Metro Oakland International Airport

KOAK · California, United States

Climate Metro Oakland International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Metro Oakland International Airport (KOAK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.0 78 81 75 83 77
February 87.4 82 83 94 91 90
March 86.1 86 79 85 92 86
April 82.9 88 92 70 73
May 71.0 54 90 73 82
June 74.3 57 81 68 82
July 70.6 72 61 71 72
August 68.8 76 77 69 63
September 76.1 68 84 77 60
October 84.9 88 72 83 83
November 83.4 95 92 85 88
December 81.9 75 79 74 94
Average 79.0 82.3 75.4 81.3 77.2 78.6

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 92.9 96 93 87 92 94
February 96.9 96 96 99 95 97
March 96.5 98 96 93 99 98
April 96.6 94 98 99 94
May 94.1 88 97 93 96
June 91.3 94 91 85 92
July 88.1 88 85 88 93
August 87.4 95 95 89 78
September 90.5 93 96 93 73
October 94.1 94 85 96 95
November 90.3 100 98 97 97
December 92.0 88 86 88 96
Average 92.9 96.6 93.3 92.5 92.6 91.5

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 14.8 15 15 15 16 15
February 16.3 16 14 18 19 19
March 16.9 17 14 18 18 18
April 18.7 17 19 18 19
May 19.9 18 20 19 23
June 22.1 19 23 22 24
July 21.8 22 21 21 23
August 23.1 24 23 23 25
September 24.0 22 25 23 26
October 22.7 23 20 22 26
November 18.0 19 16 18 19
December 14.6 15 12 13 17
Average 19.0 15.6 18.5 19.2 19.2 21.1

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 7.7 9 8 7 8 8
February 7.4 8 5 6 8 9
March 8.7 10 7 8 8 9
April 10.3 9 10 10 12
May 11.9 12 11 11 14
June 13.6 13 13 14 15
July 14.1 13 14 14 15
August 15.1 15 15 15 17
September 14.7 15 15 14 16
October 11.7 12 12 12 14
November 8.4 9 6 10 9
December 6.9 8 5 7 7
Average 10.6 8.8 10.4 10.1 10.8 11.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.5 12 15 1 7 3
February 8.5 15 11 0 4 0
March 8.5 9 17 2 3 9
April 3.1 1 4 0 4
May 2.6 6 0 1 2
June 0.7 1 2 0 0
July 0.3 1 0 0 0
August 0.7 1 0 1 1
September 0.6 1 1 0 0
October 0.9 2 0 5 0
November 3.9 2 3 3 2
December 8.8 11 16 17 4
Average 4.7 12.1 5.3 1.9 3.1 2.0

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 6.7 7 9 5 7 6
February 8.0 8 9 7 7 7
March 8.4 9 10 8 8 8
April 8.9 9 10 9 8
May 9.8 9 10 10 9
June 9.3 9 8 10 10
July 9.3 9 9 10 9
August 8.5 8 8 9 9
September 7.8 8 8 8 7
October 7.1 7 7 9 6
November 6.1 6 7 6 7
December 6.1 5 6 7 6
Average 8.1 8.0 8.2 7.9 8.4 7.6

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 198° 182° 237° 257° 222°
February 180° 252° 282° 277° 282°
March 246° 222° 267° 255° 250°
April 274° 263° 264° 258°
May 260° 273° 271° 268°
June 270° 276° 277° 282°
July 285° 282° 290° 288°
August 286° 282° 291° 289°
September 274° 276° 287° 281°
October 278° 279° 264° 296°
November 285° 257° 273° 268°
December 188° 196° 221° 289°

Prevailing wind direction

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