Porterville Municipal Airport

KPTV · California, United States

Climate Porterville Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Porterville Municipal Airport (KPTV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.8 67 85 55 90 73
February 91.2 91 84 96 89 97
March 89.2 90 64 88 98 92
April 95.5 97 100 96 87
May 98.5 100 100 100 99
June 99.2 95 100 100 100
July 99.1 100 100 100 99
August 83.5 99 100 100 90
September 82.4 99 100 95 84
October 89.5 91 99 76 90
November 85.3 94 93 59 91
December 65.8 80 59 34 79
Average 87.9 82.8 91.0 92.1 87.4 90.5

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 82.4 76 95 62 95 80
February 95.2 95 86 99 95 97
March 94.4 99 73 96 100 96
April 98.5 99 100 98 98
May 99.5 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 99 100 100 100
July 99.1 100 100 100 99
August 84.3 99 100 100 92
September 82.7 100 100 96 84
October 93.2 97 100 84 98
November 91.9 99 97 72 95
December 77.8 87 68 46 87
Average 91.7 90.3 94.6 94.5 91.2 94.1

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 15.3 15 15 15 16 14
February 17.7 18 15 20 19 20
March 19.8 20 14 23 21 20
April 25.6 25 26 27 23
May 29.6 29 31 31 31
June 35.0 32 36 37 35
July 37.9 39 38 40 37
August 31.8 36 38 38 38
September 28.8 32 35 34 34
October 27.0 29 29 26 30
November 20.5 22 18 20 20
December 14.8 18 13 10 16
Average 24.5 17.8 25.4 27.3 26.4 26.4

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 4.5 6 5 3 3 4
February 4.0 7 2 2 4 3
March 6.2 7 5 7 5 6
April 8.9 8 8 8 10
May 12.5 13 13 12 13
June 16.2 15 16 18 16
July 19.3 20 19 21 18
August 16.6 19 20 19 20
September 14.0 16 18 16 17
October 10.6 12 13 10 13
November 5.7 6 4 7 5
December 3.6 5 4 3 2
Average 9.7 6.3 10.3 10.8 10.6 10.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.8 11 17 0 4 1
February 5.7 5 7 3 0 0
March 5.0 5 9 5 2 4
April 2.0 0 1 1 6
May 0.9 1 0 0 1
June 0.3 2 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.4 3 0 0 0
September 0.2 0 1 0 0
October 0.6 0 0 4 0
November 2.7 2 3 2 3
December 4.9 5 7 9 2
Average 2.9 6.8 3.6 1.4 1.6 1.3

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 3.2 3 4 1 4 3
February 3.7 4 3 2 4 4
March 4.1 5 3 3 5 5
April 4.6 5 1 6 5
May 4.9 6 0 6 6
June 5.1 6 0 6 6
July 5.9 6 5 6 6
August 4.8 6 6 6 6
September 4.2 5 5 5 5
October 4.2 4 4 4 4
November 3.5 4 4 3 3
December 3.0 3 3 2 3
Average 4.3 3.9 4.6 2.7 4.7 4.7

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 276° 107° 260° 265° 262°
February 215° 265° 252° 275° 252°
March 244° 240° 210° 268° 271°
April 274° 209° 269° 244°
May 263° 360° 273° 273°
June 258° 360° 265° 269°
July 259° 269° 274° 269°
August 265° 269° 275° 266°
September 260° 258° 278° 273°
October 289° 275° 288° 272°
November 309° 284° 275° 295°
December 296° 197° 317° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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