Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport

KSXU · New Mexico, United States

Climate Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Santa Rosa Route 66 Airport (KSXU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.3 89 92 93 92 95
February 91.0 91 94 95 85 81
March 90.5 84 96 96 93 87
April 94.0 96 96 99 91 92
May 92.8 86 99 86 98
June 94.3 94 87 91 100
July 97.5 94 99 95 100
August 96.0 99 95 95 100
September 93.0 93 98 99 94
October 82.9 64 84 98 91
November 89.5 87 88 95 88
December 95.7 92 98 100 99
Average 92.4 89.7 90.5 94.1 93.1 93.9

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 96.7 93 93 99 98 98
February 95.5 95 96 97 89 95
March 95.1 95 99 100 97 90
April 97.9 100 100 99 97 95
May 98.9 97 100 98 99
June 98.8 100 97 97 100
July 99.3 98 100 98 100
August 98.9 100 99 98 100
September 96.9 98 98 100 99
October 90.4 71 94 99 96
November 94.6 90 97 98 94
December 97.1 94 98 100 99
Average 96.7 95.8 94.8 98.2 97.4 97.1

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 11.0 9 11 12 10 12
February 13.5 15 14 12 12 13
March 17.9 17 17 18 17 18
April 23.1 23 23 25 21 23
May 27.7 27 30 27 30
June 32.3 30 32 32 33
July 33.4 36 33 30 34
August 31.5 34 26 30 34
September 29.3 30 29 30 28
October 22.0 24 21 23 24
November 16.8 18 14 19 16
December 12.6 13 13 16 12
Average 22.0 16.0 22.9 22.1 22.3 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 -4.8 -4 -2 -5 -4 -2
February -3.5 1 -2 -6 -4 -2
March 1.9 2 2 0 0 4
April 5.2 6 4 6 4 5
May 10.5 11 11 10 12
June 15.1 15 16 15 11
July 16.0 19 15 6 17
August 15.5 19 6 16 17
September 13.2 15 11 14 11
October 6.5 7 8 7 5
November 1.4 2 0 2 3
December -2.3 -1 -2 1 -3
Average 6.0 1.0 7.6 5.2 5.7 6.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.1 0 2 1 1 3
February 2.2 1 4 3 2 4
March 2.8 2 1 4 5 5
April 1.4 0 1 0 1 3
May 1.1 2 0 3 0
June 2.2 2 6 7 0
July 0.4 0 1 1 1
August 1.3 1 4 2 0
September 1.7 1 0 0 1
October 4.4 0 8 3 3
November 2.1 2 3 0 1
December 2.1 5 0 1 1
Average 1.8 0.7 1.7 2.5 2.0 1.8

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 9.1 9 11 8 9 9
February 10.7 11 12 8 10 10
March 10.8 11 14 9 11 12
April 11.2 11 11 13 11 10
May 9.7 9 11 9 10
June 9.0 8 9 8 12
July 7.0 7 7 7 7
August 6.9 8 7 7 6
September 7.8 7 7 8 8
October 8.6 8 8 9 10
November 9.2 8 10 8 10
December 9.3 8 10 12 9
Average 9.3 10.4 9.1 8.9 9.0 9.2

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 250° 253° 259° 263° 241°
February 254° 245° 245° 252° 234°
March 254° 244° 254° 236° 232°
April 245° 238° 235° 201° 225°
May 195° 231° 171° 222°
June 223° 190° 154° 192°
July 162° 158° 163° 184°
August 191° 136° 182° 164°
September 203° 161° 179° 096°
October 194° 229° 233° 209°
November 255° 230° 238° 261°
December 278° 241° 250° 278°

Prevailing wind direction

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