Ellison Onizuka Kona International At Keahole Airport

PHKO · Hawaii, United States

Climate Ellison Onizuka Kona International At Keahole Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ellison Onizuka Kona International At Keahole Airport (PHKO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.3 96 100 100 99 100
February 97.4 97 93 100 100 99
March 98.7 98 99 98 100 98
April 98.5 96 100 100 100
May 97.5 98 98 99 99
June 97.8 97 98 100 98
July 98.1 98 97 100 99
August 99.4 99 100 100 100
September 98.8 100 95 100 100
October 98.9 100 98 100 99
November 99.8 100 100 100 100
December 98.2 100 90 97 100
Average 98.4 97.1 98.1 97.9 99.4 99.2

66th 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 99.8 99 100 100 100 100
February 99.1 100 99 100 100 100
March 99.8 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.5 98 100 100 100
May 99.7 100 100 100 100
June 99.6 100 100 100 100
July 99.8 100 100 100 100
August 100.0 100 100 100 100
September 99.8 100 100 100 100
October 99.7 100 100 100 100
November 100.0 100 100 100 100
December 99.2 100 95 99 100
Average 99.7 99.5 99.6 99.6 99.8 99.9

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 27.4 28 28 28 28 27
February 27.2 28 27 28 28 27
March 27.7 28 28 29 28 28
April 28.3 28 28 28 29
May 28.9 29 29 29 29
June 29.3 29 29 29 29
July 29.9 30 30 30 30
August 30.3 30 31 30 31
September 30.3 30 30 30 31
October 29.9 29 30 29 31
November 29.2 29 30 29 30
December 27.8 28 28 28 28
Average 28.7 27.6 28.8 29.1 28.8 29.1

80th 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 20.5 22 21 21 20 20
February 19.8 21 21 20 21 19
March 21.5 22 22 22 21 22
April 21.9 22 23 22 22
May 22.8 23 23 23 23
June 23.0 23 23 24 24
July 23.9 24 24 24 24
August 24.0 25 23 24 24
September 23.8 23 23 24 26
October 23.0 24 25 23 20
November 22.6 23 22 23 24
December 21.5 22 22 22 22
Average 22.2 21.3 22.6 22.5 22.6 22.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.9 6 3 0 2 3
February 2.3 1 7 0 0 1
March 2.0 2 1 0 7 2
April 1.8 3 0 1 0
May 1.5 5 1 1 1
June 0.9 0 2 0 2
July 0.4 0 0 1 0
August 1.0 0 0 3 0
September 0.8 0 4 0 0
October 0.7 0 0 0 1
November 0.7 4 0 0 0
December 3.0 1 13 7 0
Average 1.6 3.0 1.9 1.3 1.7 0.8

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 7.9 10 7 7 7 7
February 8.3 9 8 7 8 8
March 7.7 8 9 7 7 7
April 7.9 8 8 8 8
May 7.6 8 8 8 8
June 7.3 7 7 7 8
July 7.8 8 8 8 8
August 7.9 8 8 8 8
September 7.9 8 7 8 8
October 7.4 7 8 8 7
November 7.5 7 8 8 7
December 7.4 8 8 7 7
Average 7.8 8.8 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.5

80th 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 187° 251° 221° 218° 230°
February 249° 201° 231° 231° 238°
March 229° 209° 233° 208° 241°
April 229° 204° 232° 255°
May 234° 256° 215° 231°
June 210° 224° 222° 209°
July 205° 206° 209° 203°
August 211° 220° 213° 207°
September 207° 214° 219° 213°
October 235° 243° 211° 253°
November 218° 240° 237° 197°
December 213° 185° 222° 213°

Prevailing wind direction

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