St. Mary's County Regional Airport

2W6 · Maryland, United States

Climate St. Mary's County Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of St. Mary's County Regional Airport (K2W6) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.4 77 86 82 87
February 80.3 87 87 87 51
March 82.0 75 84 82 86
April 87.0 89 89 89
May 77.0 85 64 88
June 82.8 78 92 87 85
July 80.7 90 88 95 87
August 78.9 88 93 84 68
September 74.0 65 83 88 67
October 72.2 81 59 80 74
November 68.8 100 88 96 40
December 75.2 82 76 80 85
Average 71.9 79.6 83.2 81.9 85.3 73.6

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 88.1 86 93 88 90
February 88.1 94 94 93 65
March 88.2 82 92 88 92
April 91.9 92 91 95
May 88.2 94 80 96
June 92.6 91 97 93 93
July 86.7 96 96 98 97
August 86.9 97 97 94 82
September 86.3 76 95 98 87
October 84.6 86 79 92 84
November 71.7 100 92 98 43
December 81.0 86 80 93 92
Average 78.9 87.0 91.0 90.1 92.8 83.4

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 7.9 8 11 7 6
February 10.6 10 13 12 5
March 13.3 15 14 16 13
April 19.1 22 19 18
May 23.7 21 25 23
June 27.3 26 29 27 28
July 29.9 30 31 29 31
August 29.0 29 30 28 28
September 25.2 26 26 25 23
October 20.2 20 18 23 20
November 13.6 7 16 14 14
December 9.9 11 9 13 9
Average 17.1 10.8 20.1 20.1 19.4 21.2

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 0.0 1 3 -1 -1
February 1.7 1 3 2 -1
March 3.4 5 3 5 3
April 8.1 10 8 9
May 13.9 11 15 13
June 17.7 15 18 18 19
July 21.0 21 22 20 22
August 20.7 20 21 21 20
September 16.4 16 17 17 16
October 9.6 13 8 15 4
November 3.6 4 6 4 1
December 1.8 2 1 4 1
Average 8.1 2.1 10.6 10.5 10.7 11.2

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
February 0.0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0
May 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 5.1 5 5 5 4
February 4.6 4 5 5 4
March 5.9 6 6 6 5
April 5.6 5 6 6
May 4.1 4 4 4
June 4.0 4 4 4 4
July 3.4 3 3 4 3
August 3.4 4 3 3 3
September 3.4 3 3 4 3
October 3.6 3 3 4 3
November 3.7 2 4 4 2
December 4.2 4 4 4 5
Average 4.3 5.1 4.3 4.3 4.1 3.3

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 251° 255° 270° 284°
February 243° 245° 236° 286°
March 262° 269° 229° 271°
April 213° 259° 265°
May 294° 064° 231°
June 218° 222° 208° 179°
July 201° 216° 221° 209°
August 214° 238° 213° 160°
September 308° 271° 226° 012°
October 270° 306° 253° 236°
November 010° 256° 278° 202°
December 259° 266° 239° 245°

Prevailing wind direction

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