Nogales International Airport

KOLS · Arizona, United States

Climate Nogales International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nogales International Airport (KOLS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.4 96 92 97 95 96
February 94.1 92 85 98 99 97
March 97.3 98 97 94 99 97
April 99.4 98 99 100 100 100
May 99.6 100 100 100 100
June 99.3 99 99 99 99
July 97.8 99 97 96 99
August 97.5 99 96 96 99
September 97.8 99 98 97 99
October 99.0 100 98 100 100
November 98.3 98 100 100 99
December 95.6 96 86 94 100
Average 97.4 95.7 96.8 97.3 97.9 98.6

85th best VFR conditions of United States

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 98.3 99 98 100 99 98
February 97.9 95 98 100 99 99
March 98.6 100 99 94 100 99
April 99.8 99 100 100 100 100
May 99.6 100 100 100 100
June 99.4 99 99 99 99
July 98.3 99 97 98 99
August 98.4 99 96 98 99
September 98.8 99 98 99 99
October 99.5 100 98 100 100
November 99.3 98 100 100 100
December 97.5 98 88 98 100
Average 98.8 98.4 98.8 98.0 99.2 99.3

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 18.3 17 17 19 18 19
February 19.2 20 18 20 21 19
March 22.6 20 21 23 22 21
April 27.5 26 28 29 27 27
May 30.9 30 33 31 33
June 36.0 35 36 37 36
July 34.7 38 34 32 36
August 33.5 35 31 32 37
September 32.5 35 32 32 34
October 28.3 30 25 28 32
November 23.7 23 20 26 25
December 18.7 20 18 20 19
Average 26.4 20.5 27.2 27.0 27.1 28.0

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 1.7 2 1 1 1 2
February 2.5 3 2 1 2 3
March 5.1 5 5 4 4 6
April 8.3 7 7 9 10 8
May 11.3 11 12 12 12
June 17.0 15 19 19 17
July 20.2 22 20 20 21
August 18.9 21 19 19 20
September 16.4 17 17 16 17
October 10.9 12 11 9 11
November 6.1 7 3 6 7
December 3.0 3 4 4 1
Average 9.4 4.3 9.9 10.2 10.3 10.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.2 4 6 1 4 3
February 5.0 7 9 2 0 4
March 1.9 2 2 1 1 5
April 0.4 2 0 0 1 0
May 0.5 1 0 0 1
June 0.9 0 4 0 1
July 4.1 0 2 10 4
August 2.6 1 4 4 2
September 1.9 3 2 3 0
October 2.2 1 4 6 0
November 1.3 0 1 0 1
December 3.8 6 11 4 0
Average 2.4 3.5 2.2 2.2 2.7 1.8

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 5.7 5 7 5 6 5
February 7.1 6 9 7 7 6
March 7.3 8 7 7 8 8
April 7.3 7 6 8 8 7
May 7.4 7 7 8 6
June 6.5 7 6 6 8
July 4.7 4 5 4 5
August 3.9 4 4 4 4
September 5.4 6 5 5 5
October 5.6 6 5 6 5
November 4.8 6 5 4 5
December 5.1 4 4 6 6
Average 6.0 6.6 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.9

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 225° 227° 207° 198° 245°
February 218° 215° 211° 245° 230°
March 216° 231° 235° 219° 190°
April 217° 227° 219° 220° 212°
May 203° 214° 209° 207°
June 222° 203° 216° 209°
July 259° 216° 231° 224°
August 174° 225° 223° 242°
September 217° 153° 213° 214°
October 205° 212° 208° 230°
November 218° 204° 213° 206°
December 223° 220° 201° 201°

Prevailing wind direction

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