Charles M Schulz-Sonoma County Airport

KSTS · California, United States

Climate Charles M Schulz-Sonoma County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Charles M Schulz-Sonoma County Airport (KSTS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.8 53 70 73 76 75
February 79.1 56 73 94 87 92
March 74.4 69 64 81 87 74
April 79.5 87 84 78 78
May 74.4 57 88 88 78
June 81.7 56 87 83 90
July 80.1 80 71 80 78
August 74.6 75 78 71 75
September 76.9 68 85 77 63
October 78.3 79 70 70 80
November 75.8 83 81 74 86
December 68.0 57 71 51 86
Average 74.4 59.6 70.3 80.5 77.0 79.2

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 75.5 64 85 78 85 80
February 87.9 72 89 94 92 95
March 84.8 81 73 88 93 91
April 90.0 91 90 90 91
May 88.3 77 95 91 89
June 88.5 79 90 91 91
July 84.1 83 80 82 84
August 81.1 82 84 79 80
September 84.1 78 88 86 70
October 85.1 88 78 77 87
November 82.0 87 87 79 89
December 76.1 66 75 66 88
Average 83.1 72.3 81.3 85.9 84.3 86.0

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 15.0 15 15 17 16 15
February 17.1 16 15 20 18 21
March 17.7 17 14 21 18 18
April 21.1 21 21 22 22
May 23.9 21 26 26 25
June 27.8 24 29 27 29
July 29.0 31 28 28 28
August 29.5 30 30 28 31
September 28.9 26 31 28 31
October 25.8 26 24 23 30
November 19.3 20 18 19 20
December 14.7 16 13 12 16
Average 21.7 16.2 21.7 23.4 22.0 23.6

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 4.6 6 5 3 4 5
February 3.8 6 2 2 4 4
March 5.3 7 5 5 3 5
April 7.0 7 6 5 8
May 8.9 10 8 9 9
June 11.0 11 11 11 12
July 11.2 11 11 11 11
August 12.2 14 12 11 13
September 11.1 12 11 11 12
October 7.7 9 8 8 9
November 4.6 6 2 6 3
December 3.8 6 2 5 2
Average 7.4 6.1 8.0 7.0 7.3 7.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.9 23 23 5 8 6
February 12.4 27 14 1 4 0
March 13.6 15 32 3 8 8
April 5.3 2 7 1 4
May 3.2 4 2 0 5
June 0.7 1 1 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 0 1 0 1
September 0.8 1 3 1 0
October 3.3 4 1 12 0
November 7.2 7 6 5 6
December 14.0 20 19 22 6
Average 7.5 21.5 8.5 3.4 4.6 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 4.0 4 6 3 5 3
February 5.3 5 5 4 5 5
March 5.4 6 6 5 6 5
April 5.4 6 6 5 5
May 5.6 5 7 7 5
June 5.6 5 6 6 6
July 5.3 5 6 6 5
August 4.8 5 5 5 5
September 4.5 4 5 5 4
October 4.2 4 4 5 4
November 3.2 3 3 3 4
December 3.2 3 3 4 3
Average 4.8 5.3 4.7 4.7 5.1 4.6

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 209° 166° 157° 291° 277°
February 173° 279° 328° 303° 340°
March 216° 227° 245° 301° 246°
April 243° 251° 190° 235°
May 185° 272° 227° 209°
June 191° 202° 198° 220°
July 175° 177° 175° 181°
August 183° 183° 176° 178°
September 199° 188° 191° 203°
October 227° 204° 217° 177°
November 236° 240° 204° 265°
December 181° 220° 235° 330°

Prevailing wind direction

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