Joint Base Andrews

KADW · Maryland, United States

Climate Joint Base Andrews 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Joint Base Andrews (KADW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.3 66 80 79 85 89
February 81.0 86 88 79 66 77
March 80.3 73 78 77 81 78
April 85.3 83 85 88 86
May 76.4 91 59 88 78
June 86.6 78 90 88 90
July 91.7 93 89 97 94
August 88.9 88 94 93 89
September 79.4 69 83 90 82
October 77.8 92 64 79 75
November 88.3 93 85 98 86
December 78.8 66 68 88 90
Average 82.3 74.5 83.1 79.7 87.3 84.6

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 87.8 78 91 88 90 93
February 87.8 95 94 85 77 84
March 87.3 79 89 81 89 86
April 91.4 89 89 94 93
May 87.0 97 77 95 90
June 93.5 86 97 93 97
July 95.8 95 96 99 98
August 94.6 94 97 97 95
September 89.0 84 91 97 90
October 89.1 94 82 91 84
November 93.5 95 90 99 94
December 84.5 69 71 96 95
Average 89.8 83.6 90.0 87.7 93.8 91.6

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 2022 2021 2020
January 7.2 8 10 5 6 9
February 10.7 11 13 11 6 11
March 13.5 15 14 15 15 16
April 19.3 22 18 19 17
May 23.4 22 23 23 21
June 28.0 27 28 28 28
July 30.7 31 30 31 32
August 29.2 29 30 30 29
September 25.9 26 26 26 24
October 20.7 21 18 22 20
November 13.7 14 15 13 17
December 9.5 11 8 13 9
Average 18.4 11.3 19.8 19.3 19.5 19.4

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 -1.1 0 2 -4 -1 1
February 0.7 1 2 -1 -1 1
March 3.1 5 2 4 4 6
April 8.3 9 7 8 7
May 12.7 11 13 11 12
June 17.8 16 18 19 18
July 20.6 21 21 21 22
August 19.0 20 20 21 21
September 16.0 16 16 15 16
October 10.8 10 8 13 11
November 3.6 3 5 2 6
December 0.8 3 0 2 0
Average 8.5 2.2 9.6 9.2 9.6 10.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.3 21 13 14 7 4
February 12.2 10 12 15 15 12
March 9.7 13 10 16 8 5
April 8.4 12 11 5 9
May 9.0 8 12 9 5
June 6.1 12 8 5 3
July 5.2 5 9 1 3
August 5.5 10 1 5 10
September 7.9 16 10 4 5
October 8.0 7 15 6 11
November 7.9 10 11 4 9
December 9.2 10 18 1 6
Average 8.8 14.9 10.3 11.2 5.4 6.5

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 8.6 9 8 9 8 7
February 8.4 8 9 9 8 8
March 9.5 8 10 11 9 7
April 8.9 8 9 9 8
May 7.3 7 7 7 8
June 7.2 8 7 7 7
July 5.9 6 6 7 5
August 6.0 7 6 5 6
September 6.7 7 7 7 6
October 7.2 7 8 8 7
November 7.9 7 9 8 8
December 7.3 6 7 7 9
Average 7.6 8.6 7.4 7.8 7.4 7.1

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 297° 282° 303° 313° 293°
February 283° 267° 265° 302° 270°
March 314° 284° 267° 287° 257°
April 235° 297° 285° 289°
May 014° 066° 301° 306°
June 313° 266° 213° 216°
July 216° 213° 233° 223°
August 243° 227° 148° 211°
September 008° 326° 259° 034°
October 289° 326° 288° 278°
November 305° 255° 298° 250°
December 287° 296° 255° 274°

Prevailing wind direction

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