Siskiyou County Airport

KSIY · California, United States

Climate Siskiyou County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Siskiyou County Airport (KSIY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.9 70 88 90 73 85
February 92.4 91 89 96 92 97
March 93.4 93 88 98 91 93
April 97.5 94 98 95 99 99
May 96.5 91 97 99 98
June 99.6 100 100 100 100
July 96.1 99 94 99 100
August 79.8 83 90 60 95
September 84.7 98 97 69 78
October 96.6 94 100 97 97
November 90.6 92 86 81 90
December 78.3 80 71 73 82
Average 90.7 86.8 91.8 93.6 86.6 93.0

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 87.2 83 90 92 76 88
February 95.3 97 92 98 95 97
March 96.7 98 92 99 92 98
April 99.4 98 100 100 100 100
May 98.5 97 98 99 99
June 100.0 100 100 100 100
July 97.8 99 98 100 100
August 85.9 88 93 71 98
September 88.7 99 100 78 84
October 97.8 97 100 97 98
November 92.8 94 93 81 93
December 86.4 85 87 84 85
Average 94.1 93.8 94.6 96.7 89.9 95.4

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 8.5 9 8 11 8 9
February 10.8 11 10 14 11 14
March 13.6 14 9 18 14 15
April 18.5 19 18 17 22 21
May 24.3 24 23 26 25
June 29.4 29 29 32 29
July 35.0 36 36 37 34
August 34.2 34 36 34 34
September 28.0 27 31 29 32
October 21.7 22 26 19 25
November 12.5 13 10 12 12
December 7.1 9 5 6 7
Average 19.5 13.0 20.0 21.7 20.9 21.2

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 -2.6 1 -1 -3 -1 0
February -3.3 0 -4 -6 -2 -4
March -1.5 1 -2 1 -2 -1
April 2.3 2 2 1 1 3
May 6.1 8 4 5 7
June 10.5 10 11 13 11
July 14.6 15 16 17 14
August 13.6 14 15 13 14
September 8.8 9 11 9 11
October 2.9 4 5 4 3
November -1.3 0 -3 1 -1
December -3.9 0 -3 -2 -3
Average 3.9 0.8 4.6 4.3 4.9 4.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.5 18 8 2 7 8
February 8.7 12 12 2 9 1
March 8.1 12 17 3 1 5
April 5.2 5 4 5 2 1
May 4.0 6 6 0 6
June 1.5 1 4 1 1
July 0.5 0 1 1 0
August 0.9 2 2 0 1
September 1.8 4 1 3 0
October 2.6 6 0 5 2
November 7.0 5 6 5 8
December 8.0 12 5 11 4
Average 5.3 11.7 6.1 2.9 3.3 2.9

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 5.7 7 8 4 6 4
February 5.9 6 7 4 5 4
March 6.5 7 8 6 8 5
April 5.8 4 6 7 5 5
May 5.6 5 6 6 6
June 5.5 5 6 6 6
July 4.1 4 4 4 4
August 3.9 4 4 5 4
September 3.9 5 4 3 4
October 4.2 5 2 7 4
November 4.1 4 5 4 4
December 4.3 4 4 6 3
Average 5.1 5.9 5.2 4.8 5.4 4.4

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 173° 176° 181° 181° 248°
February 191° 208° 345° 330° 358°
March 199° 191° 360° 182° 222°
April 348° 242° 285° 356° 005°
May 005° 295° 351° 202°
June 347° 338° 295° 352°
July 354° 287° 356° 359°
August 006° 217° 355° 348°
September 021° 192° 332° 354°
October 285° 355° 176° 340°
November 223° 198° 206° 289°
December 186° 189° 184° 192°

Prevailing wind direction

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