Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport

KECP · Florida, United States

Climate Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (KECP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.2 80 69 69 61 66
February 62.1 74 54 74 55 61
March 71.5 69 57 63 67 69
April 79.3 77 69 85 82 82
May 80.7 78 79 80 83
June 78.8 71 93 69 77
July 84.6 84 79 79 85
August 84.1 90 83 71 86
September 85.2 83 87 79 72
October 83.7 88 85 89 75
November 81.4 80 75 94 77
December 64.3 77 58 41 79
Average 77.4 75.0 75.2 78.6 72.6 76.5

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 86.9 86 84 85 83 88
February 78.6 83 76 86 70 72
March 85.9 80 84 78 85 89
April 90.7 92 83 93 90 96
May 93.3 92 88 93 96
June 94.7 94 99 92 95
July 95.5 93 93 94 98
August 95.4 99 96 91 95
September 94.1 94 94 89 88
October 92.9 93 94 95 90
November 90.2 86 87 97 90
December 79.4 89 78 62 89
Average 89.7 85.1 89.3 89.9 87.3 90.9

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 17.9 17 21 17 17 19
February 21.0 20 23 20 18 20
March 23.1 24 24 23 22 25
April 25.4 26 26 25 24 26
May 29.3 29 29 28 30
June 31.3 31 32 31 32
July 31.9 33 31 31 32
August 32.2 35 31 31 32
September 31.1 31 31 30 30
October 27.7 27 28 27 28
November 22.5 22 23 21 25
December 19.3 18 22 22 18
Average 25.6 21.7 26.8 26.0 25.2 26.3

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 7.0 6 9 5 7 9
February 10.5 9 13 8 8 10
March 11.9 12 14 11 12 15
April 13.9 14 15 14 13 15
May 17.9 18 19 17 17
June 22.5 22 23 22 22
July 23.4 25 23 22 24
August 23.5 25 23 23 24
September 21.7 21 21 21 22
October 16.2 15 13 17 19
November 10.4 10 12 8 14
December 9.1 9 12 12 4
Average 15.1 10.2 16.3 15.3 15.2 16.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 6 5 10 12 5
February 5.6 10 7 4 6 5
March 3.9 10 2 5 4 2
April 3.5 2 5 3 7 3
May 3.4 3 5 2 2
June 5.3 5 2 4 4
July 5.4 4 9 5 7
August 6.1 2 8 9 7
September 6.6 4 5 11 16
October 4.5 2 3 8 4
November 4.2 9 5 3 3
December 6.3 10 1 1 6
Average 5.2 6.8 4.6 5.3 5.9 5.2

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 7.8 8 7 8 7 8
February 8.2 8 9 8 8 8
March 8.5 8 9 9 9 8
April 8.4 9 8 8 8 8
May 7.2 6 7 8 8
June 6.6 8 6 7 7
July 5.6 6 5 6 6
August 5.9 7 5 6 6
September 6.2 6 7 5 8
October 7.0 7 6 6 7
November 7.0 7 8 6 8
December 7.1 8 6 7 7
Average 7.2 8.1 7.3 6.8 6.9 7.5

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 357° 214° 324° 252° 056°
February 183° 171° 093° 002° 153°
March 104° 172° 163° 136° 176°
April 174° 169° 164° 166° 218°
May 179° 168° 134° 181°
June 217° 228° 166° 170°
July 230° 196° 190° 217°
August 231° 182° 135° 175°
September 059° 014° 088° 046°
October 007° 015° 339° 037°
November 009° 360° 355° 018°
December 005° 046° 159° 344°

Prevailing wind direction

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