Brown Field Municipal

KSDM · California, United States

Climate Brown Field Municipal 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Brown Field Municipal (KSDM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.2 70 71 91 89 86
February 83.2 70 81 91 83 89
March 77.3 69 64 77 78 80
April 72.6 68 63 75 74 67
May 58.0 32 65 56 73
June 61.8 46 71 73 65
July 75.2 70 70 79 75
August 78.1 72 87 77 83
September 76.7 62 82 74 79
October 82.8 83 63 78 87
November 87.8 87 82 82 96
December 87.6 86 85 73 92
Average 76.0 69.1 66.7 77.4 75.8 80.3

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 92.3 84 92 94 96 93
February 93.6 88 95 97 95 95
March 92.9 88 86 93 97 95
April 90.3 86 77 95 93 92
May 89.9 74 94 95 91
June 84.9 88 80 83 88
July 84.6 76 83 85 90
August 88.6 82 94 92 89
September 91.7 90 92 92 88
October 94.4 93 84 97 99
November 95.2 96 95 89 98
December 94.8 94 92 89 99
Average 90.7 86.6 86.1 90.8 91.6 92.6

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 20 19
February 18.5 17 17 22 19 20
March 19.0 18 17 21 19 18
April 21.2 20 19 22 22 21
May 21.2 19 22 22 24
June 23.6 21 26 25 24
July 26.1 26 25 27 26
August 27.2 27 28 28 28
September 27.2 25 29 27 30
October 25.7 25 24 25 28
November 22.9 24 21 24 23
December 19.5 21 17 17 21
Average 22.1 18.3 21.5 23.2 22.8 23.4

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 8.0 8 8 8 8 7
February 7.6 9 6 7 8 8
March 8.9 9 7 9 8 10
April 11.1 10 10 11 12 12
May 13.4 13 13 14 15
June 14.7 14 12 15 16
July 17.2 16 17 19 16
August 18.5 18 19 18 19
September 17.4 17 20 18 17
October 14.2 14 15 13 15
November 10.5 10 8 11 9
December 8.3 9 7 9 7
Average 12.1 8.9 11.6 12.4 12.6 12.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.3 11 12 2 3 1
February 6.0 12 8 4 0 4
March 5.6 9 12 3 5 8
April 1.6 1 0 1 1 7
May 2.5 2 0 1 0
June 0.8 2 0 0 1
July 0.1 1 0 0 0
August 0.7 4 0 0 0
September 0.5 1 2 1 0
October 0.3 0 1 0 0
November 2.5 2 7 0 2
December 3.8 1 8 6 3
Average 3.0 8.0 3.6 1.9 1.4 2.0

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 5.6 5 7 5 6 5
February 6.2 6 7 6 5 5
March 5.9 6 6 6 7 6
April 5.7 6 5 6 6 6
May 5.9 5 6 6 6
June 5.3 5 5 5 6
July 5.0 4 5 5 5
August 5.2 5 5 6 5
September 5.1 5 5 5 5
October 5.4 5 5 6 5
November 5.5 6 7 5 5
December 5.4 6 5 6 6
Average 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.3

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 216° 210° 180° 249° 241°
February 214° 222° 243° 250° 239°
March 246° 231° 244° 238° 248°
April 265° 270° 268° 271° 238°
May 262° 257° 263° 278°
June 278° 280° 281° 271°
July 284° 279° 281° 288°
August 282° 284° 275° 284°
September 277° 281° 282° 283°
October 269° 273° 258° 271°
November 219° 232° 273° 270°
December 192° 220° 220° 216°

Prevailing wind direction

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