Jaffrey Airfield Silver Ranch

KAFN · New Hampshire, United States

Climate Jaffrey Airfield Silver Ranch 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Jaffrey Airfield Silver Ranch (KAFN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 64.8 46 45 70 79 81
February 68.2 79 66 59 61 72
March 70.6 51 71 66 83 74
April 71.1 73 65 78 79 75
May 77.9 83 76 84 84
June 78.5 63 78 84 86
July 77.0 62 92 59 80
August 79.2 69 84 75 85
September 73.8 69 67 78 83
October 65.9 71 68 67 65
November 75.8 81 70 86 81
December 63.7 49 57 58 71
Average 72.0 61.8 66.2 73.5 74.9 78.5

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 78.4 65 63 76 92 90
February 77.9 87 71 73 77 79
March 80.4 65 83 73 87 83
April 83.8 85 76 92 90 87
May 88.4 94 83 93 93
June 88.7 81 90 93 92
July 86.4 77 97 75 87
August 88.1 80 92 86 94
September 85.7 82 78 89 89
October 80.9 83 76 80 79
November 87.2 91 86 92 90
December 78.0 68 77 76 85
Average 83.4 75.2 79.3 83.6 86.1 87.8

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 0.9 1 4 -1 0 3
February 3.1 5 4 3 0 3
March 6.6 9 7 8 9 9
April 12.9 14 15 13 14 11
May 19.9 21 22 20 19
June 24.6 23 24 27 25
July 27.5 28 28 25 28
August 26.4 25 29 27 26
September 22.3 23 22 22 22
October 16.1 18 17 17 14
November 8.3 8 11 9 11
December 3.4 7 5 5 4
Average 13.5 7.0 15.2 15.4 14.6 14.5

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 -8.6 -6 -3 -13 -7 -6
February -7.3 -5 -6 -7 -9 -6
March -4.8 0 -2 -3 -3 -1
April 2.4 3 4 2 2 1
May 7.8 6 9 8 7
June 13.0 13 13 15 13
July 16.6 18 17 16 17
August 15.9 15 17 18 15
September 11.8 13 12 13 10
October 6.5 8 5 9 5
November -1.3 -1 2 -1 0
December -5.4 -1 -3 -3 -5
Average 3.5 -3.8 5.3 4.5 4.8 4.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.1 20 26 17 7 5
February 13.5 6 20 17 17 11
March 12.5 16 15 10 6 12
April 13.7 16 10 8 11 26
May 8.0 8 4 8 5
June 8.2 13 6 4 11
July 6.7 12 5 12 2
August 5.2 10 4 6 3
September 7.8 14 11 7 3
October 12.0 11 12 12 13
November 10.6 7 14 5 9
December 14.3 14 17 10 15
Average 10.6 14.7 12.7 9.3 8.4 9.2

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 4.9 4 4 5 5 5
February 5.3 5 5 6 5 5
March 5.6 5 5 5 6 5
April 5.4 5 5 6 5 6
May 4.9 5 5 5 6
June 4.5 3 5 5 4
July 3.9 4 5 3 4
August 3.9 4 4 3 4
September 3.7 3 4 4 5
October 4.2 4 4 4 4
November 5.3 5 6 5 5
December 4.9 4 5 4 6
Average 4.7 4.7 4.1 4.9 4.6 4.9

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 262° 251° 251° 291° 246°
February 254° 254° 237° 278° 252°
March 275° 278° 263° 264° 251°
April 244° 261° 268° 289° 259°
May 260° 211° 262° 251°
June 206° 233° 224° 231°
July 212° 222° 228° 216°
August 229° 221° 223° 243°
September 244° 252° 212° 213°
October 222° 213° 245° 218°
November 248° 232° 247° 237°
December 228° 249° 245° 232°

Prevailing wind direction

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