Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

KDCA · Washington, D.C., United States

Climate Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.4 69 83 84 86 88
February 80.1 87 87 78 63 80
March 81.4 74 80 78 80 79
April 86.4 84 85 90 86
May 80.0 94 65 89 83
June 87.2 74 94 88 91
July 92.0 90 89 97 96
August 89.8 89 93 91 88
September 80.8 72 87 94 82
October 79.5 93 67 78 77
November 89.2 96 83 99 88
December 81.3 72 70 89 93
Average 83.6 76.1 84.3 81.7 87.5 85.9

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 89.8 81 92 91 89 96
February 89.3 95 95 86 81 90
March 90.5 85 91 85 89 93
April 94.8 92 93 96 95
May 91.6 98 82 98 95
June 94.8 85 98 94 98
July 96.8 95 95 99 99
August 97.4 96 97 98 97
September 93.2 90 95 99 95
October 92.4 95 87 95 87
November 95.0 98 90 100 95
December 87.0 77 76 98 96
Average 92.4 86.8 92.1 90.4 94.9 94.9

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 8.0 8 11 6 7 10
February 11.3 12 13 12 7 11
March 14.6 16 15 16 16 17
April 20.3 23 19 20 18
May 24.4 23 24 24 22
June 29.1 28 29 29 29
July 31.9 32 31 32 33
August 30.5 30 31 31 30
September 27.2 27 27 27 25
October 21.6 22 19 23 21
November 14.4 15 16 14 17
December 10.1 11 9 13 9
Average 19.3 11.8 20.9 20.4 20.4 20.3

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 0.9 1 4 -2 1 3
February 2.5 3 4 1 0 3
March 5.0 7 5 6 6 8
April 10.3 12 9 10 9
May 15.1 13 16 14 14
June 20.1 19 20 21 21
July 23.3 23 23 23 24
August 22.3 22 22 22 23
September 18.8 19 18 19 17
October 13.1 13 10 15 13
November 5.7 5 7 5 8
December 2.8 4 3 5 2
Average 10.7 3.6 11.8 11.5 11.6 11.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.8 24 17 12 10 7
February 14.0 10 15 19 21 13
March 11.0 17 16 14 8 5
April 8.7 12 10 4 10
May 9.4 7 13 10 7
June 5.8 12 4 5 3
July 4.1 3 4 3 3
August 5.1 5 2 5 10
September 8.1 15 7 5 6
October 8.2 5 16 6 10
November 8.2 9 11 4 8
December 11.4 15 21 2 8
Average 9.5 17.3 10.2 10.2 6.6 7.3

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 8.9 9 8 9 9 8
February 8.5 8 9 9 8 8
March 9.6 9 10 10 9 8
April 9.1 9 9 9 9
May 8.2 7 8 8 9
June 8.0 8 8 8 8
July 7.1 7 7 8 7
August 7.0 7 7 6 7
September 7.5 8 8 8 7
October 7.8 7 8 8 8
November 8.0 7 8 8 8
December 7.3 6 7 7 9
Average 8.1 8.6 7.8 8.2 7.9 8.0

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 313° 288° 319° 318° 301°
February 285° 257° 274° 325° 260°
March 328° 303° 260° 297° 215°
April 200° 297° 288° 302°
May 035° 064° 310° 319°
June 002° 251° 183° 207°
July 203° 184° 206° 163°
August 261° 210° 149° 179°
September 012° 333° 236° 051°
October 284° 344° 297° 286°
November 308° 281° 301° 242°
December 296° 314° 223° 276°

Prevailing wind direction

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