On The Rocks Airport

1CA6 · California, United States

Climate On The Rocks Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gillespie Field (KSEE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.6 81 73 94 91 81
February 84.8 76 84 94 88 79
March 83.5 78 74 87 86 79
April 81.9 74 83 81 77
May 65.7 57 77 64 64
June 71.0 55 85 83 47
July 85.1 89 83 85 56
August 85.4 87 92 84 100
September 82.4 71 91 81 92
October 89.0 91 78 87 88
November 89.9 89 87 92 96
December 88.5 91 88 80 100
Average 80.6 78.5 77.4 86.2 83.0 69.1

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 94.6 92 90 98 99 83
February 93.9 91 96 97 98 88
March 94.6 93 88 96 98 89
April 95.4 88 100 96 82
May 93.9 87 98 96 89
June 94.8 96 97 95 84
July 95.5 93 96 97 78
August 95.6 93 99 95 100
September 97.1 97 99 97 100
October 97.5 99 95 97 100
November 96.7 99 98 93 100
December 95.0 98 96 90 100
Average 94.1 92.0 93.5 97.2 95.9 87.0

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 18.3 19 17 21 21 12
February 18.7 18 18 22 21 14
March 19.7 19 18 23 20 15
April 22.6 22 24 23 17
May 22.4 21 24 24 22
June 26.4 24 29 27 24
July 29.8 31 29 30 27
August 30.4 31 32 31 27
September 28.9 27 32 30 27
October 26.7 28 26 25 24
November 23.0 25 21 26 16
December 19.0 22 17 18 14
Average 23.2 18.7 23.6 25.1 24.5 19.7

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 6.2 7 7 6 5 6
February 6.5 9 4 5 7 7
March 8.6 9 8 8 7 10
April 11.2 10 11 11 12
May 13.5 13 13 14 15
June 15.6 15 16 16 16
July 18.0 18 18 19 17
August 19.1 19 20 19 20
September 17.8 18 20 18 17
October 13.3 13 16 12 15
November 8.8 8 7 10 8
December 6.3 7 6 8 5
Average 11.6 8.1 11.6 12.3 11.9 12.2

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 5 8 1 4 0
February 4.3 7 4 1 0 0
March 2.7 5 7 1 3 7
April 0.6 0 0 1 18
May 1.5 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 1 0 0 0
September 0.4 0 2 0 0
October 0.1 0 0 0 0
November 1.5 0 2 0 0
December 3.2 1 5 4 0
Average 1.9 5.6 1.6 0.7 1.0 1.4

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 3.4 3 5 2 4 1
February 4.2 4 5 5 3 2
March 4.7 5 5 5 5 4
April 5.0 5 5 5 4
May 5.0 5 5 5 5
June 4.6 5 5 4 4
July 4.4 4 4 4 3
August 4.6 5 5 5 3
September 4.7 5 5 4 7
October 4.3 4 4 4 5
November 3.7 3 5 3 3
December 2.7 2 3 3 4
Average 4.2 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.2 3.4

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 260° 242° 252° 251° 226°
February 253° 247° 255° 262° 237°
March 246° 246° 252° 252° 239°
April 260° 259° 255° 186°
May 249° 245° 238° 270°
June 261° 241° 247° 242°
July 252° 244° 251° 265°
August 262° 253° 255° 225°
September 261° 256° 260° 255°
October 260° 259° 257° 291°
November 258° 253° 270° 271°
December 254° 262° 249° 272°

Prevailing wind direction

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