Sutter Butte Dusters Airport

0CN2 · California, United States

Climate Sutter Butte Dusters Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Yuba County Airport (KMYV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.9 67 88 85 83 68
February 90.2 92 83 94 90 99
March 92.0 94 85 92 97 93
April 95.6 95 95 99 96
May 96.7 92 100 99 98
June 98.8 100 96 100 99
July 98.4 100 99 97 100
August 90.8 98 99 77 74
September 91.2 94 95 100 57
October 92.2 90 100 80 81
November 83.5 96 84 74 96
December 76.3 75 54 83
Average 90.2 83.9 91.9 95.0 88.0 87.2

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 86.0 88 93 88 94 80
February 95.5 98 96 94 94 99
March 97.3 100 93 98 98 100
April 98.7 99 99 100 99
May 99.1 98 100 100 99
June 99.5 100 98 100 100
July 98.8 100 100 97 100
August 95.8 98 100 92 83
September 95.7 99 99 100 73
October 94.4 95 100 82 87
November 88.6 97 95 83 97
December 85.3 86 71 85
Average 95.0 95.1 96.4 97.6 92.9 91.9

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 14.1 15 14 15 15 13
February 16.6 17 15 19 18 20
March 18.7 18 15 23 19 19
April 23.8 24 25 26 24
May 28.6 27 30 31 30
June 33.9 31 35 35 34
July 36.6 37 36 38 36
August 35.9 36 37 36 36
September 32.5 30 34 34 34
October 26.6 28 29 21 30
November 18.6 20 16 18 18
December 14.1 16 11 15
Average 24.2 16.5 24.8 27.6 25.1 25.7

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 5.2 8 6 3 5 5
February 4.8 8 3 3 6 5
March 7.0 8 6 7 6 6
April 9.0 9 8 8 10
May 12.1 12 12 13 13
June 15.5 14 16 16 16
July 16.5 17 17 18 14
August 16.4 14 17 16 18
September 14.5 14 17 15 14
October 9.5 10 11 8 11
November 6.1 7 5 8 4
December 4.2 6 5 3
Average 9.8 7.7 9.9 10.7 10.2 9.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.8 14 12 1 5 5
February 8.0 11 16 0 3 0
March 8.6 9 20 3 3 8
April 3.8 1 5 1 3
May 3.6 9 1 0 5
June 2.3 6 2 0 0
July 0.1 0 0 0 0
August 0.3 2 0 0 0
September 0.7 2 2 0 0
October 1.2 3 0 0 0
November 5.5 7 1 2 4
December 8.1 7 11 9
Average 4.8 11.0 6.4 1.3 1.9 2.7

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 6.6 7 9 5 7 6
February 7.5 8 8 6 7 7
March 7.5 8 9 7 8 8
April 6.9 6 9 6 6
May 7.1 7 9 8 7
June 6.4 6 7 6 6
July 5.1 5 6 6 5
August 4.8 5 5 5 5
September 5.4 5 5 5 5
October 5.7 5 4 6 5
November 5.2 6 7 4 5
December 5.5 5 7 5
Average 6.3 7.4 6.2 6.2 6.1 5.8

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 160° 256° 324° 161° 163°
February 169° 187° 328° 316° 331°
March 173° 187° 260° 302° 175°
April 223° 204° 168° 178°
May 167° 302° 286° 183°
June 170° 177° 170° 193°
July 177° 171° 176° 175°
August 205° 175° 174° 183°
September 173° 172° 209° 319°
October 323° 315° 211° 324°
November 313° 183° 299° 296°
December 154° 171° 334°

Prevailing wind direction

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