Thompson International Aviation Airport

03AZ · Arizona, United States

Climate Thompson International Aviation Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sierra Vista Municipal-Libby Army Air Field (KFHU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 95.8 97 92 99 98 96
February 94.3 88 90 97 100 98
March 98.5 97 99 98 99 96
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 99.7 100 100 100 100
June 98.9 100 97 100 100
July 98.4 99 97 97 100
August 98.1 100 91 99 100
September 98.8 100 100 98 100
October 98.9 100 99 100 100
November 98.5 100 99 98 100
December 95.1 96 90 98 99
Average 97.6 94.0 98.0 97.4 98.9 98.9

80th 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 98.4 100 96 100 99 98
February 97.5 94 98 99 100 100
March 99.4 99 100 99 99 99
April 99.9 100 100 100 100
May 99.8 100 100 100 100
June 99.3 100 98 100 100
July 99.1 99 98 99 100
August 99.3 100 97 100 100
September 99.4 100 100 99 100
October 99.4 100 99 100 100
November 99.3 100 99 100 100
December 96.9 98 92 99 100
Average 98.9 97.6 99.2 98.6 99.6 99.6

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 15.9 15 15 16 16 17
February 17.2 18 16 17 18 17
March 20.7 19 19 21 20 19
April 25.7 26 27 25 25
May 29.1 28 31 30 31
June 33.9 33 33 35 34
July 32.7 36 32 30 33
August 31.8 34 29 30 35
September 30.4 32 30 29 32
October 26.1 28 23 26 29
November 21.3 21 18 23 23
December 16.3 18 15 18 16
Average 24.2 17.5 25.4 24.4 25.0 25.9

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 2.6 3 2 3 2 3
February 3.7 5 2 2 4 4
March 6.7 7 6 6 5 7
April 10.9 10 12 12 10
May 14.2 13 15 15 16
June 19.2 18 20 21 18
July 20.5 23 19 20 21
August 19.7 21 19 19 21
September 17.9 19 17 18 18
October 12.3 14 11 11 14
November 7.6 8 5 9 8
December 3.7 5 4 6 2
Average 10.8 4.9 11.7 11.1 11.9 11.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.0 2 12 3 2 4
February 4.8 10 8 2 0 5
March 1.3 1 2 1 1 4
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.7 1 0 1 1
June 0.6 0 1 0 0
July 3.2 2 4 5 4
August 2.1 2 4 1 3
September 1.4 1 1 5 0
October 0.6 0 1 0 0
November 1.0 0 0 0 1
December 4.1 5 13 3 0
Average 2.2 4.4 2.6 2.0 1.4 1.7

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 6.7 7 8 7 7 6
February 8.4 8 11 9 9 8
March 9.0 9 10 9 10 8
April 9.0 8 10 10 8
May 8.5 8 9 8 7
June 7.8 10 7 8 9
July 5.9 6 6 6 6
August 5.2 6 5 5 5
September 6.2 6 7 5 6
October 6.6 7 6 7 6
November 6.0 7 7 4 7
December 5.7 5 5 6 7
Average 7.2 8.1 7.7 7.3 7.1 6.9

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 255° 239° 188° 175° 280°
February 233° 216° 191° 270° 256°
March 231° 243° 250° 231° 208°
April 244° 241° 250° 246°
May 205° 242° 233° 237°
June 237° 248° 287° 232°
July 286° 279° 254° 296°
August 152° 008° 295° 268°
September 230° 115° 258° 055°
October 184° 188° 225° 250°
November 207° 219° 128° 196°
December 157° 244° 219° 150°

Prevailing wind direction

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