Tucson International Airport

KTUS · Arizona, United States

Climate Tucson International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tucson International Airport (KTUS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 98.5 99 98 99 98 100
February 96.9 96 97 98 100 100
March 99.1 97 99 100 99 99
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 99 100
July 99.4 100 99 99 100
August 99.4 99 99 100 100
September 99.5 100 99 99 100
October 99.2 99 100 100 99
November 99.6 100 100 100 100
December 97.3 97 88 98 99
Average 98.9 96.9 99.0 98.8 99.3 99.7

20th best VFR conditions of United States

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 99.5 99 100 100 99 100
February 98.5 100 99 100 100 100
March 99.8 99 99 100 100 100
April 100.0 100 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 99 100
July 99.5 100 99 99 100
August 99.6 100 100 100 100
September 99.7 100 100 100 100
October 99.6 99 100 100 100
November 99.8 100 100 100 100
December 98.4 98 94 99 100
Average 99.5 99.5 99.5 99.4 99.7 99.8

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 19.5 19 18 20 20 20
February 20.8 21 20 21 23 20
March 24.4 22 22 26 24 23
April 30.2 30 31 30 29
May 33.6 33 35 34 36
June 38.8 38 39 40 39
July 38.6 42 39 36 40
August 37.6 39 36 36 40
September 35.8 38 36 35 37
October 30.6 32 29 30 33
November 25.4 25 22 28 26
December 19.9 21 18 21 21
Average 28.6 20.6 29.8 29.6 29.7 30.3

50th highest temperature of United States

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 5.4 5 5 5 5 5
February 6.4 8 5 5 7 6
March 9.4 9 9 9 9 10
April 13.4 12 14 15 13
May 16.9 17 18 18 18
June 22.7 21 25 24 22
July 25.8 27 26 25 27
August 24.4 26 24 24 27
September 22.0 23 23 22 23
October 15.6 17 16 14 16
November 10.2 12 7 11 10
December 6.2 7 6 7 5
Average 13.9 7.2 15.0 14.8 14.8 15.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.2 4 3 1 2 3
February 3.2 6 3 1 0 1
March 1.2 4 1 1 1 1
April 0.2 0 0 1 1
May 0.2 0 0 0 1
June 0.3 0 0 0 0
July 2.2 0 3 5 3
August 0.6 0 1 2 0
September 1.3 1 2 2 0
October 0.7 0 1 0 0
November 0.6 1 0 0 0
December 2.9 5 11 3 1
Average 1.6 4.5 1.1 1.4 1.2 0.9

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 6.3 6 6 7 7 6
February 7.2 6 9 8 7 7
March 7.1 7 7 7 8 7
April 7.2 7 8 8 7
May 7.1 7 7 7 6
June 6.6 7 7 7 7
July 6.0 6 6 6 6
August 5.5 6 5 5 6
September 6.5 6 8 5 7
October 6.9 7 7 7 7
November 6.4 7 7 6 7
December 6.0 6 5 5 7
Average 6.6 6.3 6.8 6.9 6.6 6.6

50th highest wind speed of United States

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 182° 202° 110° 161° 150°
February 223° 201° 168° 265° 225°
March 227° 251° 240° 240° 206°
April 243° 236° 224° 231°
May 197° 221° 226° 218°
June 224° 185° 238° 225°
July 288° 221° 206° 252°
August 169° 158° 207° 238°
September 210° 130° 145° 142°
October 154° 151° 189° 196°
November 131° 187° 119° 151°
December 126° 221° 171° 114°

Prevailing wind direction

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