Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport

KDTW · Michigan, United States

Climate Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport (KDTW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.1 24 31 68 45 48
February 67.3 71 66 68 70 69
March 71.4 64 59 75 92 61
April 80.9 79 81 88 82
May 82.2 91 84 82 81
June 86.1 73 92 86 96
July 90.3 82 93 83 95
August 89.4 83 87 94 92
September 81.4 69 84 88 83
October 77.6 79 83 66 84
November 72.7 77 80 77 81
December 56.2 43 48 64 52
Average 74.3 53.1 70.6 80.7 79.5 78.6

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 75.0 58 69 86 80 79
February 84.7 94 83 80 89 86
March 87.0 88 79 88 99 84
April 91.4 90 91 96 92
May 93.3 100 93 95 92
June 93.1 83 97 91 99
July 96.4 94 98 91 98
August 95.8 95 95 97 97
September 93.6 92 98 95 92
October 89.4 94 94 79 95
November 88.1 92 90 89 89
December 82.7 71 92 85 82
Average 88.8 80.1 87.3 92.1 91.0 91.1

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 4 -2 1 3
February 4.0 8 6 2 -1 3
March 8.7 11 7 9 13 10
April 14.5 16 13 16 13
May 21.5 22 23 21 19
June 26.8 26 27 28 28
July 29.0 28 29 28 30
August 27.8 26 29 29 28
September 24.2 23 24 25 23
October 17.2 17 18 19 15
November 8.9 10 11 9 13
December 4.6 8 4 6 4
Average 14.6 6.2 16.0 16.1 16.2 15.7

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 -6.9 -5 -1 -10 -4 -2
February -5.5 -2 -3 -7 -9 -4
March -1.6 2 -1 -1 1 1
April 4.4 5 4 5 3
May 10.8 9 13 10 10
June 16.4 15 16 18 16
July 19.1 19 19 19 20
August 18.2 17 19 20 18
September 14.8 15 15 14 13
October 8.5 9 7 12 7
November 1.1 1 2 0 3
December -2.5 2 -1 0 -2
Average 5.8 -2.4 7.3 6.5 7.2 6.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.8 41 29 18 18 20
February 17.5 6 17 28 19 15
March 14.8 17 25 15 3 8
April 12.5 15 13 13 10
May 9.3 5 10 10 11
June 5.8 9 3 7 3
July 4.8 7 5 11 1
August 4.0 5 5 2 5
September 5.3 3 6 7 3
October 10.2 11 5 15 9
November 14.0 12 19 14 13
December 15.6 25 11 10 16
Average 12.0 21.5 12.9 10.9 10.3 8.9

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 9.1 9 8 10 8 9
February 9.9 9 11 11 9 10
March 10.2 10 10 11 11 10
April 9.8 9 11 9 9
May 8.6 7 9 8 9
June 8.0 7 8 8 8
July 7.1 7 8 8 6
August 7.2 7 7 7 7
September 7.3 6 8 8 8
October 8.7 9 9 8 8
November 9.3 9 10 9 11
December 8.8 7 9 10 9
Average 8.7 9.5 8.0 9.2 8.5 8.5

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 243° 256° 262° 277° 244°
February 251° 245° 250° 273° 269°
March 256° 272° 260° 245° 245°
April 238° 240° 257° 268°
May 001° 178° 244° 267°
June 017° 257° 225° 236°
July 258° 244° 296° 250°
August 267° 244° 228° 267°
September 196° 270° 245° 241°
October 265° 236° 244° 248°
November 250° 232° 238° 240°
December 246° 238° 235° 253°

Prevailing wind direction

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