March Air Reserve Base

KRIV · California, United States

Climate March Air Reserve Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of March Air Reserve Base (KRIV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.2 86 70 93 96 93
February 83.9 62 80 93 90 96
March 84.9 79 65 89 91 89
April 86.3 83 82 88 80
May 76.0 62 78 75 92
June 82.4 62 92 100 79
July 96.5 96 99 100 94
August 96.3 96 99 92 98
September 90.8 79 94 90 97
October 89.4 87 81 86 86
November 91.5 90 84 94 97
December 87.0 83 84 77 89
Average 86.5 76.0 78.5 89.0 89.3 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 93.7 93 91 100 98 93
February 94.9 88 99 100 94 99
March 96.4 98 88 98 99 98
April 95.9 91 96 97 96
May 92.3 88 93 87 97
June 91.7 91 97 100 88
July 97.3 97 100 100 95
August 98.4 99 99 100 99
September 97.1 93 98 97 98
October 95.5 95 89 95 96
November 95.1 97 91 95 98
December 94.3 91 94 90 98
Average 95.1 93.4 92.9 96.1 95.8 95.9

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 18.1 18 15 20 20 19
February 18.1 16 16 21 20 21
March 19.8 18 16 24 20 18
April 24.6 24 26 25 22
May 25.7 24 27 27 29
June 30.8 26 34 34 30
July 35.3 36 34 36 35
August 35.3 35 36 35 37
September 32.3 28 34 33 36
October 28.0 29 28 27 29
November 23.7 23 20 27 24
December 18.6 20 15 17 20
Average 24.9 17.3 24.4 27.0 26.5 26.6

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 4.3 4 4 5 5 2
February 3.9 7 3 3 4 3
March 5.5 6 6 6 4 6
April 7.7 7 8 8 9
May 10.7 11 12 11 11
June 14.1 12 16 15 13
July 17.4 18 18 19 15
August 17.4 17 21 15 18
September 15.5 16 20 13 14
October 10.9 11 14 11 11
November 6.1 7 6 7 4
December 4.1 6 4 4 4
Average 9.3 5.5 9.8 11.2 9.7 9.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.8 6 10 0 2 0
February 6.2 15 10 4 0 2
March 6.9 14 18 2 4 10
April 1.9 0 1 0 12
May 1.7 4 1 1 0
June 0.5 1 0 0 2
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.7 5 0 0 0
September 0.6 2 2 0 0
October 0.6 1 2 2 0
November 2.2 0 5 0 1
December 5.5 3 7 12 3
Average 3.5 11.5 4.6 1.6 1.6 2.4

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 4.4 5 5 4 5 4
February 4.9 4 6 6 5 5
March 5.0 5 5 6 5 5
April 5.3 4 5 6 5
May 5.3 5 6 6 5
June 5.2 4 5 6 5
July 5.3 5 6 6 5
August 5.4 5 6 5 5
September 5.0 4 5 5 5
October 4.8 4 4 5 5
November 4.5 5 5 5 4
December 4.2 4 3 4 6
Average 4.9 4.6 4.7 5.2 5.2 4.9

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 005° 114° 048° 017° 360°
February 147° 077° 027° 345° 338°
March 306° 171° 316° 303° 289°
April 301° 322° 321° 287°
May 302° 313° 312° 300°
June 314° 308° 318° 308°
July 313° 310° 318° 306°
August 312° 310° 312° 304°
September 294° 324° 307° 309°
October 326° 306° 286° 320°
November 017° 005° 341° 325°
December 046° 069° 277° 061°

Prevailing wind direction

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