74
October 81.9 83 58 85 86
November 87.3 90 86 80 87
December 88.9 89 91 77 91
Average 74.5 78.5 69.8 74.6 70.7 76.3

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 93.5 90 93 98 94 96
February 94.6 93 96 98 95 96
March 94.2 95 86 95 98 98
April 94.4 97 85 97 97 90
May 95.1 89 96 98 95
June 89.0 97 84 80 95
July 90.4 79 93 93 97
August 89.8 84 96 90 83
September 94.4 97 92 96 91
October 95.3 91 93 98 94
November 95.3 99 95 92 93
December 96.1 96 95 93 99
Average 93.5 93.9 90.6 93.9 93.4 93.8

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 18.2 18 16 19 19 18
February 18.2 17 16 21 19 19
March 18.5 19 16 20 17 18
April 19.6 19 18 21 19 20
May 19.5 18 20 18 23
June 21.1 20 21 20 23
July 23.3 23 22 23 24
August 24.8 24 25 25 26
September 24.8 24 27 24 27
October 23.8 23 22 23 26
November 21.1 22 20 20 22
December 18.6 19 17 17 20
Average 20.6 17.9 19.9 21.3 20.2 22.0

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 9.5 7 9 10 9 10
February 8.3 -3 8 9 9 10
March 8.1 -17 10 12 10 12
April 12.1 2 12 14 13 14
May 15.0 15 15 15 17
June 16.7 16 17 16 17
July 18.5 18 15 19 19
August 19.9 18 21 20 21
September 19.1 18 21 19 19
October 16.0 15 17 14 18
November 12.3 11 11 12 12
December 10.1 10 9 11 9
Average 12.3 -3.1 13.2 14.4 13.8 14.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.7 9 9 1 3 1
February 4.9 10 6 2 1 2
March 4.8 7 10 2 5 5
April 1.7 1 1 0 1 6
May 1.8 1 0 2 0
June 1.5 2 1 0 1
July 0.2 1 1 0 0
August 0.8 2 0 0 1
September 0.9 1 4 1 0
October 0.3 0 0 2 0
November 1.8 1 4 0 1
December 3.5 1 6 8 1
Average 2.7 6.4 2.8 1.5 1.7 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 6.0 6 7 5 6 5
February 7.1 7 7 7 6 6
March 7.4 8 8 7 8 7
April 7.4 7 8 8 7 8
May 7.6 7 8 7 7
June 7.0 7 7 7 7
July 7.2 7 7 7 8
August 7.4 8 8 8 8
September 7.3 7 7 8 8
October 6.3 7 6 7 6
November 6.2 5 7 6 6
December 5.4 5 6 6 5
Average 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.8

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 280° 222° 303° 287° 289°
February 244° 263° 286° 283° 281°
March 245° 248° 259° 268° 260°
April 259° 273° 271° 269° 225°
May 255° 232° 237° 268°
June 280° 248° 260° 254°
July 268° 261° 273° 285°
August 292° 281° 286° 281°
September 282° 279° 293° 305°
October 291° 262° 283° 273°
November 291° 260° 308° 299°
December 286° 289° 271° 297°

Prevailing wind direction

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