Scottsdale Airport

KSDL · Arizona, United States

Climate Scottsdale Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Scottsdale Airport (KSDL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 96.4 94 96 100 96 97
February 97.1 97 100 96 100 99
March 98.5 100 97 99 99 97
April 98.1 100 87 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.5 100 100 99 99
July 98.8 100 100 95 100
August 99.7 100 99 99 100
September 98.8 99 97 98 99
October 98.8 100 99 100 100
November 99.0 99 97 100 100
December 95.7 95 85 96 98
Average 98.2 96.8 98.8 97.0 98.5 99.1

91st 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 98.9 97 99 100 98 99
February 98.8 99 100 99 100 99
March 99.2 100 99 99 99 99
April 98.1 100 87 100 100
May 99.9 100 100 100 100
June 99.6 100 100 99 99
July 99.4 100 100 98 100
August 99.8 100 99 99 100
September 99.0 99 97 99 99
October 99.3 100 99 100 100
November 99.4 100 98 100 100
December 98.4 99 95 97 99
Average 99.1 98.7 99.6 97.8 99.2 99.5

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 18.9 18 17 20 19 19
February 20.5 21 20 22 22 21
March 24.3 23 21 26 24 23
April 30.4 30 31 31 29
May 33.9 34 35 34 36
June 39.4 37 40 41 39
July 41.1 44 41 39 42
August 40.1 41 38 39 43
September 37.3 37 37 37 39
October 31.0 34 30 30 34
November 24.8 25 21 27 26
December 19.2 21 17 20 19
Average 29.0 20.4 29.9 30.2 30.2 30.8

31st highest temperature of United States

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 6.7 6 6 7 6 6
February 8.0 9 7 7 8 8
March 10.9 11 9 11 10 11
April 16.0 15 16 17 16
May 19.8 20 20 20 22
June 24.9 23 26 26 24
July 28.9 31 29 27 30
August 28.4 30 28 27 30
September 24.2 24 24 24 24
October 17.7 20 18 16 18
November 11.7 13 8 13 12
December 7.1 8 5 9 6
Average 16.0 8.4 17.2 17.1 16.9 17.2

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 6 7 0 5 0
February 3.9 3 3 4 1 2
March 2.4 4 6 1 1 4
April 0.2 0 0 1 0
May 0.3 0 0 1 0
June 0.7 0 1 1 0
July 1.2 0 2 4 0
August 0.5 1 1 0 0
September 1.0 0 1 3 0
October 0.9 0 1 1 0
November 1.0 1 2 0 0
December 3.3 3 6 5 2
Average 1.8 4.5 1.6 1.4 1.7 0.6

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 3.1 3 4 3 3 3
February 4.0 4 6 4 4 4
March 4.3 5 4 4 5 4
April 4.7 4 5 5 5
May 4.6 5 5 5 4
June 4.5 4 5 5 5
July 4.4 4 5 4 5
August 4.1 5 4 4 4
September 4.0 4 4 3 4
October 3.8 4 4 4 3
November 3.0 4 3 3 3
December 2.9 3 3 3 4
Average 3.9 3.6 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9

31st highest wind speed of United States

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 211° 192° 129° 196° 220°
February 199° 169° 201° 230° 194°
March 197° 204° 231° 196° 194°
April 225° 221° 205° 204°
May 186° 217° 211° 215°
June 199° 196° 211° 209°
July 235° 226° 188° 228°
August 206° 198° 178° 235°
September 194° 161° 186° 205°
October 185° 178° 195° 212°
November 169° 219° 181° 205°
December 157° 191° 170° 045°

Prevailing wind direction

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