Palo Alto Airport

KPAO · California, United States

Climate Palo Alto Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Moffett Federal Airfield (KNUQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.3 80 90 78 95
February 90.8 88 91 94 88
March 90.6 90 80 88 95
April 88.6 87 94 12
May 82.4 72 93 83 67
June 84.7 75 94 80 82
July 85.0 87 80 63
August 82.2 84 84 84 54
September 74.7 82 93 37
October 71.0 92 76 84 0
November 77.7 97 96 85 0
December 83.4 83 82 69
Average 80.9 85.9 84.8 88.7 80.3 65.1

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 93.3 95 94 91 97
February 97.3 93 98 98 97
March 97.5 98 96 97 99
April 95.2 98 99 12
May 98.7 98 99 98 89
June 98.8 100 98 98 100
July 98.0 97 99 97
August 97.7 97 97 99 96
September 84.2 99 98 68
October 77.3 98 91 94 0
November 82.7 98 99 94 0
December 91.3 89 88 84
Average 93.1 95.3 96.8 96.2 92.3 93.2

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 15.0 16 15 16 14
February 16.1 16 15 19 16
March 17.5 17 15 19 17
April 19.3 19 20 6
May 21.0 20 23 22 17
June 22.8 21 26 22 16
July 23.0 24 23 16
August 24.4 26 25 24 18
September 21.1 23 27 18
October 18.1 24 21 19 15
November 16.2 20 17 19 11
December 14.9 16 13 13
Average 18.6 16.1 19.9 20.5 18.1 16.2

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 7.3 8 8 6 8
February 7.0 8 5 6 8
March 8.4 9 7 8 7
April 9.6 9 10 1
May 12.0 12 11 10 15
June 14.2 13 15 15 15
July 15.2 15 15 15
August 16.2 17 16 16 17
September 13.4 14 16 16
October 10.9 13 13 15 14
November 7.9 9 6 10 9
December 6.7 8 5 7
Average 10.8 8.3 10.9 10.2 10.4 14.6

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 3 3 0 3
February 5.5 6 5 0 0
March 5.7 4 7 2 1
April 1.6 0 1 0
May 0.6 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.1 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 2.6 1 1 0 0
December 4.1 2 12 5
Average 2.1 4.2 1.2 1.0 0.8

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 4.8 5 6 3 6
February 5.5 6 5 4 4
March 6.2 7 6 6 6
April 6.4 7 7 0
May 7.3 7 8 7 2
June 7.1 7 7 8 2
July 7.0 7 7 2
August 6.7 7 7 7 1
September 5.3 6 6 1
October 4.2 5 5 5 0
November 3.8 5 4 4 0
December 4.1 4 3 5
Average 5.3 5.6 6.1 5.7 5.8 1.8

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 084° 077° 001° 017°
February 123° 336° 339° 327°
March 356° 189° 338° 343°
April 342° 332° 345°
May 348° 338° 344° 054°
June 343° 344° 344° 137°
July 344° 344° 111°
August 348° 345° 343° 104°
September 343° 344° 150°
October 340° 343° 340° 360°
November 345° 330° 341° 360°
December 064° 083° 039°

Prevailing wind direction

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