Carroll County Regional/Jack B Poage Field

KDMW · Maryland, United States

Climate Carroll County Regional/Jack B Poage Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Carroll County Regional/Jack B Poage Field (KDMW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.7 60 88 85 82
February 81.8 86 91 85 63
March 82.6 79 84 87 80 0
April 81.7 85 87 84
May 80.6 97 73 84 100
June 84.8 82 87 85 91
July 92.1 95 91 93 93
August 89.9 92 93 89 88
September 82.7 77 88 88 79
October 79.2 93 71 73 75
November 90.7 93 85 97 84
December 78.8 77 69 87 83
Average 82.2 75.7 88.1 84.4 84.1 85.3

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 87.0 76 94 90 89
February 87.6 94 94 90 75
March 88.3 83 94 89 89 0
April 88.6 91 93 91
May 90.0 99 87 98 100
June 91.4 88 94 91 96
July 96.6 98 96 97 98
August 95.4 96 97 95 94
September 93.0 89 93 97 93
October 88.3 96 81 90 83
November 95.5 96 91 99 95
December 84.1 81 74 94 91
Average 89.7 84.2 93.0 90.5 92.4 93.4

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 5.7 6 9 4 5
February 9.5 10 12 10 5
March 12.6 15 13 15 15 10
April 20.1 22 18 20
May 25.0 24 26 24 26
June 29.0 28 30 31 27
July 32.6 33 32 32 35
August 31.4 31 32 32 31
September 26.8 27 26 27 26
October 20.6 21 18 22 21
November 13.4 14 15 12 17
December 8.7 10 8 12 8
Average 18.3 10.5 20.4 20.1 19.9 23.2

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 -2.7 0 3 -4 -1
February 0.4 1 2 0 -2
March 2.5 5 3 3 4 10
April 7.8 10 7 8
May 12.5 11 13 12 26
June 16.7 16 18 18 16
July 19.9 18 21 20 21
August 18.8 18 20 19 18
September 15.5 16 15 17 13
October 10.3 9 9 12 10
November 4.3 3 6 3 7
December 1.8 3 1 3 0
Average 8.1 1.9 9.1 9.4 9.4 12.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.8 19 12 11 7
February 9.3 4 5 8 19
March 11.0 14 10 9 10 0
April 8.2 8 7 6
May 9.6 6 10 10 0
June 6.0 8 5 6 2
July 3.8 2 7 2 3
August 4.4 3 3 5 10
September 7.0 12 7 8 3
October 9.0 7 11 8 9
November 6.6 7 9 5 7
December 10.2 9 13 3 13
Average 8.6 11.9 7.1 7.8 7.2 6.0

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 7.0 7 7 6 6
February 6.8 6 7 8 6
March 7.7 7 8 8 7 0
April 6.9 6 7 7
May 5.2 5 6 5 10
June 5.0 5 5 5 5
July 4.3 5 4 4 4
August 4.5 5 5 4 5
September 4.4 4 5 5 4
October 5.4 5 5 5 5
November 6.4 6 7 6 7
December 5.5 5 5 6 7
Average 6.0 6.7 5.5 5.9 5.4 5.1

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 281° 263° 288° 300°
February 255° 253° 249° 286°
March 288° 280° 236° 274° 360°
April 246° 271° 276°
May 277° 114° 295° 207°
June 277° 260° 220° 245°
July 237° 232° 249° 243°
August 254° 235° 201° 238°
September 348° 280° 248° 199°
October 275° 235° 264° 251°
November 266° 245° 277° 246°
December 260° 272° 235° 260°

Prevailing wind direction

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