Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport

KBTV · Vermont, United States

Climate Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (KBTV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.9 46 45 70 57 70
February 77.2 78 72 72 79 72
March 79.0 73 70 78 92 89
April 85.3 86 87 82 90
May 90.0 93 90 91 95
June 86.3 68 84 96 92
July 89.9 79 96 80 89
August 90.1 79 85 93 96
September 85.1 75 69 89 92
October 81.2 76 95 76 81
November 80.0 81 80 86 90
December 68.5 43 59 70 73
Average 80.9 65.4 73.3 81.7 84.0 87.1

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 81.9 76 77 78 86 87
February 85.2 92 81 77 86 81
March 87.9 80 80 87 97 97
April 93.9 94 93 92 98
May 96.5 98 95 98 99
June 94.5 84 94 99 97
July 96.1 90 97 94 96
August 95.9 91 93 97 98
September 93.7 88 83 97 99
October 92.4 87 99 88 95
November 91.8 93 92 95 99
December 84.0 65 80 87 89
Average 90.9 82.3 86.1 89.7 93.6 95.0

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 -1.1 0 2 -4 -2 1
February 1.6 4 2 1 -1 1
March 5.6 8 5 7 8 8
April 13.1 16 13 15 11
May 20.7 21 23 21 20
June 25.4 25 25 28 26
July 28.3 29 29 25 30
August 27.0 25 28 28 27
September 22.7 23 21 23 22
October 16.4 17 17 17 15
November 7.4 7 10 8 11
December 2.4 5 3 4 3
Average 12.9 3.9 14.6 14.8 14.5 14.7

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 -8.0 -6 -4 -15 -7 -6
February -8.8 -5 -8 -9 -9 -7
March -4.9 0 -3 -3 -3 -1
April 3.3 5 3 4 2
May 9.5 8 11 10 9
June 14.7 15 15 17 15
July 18.2 19 18 17 20
August 17.3 16 18 19 17
September 13.2 14 13 14 12
October 7.8 9 6 9 6
November 0.1 0 3 0 3
December -5.5 -1 -2 -3 -3
Average 4.0 -4.5 5.9 5.0 5.7 5.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.9 34 29 28 21 19
February 21.3 12 27 30 19 26
March 18.6 22 32 18 7 10
April 17.0 16 19 20 11
May 9.9 10 11 6 6
June 9.0 15 12 4 6
July 7.7 14 5 13 5
August 6.5 15 6 8 7
September 8.1 10 15 6 5
October 13.5 19 5 16 14
November 15.4 10 17 14 12
December 23.2 29 32 20 19
Average 14.7 22.7 18.4 14.9 11.9 10.6

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 7.6 7 7 9 7 7
February 8.7 9 9 11 7 8
March 8.8 8 8 9 10 9
April 8.3 8 9 8 9
May 7.6 8 7 7 9
June 7.2 6 8 8 7
July 6.4 6 7 6 7
August 6.4 7 6 6 6
September 6.6 5 6 8 8
October 7.5 7 7 6 9
November 8.4 8 9 7 10
December 7.3 6 7 8 9
Average 7.6 8.0 6.9 7.8 7.2 7.9

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 275° 331° 300° 338° 211°
February 257° 246° 234° 272° 247°
March 304° 323° 268° 253° 221°
April 223° 310° 315° 293°
May 304° 239° 282° 275°
June 327° 255° 205° 239°
July 213° 230° 285° 215°
August 215° 231° 200° 252°
September 305° 297° 212° 213°
October 225° 210° 225° 200°
November 228° 225° 238° 214°
December 271° 276° 237° 228°

Prevailing wind direction

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