Dover Air Force Base

KDOV · Delaware, United States

Climate Dover Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dover Air Force Base (KDOV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.7 68 77 78 88 86
February 79.3 86 85 77 58 80
March 78.2 66 79 77 81 69
April 82.6 76 80 86 84
May 75.8 90 62 89 77
June 85.8 74 90 88 91
July 89.1 88 88 97 86
August 86.0 80 90 88 84
September 78.4 67 82 91 81
October 75.2 92 54 78 70
November 86.1 88 83 95 83
December 77.7 68 62 89 84
Average 80.5 72.2 80.1 77.4 86.4 81.3

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 88.3 77 94 89 90 90
February 89.1 98 94 88 80 87
March 87.2 77 91 82 87 85
April 91.0 87 89 94 93
May 86.4 94 77 97 91
June 93.9 89 96 97 96
July 96.6 96 97 99 95
August 95.9 94 95 98 98
September 91.8 91 91 99 94
October 88.2 95 76 93 83
November 93.8 94 93 99 93
December 86.4 77 78 94 95
Average 90.2 83.0 91.5 87.7 94.6 91.7

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 7.1 7 11 5 6 9
February 9.7 10 11 10 5 10
March 12.5 14 13 14 14 15
April 18.3 20 17 18 16
May 22.5 22 23 23 20
June 27.5 26 28 28 28
July 30.3 30 30 30 31
August 29.1 28 30 29 29
September 25.7 25 26 26 24
October 20.7 21 18 22 20
November 13.8 14 15 13 17
December 9.4 11 9 12 9
Average 17.9 10.4 19.3 19.1 19.1 19.0

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 0.6 1 2 -1 -1 1
March 3.0 5 3 3 4 5
April 8.2 10 7 8 7
May 12.7 11 14 11 12
June 17.7 16 18 19 18
July 21.6 22 21 21 23
August 20.6 20 21 21 21
September 17.1 17 16 17 17
October 11.7 11 9 13 12
November 4.4 4 6 3 7
December 1.3 4 1 3 1
Average 8.9 2.3 10.1 9.5 10.0 10.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.7 20 15 17 10 6
February 12.6 12 10 14 24 13
March 11.5 21 12 13 8 10
April 7.1 12 10 5 8
May 8.7 7 13 7 4
June 4.3 7 4 5 4
July 5.1 7 8 1 6
August 5.2 4 1 7 9
September 8.7 14 14 4 6
October 9.0 5 19 5 14
November 8.0 11 15 2 9
December 10.6 11 23 2 8
Average 9.3 18.2 9.3 11.7 6.1 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 9.4 9 9 10 9 10
February 9.3 9 9 10 9 9
March 10.6 10 10 12 10 9
April 10.3 9 11 10 11
May 8.4 7 8 8 9
June 8.1 9 8 8 8
July 6.7 6 7 6 7
August 7.0 8 7 6 7
September 7.9 8 8 8 7
October 8.5 7 9 9 8
November 9.0 8 9 10 9
December 8.3 7 9 8 10
Average 8.7 9.2 8.2 8.9 8.2 8.6

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 285° 280° 291° 301° 279°
February 287° 272° 266° 316° 266°
March 309° 287° 253° 268° 218°
April 191° 285° 279° 282°
May 043° 059° 301° 322°
June 193° 229° 194° 205°
July 185° 200° 218° 214°
August 231° 199° 139° 160°
September 013° 325° 252° 040°
October 277° 335° 299° 304°
November 291° 242° 284° 242°
December 283° 294° 254° 260°

Prevailing wind direction

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