Paiute Meadows Airport

02NV · United States

Climate Paiute Meadows Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Winnemucca Municipal Airport (KWMC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 92.7 82 92 100 93 94
February 92.8 88 81 96 94 99
March 92.4 93 88 96 94 97
April 94.9 98 96 98 98
May 95.7 96 94 97 98
June 99.2 100 98 100 100
July 94.9 74 100 94 99
August 92.5 97 98 81 90
September 95.5 97 98 99 85
October 89.1 95 83 96 92
November 95.2 96 87 100 95
December 87.5 94 70 85 96
Average 93.1 87.8 92.6 94.3 94.1 95.1

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 96.7 88 98 100 97 98
February 95.8 94 85 99 98 99
March 95.5 95 94 98 99 98
April 97.0 98 98 99 100
May 98.8 99 97 99 100
June 99.6 100 98 100 100
July 95.4 74 100 96 100
August 95.3 97 98 90 91
September 96.4 97 99 99 89
October 90.3 99 83 99 92
November 96.9 98 89 100 96
December 92.4 99 87 90 98
Average 95.6 92.2 95.0 96.0 97.1 96.5

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 7.1 7 5 8 7 9
February 9.2 10 4 11 9 11
March 12.6 13 9 15 13 14
April 18.4 18 18 20 20
May 23.2 24 22 24 25
June 30.1 27 31 35 29
July 35.0 28 37 38 35
August 34.5 33 36 34 36
September 28.6 27 31 30 31
October 20.1 21 22 19 23
November 12.3 12 8 14 12
December 6.2 10 4 5 6
Average 18.9 10.0 19.4 21.0 20.7 20.8

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 -4.6 -3 -1 -6 -4 -2
February -5.7 -2 -4 -8 -3 -7
March -2.0 -1 -3 -2 -4 -3
April 0.8 0 -1 -1 1
May 4.8 6 4 5 6
June 9.3 8 9 13 10
July 13.5 9 14 16 13
August 11.8 12 13 11 14
September 5.9 6 8 5 6
October -1.1 2 -1 2 -1
November -4.3 -4 -5 -2 -3
December -6.2 -5 -6 -6 -7
Average 1.8 -2.3 2.8 2.1 2.8 2.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 18 11 0 2 4
February 7.9 14 21 2 6 1
March 7.3 10 13 4 4 2
April 4.5 4 6 2 3
May 5.1 5 5 4 4
June 3.1 1 4 0 2
July 0.5 0 2 1 0
August 0.9 1 2 0 0
September 1.5 3 2 1 1
October 2.9 5 0 11 0
November 5.1 6 8 2 5
December 6.4 1 15 13 3
Average 5.0 13.4 4.6 3.5 3.6 2.2

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 7.0 7 9 6 7 8
February 7.7 7 11 6 8 8
March 7.6 9 10 6 8 7
April 8.1 8 9 8 7
May 7.1 6 8 8 7
June 7.0 7 7 7 8
July 5.9 5 6 6 6
August 5.9 5 6 6 6
September 5.6 5 5 6 6
October 5.8 6 4 7 5
November 5.7 5 7 5 6
December 5.7 6 6 7 6
Average 6.7 7.5 6.4 6.4 6.7 6.7

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 183° 184° 040° 134° 233°
February 222° 214° 328° 247° 336°
March 256° 220° 288° 279° 252°
April 259° 257° 321° 304°
May 267° 268° 313° 275°
June 337° 259° 299° 271°
July 248° 291° 253° 280°
August 260° 223° 289° 288°
September 317° 244° 293° 019°
October 319° 023° 223° 326°
November 303° 228° 328° 204°
December 063° 188° 197° 070°

Prevailing wind direction

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