Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport

KBWI · Maryland, United States

Climate Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (KBWI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.0 69 90 84 86 86
February 80.1 88 88 80 64 78
March 82.0 78 83 82 81 77
April 83.3 79 80 86 88 84
May 76.9 70 95 70 87 78
June 87.2 94 73 92 89 90
July 91.6 93 84 92 98 93
August 88.6 82 91 93 92 90
September 78.0 68 76 84 91 78
October 78.3 92 67 75 73
November 88.2 94 86 98 83
December 79.0 71 69 88 90
Average 83.2 80.5 84.5 82.9 87.0 83.4

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 88.8 77 97 91 91 92
February 87.4 97 94 87 80 82
March 89.3 84 92 87 88 89
April 90.9 86 87 94 96 91
May 87.8 85 97 82 96 91
June 94.1 98 82 97 94 97
July 96.8 98 94 97 100 98
August 96.0 95 97 96 96 96
September 91.3 85 93 92 97 93
October 89.7 95 86 92 84
November 94.1 96 89 99 93
December 83.9 75 73 95 94
Average 91.2 89.8 91.7 90.1 93.9 91.9

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 7 11 5 7 9
February 10.4 11 13 11 6 11
March 13.7 15 14 15 15 16
April 19.6 20 22 19 20 17
May 24.0 24 24 24 25 22
June 29.2 31 28 29 30 29
July 32.1 33 32 32 32 33
August 30.2 30 30 32 31 30
September 26.7 26 27 27 27 25
October 21.3 22 19 23 21
November 14.0 15 16 13 17
December 9.5 11 9 13 9
Average 20.1 22.0 20.8 20.1 20.3 20.0

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 -1.2 0 3 -4 -1 1
February 0.5 1 2 -1 -1 1
March 3.0 5 3 3 4 6
April 8.7 10 10 8 8 7
May 13.5 15 11 14 12 12
June 18.3 20 17 18 19 19
July 21.8 23 22 22 22 23
August 20.6 20 21 21 22 22
September 17.1 17 17 17 17 16
October 11.3 11 9 14 11
November 3.6 3 6 3 6
December 1.0 3 1 3 0
Average 10.2 12.1 10.3 9.8 10.2 10.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.5 21 13 13 11 7
February 14.3 8 9 19 22 16
March 11.1 15 11 12 10 10
April 9.3 13 12 10 5 10
May 11.0 14 4 14 9 8
June 5.2 1 10 6 5 4
July 4.3 4 5 4 2 3
August 4.8 4 3 2 5 9
September 8.6 11 9 11 6 6
October 8.4 4 16 5 8
November 7.7 8 11 4 9
December 11.9 10 18 3 8
Average 8.8 9.6 7.8 10.5 6.9 7.7

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 7.9 8 8 7 8 8
February 7.5 7 8 8 7 7
March 8.8 9 9 9 8 7
April 8.4 8 8 9 9 9
May 6.9 6 6 7 7 9
June 6.6 7 7 6 6 7
July 5.6 6 5 5 6 6
August 5.7 6 6 6 5 6
September 6.2 7 6 6 6 6
October 6.5 6 6 7 6
November 7.0 7 7 7 7
December 6.7 6 7 6 7
Average 6.9 6.9 6.7 6.9 6.8 6.9

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 300° 289° 303° 305° 291°
February 302° 274° 282° 308° 271°
March 299° 296° 270° 290° 287°
April 285° 263° 291° 285° 295°
May 091° 020° 069° 303° 328°
June 241° 352° 275° 204° 272°
July 188° 217° 225° 249° 239°
August 257° 268° 233° 131° 233°
September 067° 011° 315° 264° 051°
October 284° 323° 312° 293°
November 294° 281° 287° 267°
December 300° 297° 256° 279°

Prevailing wind direction

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