John Wayne/Orange County Airport

KSNA · California, United States

Climate John Wayne/Orange County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of John Wayne/Orange County Airport (KSNA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.5 81 80 90 93 85
February 85.0 73 91 97 82 94
March 84.3 82 69 89 94 87
April 82.3 69 87 83 81
May 67.7 50 66 67 77
June 62.5 55 72 74 65
July 77.8 78 72 82 73
August 81.8 82 85 82 88
September 78.2 70 88 76 74
October 83.7 80 74 84 79
November 88.0 95 93 76 88
December 86.9 88 87 72 95
Average 79.8 78.6 74.4 82.4 80.0 81.7

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 93.9 96 89 95 97 97
February 94.6 92 98 100 94 97
March 94.2 95 86 97 99 98
April 97.0 92 99 99 95
May 96.9 93 97 98 96
June 94.9 99 94 94 96
July 95.4 89 94 97 97
August 97.0 96 98 97 97
September 96.3 99 97 97 91
October 95.7 89 100 96 92
November 95.0 99 99 86 97
December 93.8 96 96 83 98
Average 95.3 94.2 93.7 96.9 94.7 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 19.6 19 18 21 20 21
February 19.2 18 18 23 20 22
March 19.7 19 17 22 19 20
April 22.0 20 24 22 22
May 21.7 20 23 22 25
June 23.8 22 25 25 25
July 26.6 27 26 27 26
August 27.6 28 29 27 28
September 27.3 25 30 27 29
October 26.0 25 25 25 27
November 23.2 25 22 24 23
December 19.9 21 18 18 21
Average 22.5 18.3 22.0 24.1 23.0 24.1

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 10.4 11 10 11 10 11
February 10.3 11 9 10 10 12
March 11.8 12 11 13 10 13
April 13.9 13 15 14 14
May 15.6 15 16 16 18
June 17.2 17 18 18 18
July 19.1 19 19 20 18
August 20.3 20 21 19 20
September 19.6 19 22 19 20
October 16.8 17 19 16 18
November 13.1 14 12 15 12
December 10.4 12 10 10 9
Average 14.4 11.3 14.6 15.7 14.7 15.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.3 6 12 1 3 0
February 6.7 20 6 0 0 3
March 6.8 10 19 2 3 6
April 1.4 0 0 0 9
May 1.6 2 1 2 2
June 0.5 1 0 1 1
July 0.3 0 1 1 1
August 0.7 4 0 1 0
September 0.7 3 1 0 0
October 0.9 1 2 2 0
November 1.9 1 2 0 1
December 4.3 3 4 12 2
Average 3.4 11.9 4.2 1.0 2.0 2.1

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 4.9 5 6 4 5 4
February 5.5 5 6 6 5 5
March 6.1 7 6 7 6 6
April 6.2 6 6 6 6
May 6.4 6 7 7 6
June 6.0 6 6 6 6
July 6.1 6 6 6 6
August 5.8 6 6 6 6
September 5.3 5 6 5 5
October 5.4 5 5 5 5
November 4.8 5 6 4 4
December 4.1 4 4 4 4
Average 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.8 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 208° 176° 205° 196° 207°
February 187° 205° 214° 205° 197°
March 194° 205° 207° 209° 204°
April 210° 215° 208° 202°
May 207° 203° 203° 209°
June 206° 207° 211° 204°
July 208° 209° 211° 212°
August 215° 213° 215° 212°
September 209° 213° 214° 213°
October 199° 211° 215° 211°
November 197° 193° 210° 219°
December 196° 211° 211° 201°

Prevailing wind direction

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