Climate Princeton Automatic Weather Reporting System 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Princeton Automatic Weather Reporting System (CWPR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	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	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	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	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	-2.4	-3	0	-3	0	-1
February	0.7	3	2	3	-1	3
March	7.7	11	7	10	8	6
April	13.4		13	12	15	14
May	20.6		24	16	20	20
June	23.5		25	22	27	21
July	28.9		29	29	32	27
August	29.1		29	31	28	28
September	22.2		22	25	21	25
October	13.1		14	18	13	13
November	3.5		4	-1	5	4
December	-3.9		2	-8	-5	0
Average	12.1	3.5	14.3	13.5	13.6	13.2

61st highest temperature of Canada

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	-9.6	-9	-6	-9	-8	-8
February	-9.3	-5	-7	-8	-9	-7
March	-5.6	-4	-6	-2	-4	-5
April	-1.3		-1	-2	-1	-1
May	4.8		7	3	3	5
June	8.0		9	8	10	7
July	10.3		11	11	12	9
August	10.0		11	12	11	9
September	6.2		6	6	6	7
October	0.4		1	2	0	1
November	-4.1		-3	-8	-2	-4
December	-8.0		-3	-14	-13	-7
Average	-1.7	-6.3	1.5	0.4	0.3	0.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	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	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

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	1.3	1	1	1	1	2
February	2.1	2	2	3	2	2
March	2.5	2	2	3	3	4
April	3.6		3	4	4	4
May	3.2		3	4	4	3
June	3.3		3	3	3	3
July	3.3		3	3	3	3
August	3.0		3	3	3	4
September	2.5		3	2	2	3
October	2.1		2	2	2	2
November	1.5		1	2	1	1
December	1.2		1	2	1	1
Average	2.5	1.7	2.4	2.7	2.6	2.7

61st highest wind speed of Canada

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	357°	012°	027°	324°	356°
February	030°	352°	331°	001°	318°
March	028°	004°	306°	316°	328°
April		210°	265°	311°	313°
May		018°	258°	274°	270°
June		302°	265°	292°	275°
July		272°	295°	308°	277°
August		257°	250°	292°	284°
September		315°	249°	253°	266°
October		042°	199°	199°	272°
November		197°	014°	215°	010°
December		354°	357°	288°	024°

Prevailing wind direction

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