La Sal Junction Airport

01UT · United States

Climate La Sal Junction Airport 2023-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Monticello Airport (KU64) between 2023 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 80.0 80
February 88.4 89
March 87.2 88 80
April 94.6 95
May 99.4 99
June 98.0 98
July 99.7 100
August 98.3 98
September 91.9 92
October 99.6 100
November 96.3 96
December 88.7 89
Average 90.8 85.3 96.4

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
January 89.3 89
February 94.0 94
March 93.7 94 80
April 97.3 97
May 99.4 99
June 98.3 98
July 100.0 100
August 98.9 99
September 92.2 92
October 99.6 100
November 97.4 97
December 94.7 95
Average 95.0 92.5 97.6

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
January 2.4 3
February 5.4 5
March 8.6 9 3
April 12.8 13
May 19.9 20
June 23.2 23
July 30.8 31
August 27.6 28
September 22.3 22
October 17.1 17
November 9.4 10
December 4.1 4
Average 12.1 5.5 18.6

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023
January -7.2 -7
February -5.6 -4
March -3.6 -2 -2
April 0.1 0
May 5.9 6
June 8.0 8
July 14.4 14
August 12.6 13
September 7.4 8
October 3.4 4
November -3.3 -3
December -7.6 -6
Average 0.1 -5.5 4.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 4.6 5
February 7.6 8
March 7.4 8 0
April 4.7 5
May 1.1 1
June 1.1 1
July 0.8 1
August 1.6 2
September 1.5 2
October 1.2 1
November 4.3 4
December 5.6 6
Average 4.5 6.6 2.3

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
January 9.9 10
February 11.3 11
March 10.9 11 8
April 11.9 12
May 11.0 11
June 11.6 12
July 8.9 9
August 8.5 9
September 8.6 9
October 10.0 10
November 8.9 9
December 8.0 8
Average 10.2 10.7 9.8

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023
January 238°
February 189°
March 204° 285°
April 244°
May 179°
June 182°
July 215°
August 191°
September 178°
October 233°
November 187°
December 273°

Prevailing wind direction

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