Ancient Valley/Pontious Airport

1CL2 · California, United States

Climate Ancient Valley/Pontious Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mojave Air & Space Port/Rutan Field (KMHV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.9 96 91 100 99 99
February 95.4 89 97 100 94 99
March 96.4 94 92 99 98 95
April 97.4 99 99 97 90
May 98.2 100 98 97 98
June 97.6 100 90 98 99
July 98.7 100 99 98 97
August 97.6 97 99 96 94
September 97.0 100 100 94 89
October 97.0 99 98 94 94
November 97.6 97 98 99 99
December 95.0 96 99 95 97
Average 96.6 93.2 97.3 98.0 96.5 95.7

61st 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 97.7 98 97 100 99 99
February 98.3 98 98 100 99 100
March 98.2 98 96 99 98 98
April 98.7 99 99 97 97
May 98.5 100 98 97 98
June 97.8 100 91 98 99
July 98.8 100 100 98 97
August 98.5 98 100 99 96
September 98.1 100 100 96 93
October 98.6 100 100 95 96
November 98.6 99 99 100 99
December 97.9 100 100 99 99
Average 98.3 98.0 98.8 98.5 97.8 97.4

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 14.1 14 11 16 15 15
February 15.4 14 14 17 17 18
March 17.3 17 14 21 17 16
April 23.5 23 24 25 21
May 27.1 27 27 29 29
June 33.2 30 32 36 33
July 37.4 39 37 38 37
August 36.5 34 38 37 38
September 32.1 30 34 33 35
October 26.1 26 27 24 30
November 19.3 19 16 22 19
December 14.2 16 12 14 15
Average 23.6 14.9 23.4 24.7 25.8 25.3

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 3.3 4 3 2 5 3
February 3.3 4 2 1 4 4
March 5.7 6 4 7 5 5
April 9.6 9 6 9 10
May 11.0 13 5 10 10
June 16.1 16 13 14 11
July 19.0 24 24 12 8
August 18.1 20 24 17 8
September 15.3 16 20 15 7
October 10.3 11 13 9 7
November 5.7 5 3 7 5
December 2.6 4 2 3 2
Average 9.4 4.5 10.6 9.7 9.2 6.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.3 3 0 0 0 0
February 0.8 7 0 0 0 0
March 0.5 5 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.4 3 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.1 1 0 0 0
December 0.6 4 0 0 0
Average 0.6 4.5 0.7

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 8.2 9 10 6 10 9
February 9.8 9 9 9 11 8
March 11.2 14 13 11 12 11
April 12.3 10 15 12 12
May 11.4 11 14 13 11
June 9.8 9 11 10 9
July 8.4 10 10 8 8
August 7.8 8 6 8 8
September 7.8 7 6 9 5
October 7.6 9 6 9 6
November 8.1 9 10 7 8
December 7.3 6 7 8 9
Average 9.4 10.9 9.2 9.6 9.8 8.7

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 280° 267° 050° 333° 278°
February 263° 309° 341° 286° 356°
March 268° 256° 274° 290° 254°
April 277° 279° 282° 277°
May 252° 275° 283° 273°
June 261° 284° 257° 261°
July 265° 264° 225° 241°
August 213° 228° 225° 266°
September 231° 213° 275° 068°
October 296° 344° 276° 283°
November 336° 275° 294° 283°
December 354° 239° 242° 303°

Prevailing wind direction

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