Valley Vista Airport

6CA5 · United States

Climate Valley Vista Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Big Bear City Airport (KL35) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.1 84 69 98 84 97
February 82.4 68 79 92 96 94
March 81.3 70 66 91 88 75
April 95.5 98 98 99 82
May 94.9 96 100 100 99
June 99.4 99 100 100 99
July 99.4 100 99 99 100
August 99.1 96 99 100 100
September 97.8 98 96 100 96
October 97.5 99 100 90 100
November 93.4 97 87 100 93
December 86.3 91 87 72 90
Average 91.0 74.2 90.9 95.9 94.1 93.8

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 90.8 93 80 100 89 99
February 90.6 83 88 96 99 98
March 91.3 84 83 97 93 90
April 97.9 100 99 100 89
May 97.4 97 100 100 100
June 99.5 99 100 100 99
July 99.4 100 100 99 100
August 99.2 96 100 100 100
September 99.2 100 99 100 99
October 99.0 100 100 94 100
November 96.2 99 95 100 95
December 92.9 97 93 83 97
Average 95.2 86.5 95.1 98.3 96.4 97.2

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 7.0 7 4 8 7 9
February 6.6 6 4 7 9 10
March 8.2 7 4 11 9 6
April 14.4 14 15 15 13
May 17.2 16 19 18 19
June 22.9 19 24 25 22
July 25.9 27 26 26 26
August 25.1 24 25 26 26
September 21.9 21 22 23 24
October 16.8 17 16 15 20
November 12.0 11 8 15 12
December 8.0 10 5 7 8
Average 14.5 6.3 14.3 15.8 16.1 16.3

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 -5.1 -4 -5 -5 -5 -5
February -6.6 -4 -7 -6 -4 -5
March -4.6 -3 -5 -3 -5 -4
April -1.6 -2 0 -1 0
May 1.2 1 2 1 2
June 4.9 3 6 8 5
July 8.5 9 9 10 6
August 8.1 8 9 8 9
September 4.7 4 6 5 5
October -1.8 0 1 -1 0
November -4.6 -4 -5 -3 -4
December -6.9 -4 -7 -5 -6
Average -1.9 -4.3 -1.8 0.7 0.7 0.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.4 6 19 1 8 0
February 8.1 18 12 4 2 4
March 8.4 15 19 3 7 10
April 1.9 0 1 2 11
May 1.4 4 0 0 0
June 0.4 1 0 1 0
July 2.2 1 2 4 0
August 2.9 4 4 3 4
September 1.3 2 3 0 0
October 0.9 0 1 3 0
November 3.4 1 7 0 6
December 5.8 3 8 13 2
Average 4.6 13.0 5.3 2.5 3.4 2.8

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 5.8 6 7 6 6 5
February 6.7 6 8 7 7 6
March 6.9 7 8 7 7 6
April 6.9 7 8 7 6
May 6.2 6 7 6 6
June 5.9 6 6 6 6
July 4.9 6 5 5 6
August 4.9 6 4 6 5
September 5.5 5 5 6 5
October 5.8 6 6 6 5
November 5.9 6 7 6 5
December 5.4 4 5 6 6
Average 6.0 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.5

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 273° 262° 064° 212° 264°
February 266° 274° 065° 268° 012°
March 265° 259° 294° 260° 255°
April 278° 267° 267° 258°
May 268° 270° 270° 248°
June 268° 256° 255° 278°
July 266° 272° 280° 258°
August 257° 312° 270° 252°
September 264° 064° 271° 053°
October 057° 067° 250° 029°
November 017° 263° 066° 263°
December 263° 255° 261° 045°

Prevailing wind direction

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