Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport

KSJC · California, United States

Climate Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (KSJC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.4 78 88 85 91 86
February 90.2 86 90 94 93 95
March 90.0 91 83 90 94 94
April 90.4 89 97 90 83
May 84.6 72 95 92 94
June 90.0 80 95 90 99
July 90.3 91 85 87 92
August 84.1 93 90 87 72
September 86.1 83 96 93 60
October 89.6 91 80 96 82
November 86.8 98 95 88 88
December 85.5 87 82 70 93
Average 87.5 85.0 86.8 90.6 89.3 86.4

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 94.2 93 98 93 97 96
February 97.4 95 100 96 99 97
March 98.3 99 97 97 100 100
April 98.9 99 100 100 99
May 99.2 98 100 99 99
June 99.4 100 99 100 100
July 97.6 98 98 95 98
August 95.9 100 96 96 94
September 95.5 99 99 99 80
October 95.7 97 90 100 95
November 92.4 100 98 94 94
December 94.0 94 87 88 98
Average 96.6 95.7 98.2 96.5 97.3 95.7

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 16.0 17 16 17 17 15
February 17.3 18 15 20 18 19
March 18.3 19 15 21 18 17
April 21.1 20 22 21 21
May 23.1 21 25 23 26
June 26.3 23 28 25 28
July 27.2 28 26 26 27
August 28.3 30 28 27 29
September 27.7 26 29 28 29
October 25.2 27 24 24 28
November 19.9 22 18 20 19
December 15.9 18 14 14 17
Average 21.7 17.7 21.7 22.7 21.7 22.9

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 7.3 9 8 6 7 7
February 6.6 9 5 5 7 5
March 8.3 10 7 8 7 9
April 9.9 9 10 8 10
May 12.1 12 11 11 13
June 14.3 13 15 14 15
July 15.0 15 15 15 15
August 16.3 17 16 15 17
September 15.3 15 17 14 16
October 12.6 14 13 12 14
November 8.6 10 7 10 7
December 6.9 9 6 7 6
Average 10.8 9.0 11.1 10.8 10.6 11.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.3 9 15 0 7 4
February 7.6 18 9 0 4 0
March 8.5 8 17 3 4 9
April 2.4 1 3 0 5
May 1.3 1 0 0 1
June 0.3 0 0 0 1
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 2 0 0 0
September 0.3 0 1 0 0
October 0.7 2 0 4 0
November 3.3 1 4 1 1
December 8.0 9 21 12 3
Average 4.1 11.2 4.3 2.0 2.3 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 6 8 3 6 5
February 6.6 7 7 5 7 6
March 6.9 7 8 7 7 6
April 6.9 7 8 7 6
May 7.3 7 9 7 7
June 7.2 7 8 7 8
July 6.6 6 7 6 7
August 6.3 6 7 6 6
September 6.1 6 7 6 5
October 5.5 5 5 6 5
November 4.8 5 5 5 5
December 5.2 5 5 6 5
Average 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.4 6.0

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 170° 170° 326° 334° 324°
February 159° 299° 328° 320° 328°
March 287° 176° 325° 322° 277°
April 323° 329° 324° 326°
May 290° 333° 328° 306°
June 304° 336° 324° 329°
July 324° 325° 322° 323°
August 316° 324° 318° 327°
September 322° 318° 322° 330°
October 322° 324° 304° 325°
November 313° 316° 321° 308°
December 154° 167° 171° 317°

Prevailing wind direction

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