A C Goodwin Memorial Field

AZ86 · Arizona, United States

Climate A C Goodwin Memorial Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Prescott Regional-Ernest A Love Field (KPRC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.3 83 73 96 85 97
February 88.5 80 83 92 100 96
March 90.8 90 81 95 88 84
April 99.2 100 99 98 99
May 98.7 99 100 100 100
June 99.7 100 100 99 100
July 98.8 99 97 96 100
August 99.3 99 98 100 99
September 98.2 100 94 98 100
October 98.0 100 98 99 100
November 96.0 95 93 100 99
December 92.0 92 89 86 98
Average 94.5 84.4 93.5 96.4 95.8 97.7

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 96.4 95 94 98 93 99
February 95.1 91 92 94 100 98
March 97.6 98 93 99 97 97
April 99.7 100 100 100 100
May 99.6 99 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.5 100 99 98 100
August 99.4 99 98 100 100
September 99.2 100 97 99 100
October 99.3 100 99 100 100
November 98.3 98 97 100 100
December 96.6 95 95 98 99
Average 98.1 94.9 97.5 98.1 98.7 99.4

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 11.3 11 9 12 11 13
February 12.3 12 11 13 13 14
March 15.3 14 12 17 14 14
April 21.4 21 22 21 20
May 24.7 24 26 25 27
June 30.9 28 31 33 30
July 32.2 35 32 31 33
August 31.1 32 29 30 34
September 28.3 28 28 28 30
October 22.5 24 21 20 26
November 17.1 17 13 19 18
December 12.0 14 10 11 12
Average 20.5 12.2 21.1 21.4 21.3 22.3

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 -3.6 -2 -3 -3 -4 -3
February -2.4 0 -3 -4 -2 -2
March 1.4 2 1 1 0 2
April 5.5 4 5 6 5
May 8.9 8 10 9 11
June 14.4 12 15 17 14
July 18.3 19 19 18 18
August 17.0 17 17 17 18
September 13.4 13 14 14 13
October 6.2 7 6 5 7
November 1.2 2 -2 2 2
December -3.8 -1 -3 -1 -5
Average 5.9 -1.8 6.3 6.5 6.8 6.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 8 13 2 10 1
February 7.4 12 10 7 1 2
March 4.9 4 13 4 6 7
April 0.5 0 0 0 2
May 1.1 0 0 0 0
June 0.4 0 1 0 0
July 1.6 1 4 2 1
August 1.2 2 3 0 1
September 2.5 4 5 4 0
October 1.7 1 2 1 0
November 2.1 0 3 2 2
December 3.4 3 6 6 2
Average 3.2 7.6 3.7 2.9 2.6 1.3

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 5.9 6 8 5 5 5
February 7.3 7 9 7 8 7
March 8.2 8 9 8 8 8
April 8.7 8 9 9 9
May 8.6 9 10 8 9
June 7.9 9 8 7 8
July 6.1 7 6 5 7
August 5.7 6 5 6 7
September 6.2 7 5 5 6
October 6.3 6 5 7 6
November 5.7 6 7 5 7
December 5.3 5 6 6 5
Average 6.9 7.1 7.3 6.7 6.6 7.0

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 247° 216° 331° 293° 303°
February 205° 192° 259° 287° 294°
March 202° 209° 266° 201° 177°
April 229° 228° 216° 199°
May 187° 214° 210° 203°
June 189° 210° 221° 200°
July 217° 213° 226° 208°
August 205° 241° 204° 212°
September 191° 180° 200° 243°
October 197° 288° 196° 259°
November 207° 214° 247° 192°
December 098° 195° 195° 305°

Prevailing wind direction

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