Key West International Airport

KEYW · Florida, United States

Climate Key West International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Key West International Airport (KEYW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.7 79 95 81 93 94
February 89.7 88 88 83 95 88
March 92.9 92 91 91 96 97
April 96.1 96 93 97 98
May 92.5 91 91 95 92
June 92.0 92 90 89 97
July 96.2 97 94 95 96
August 94.7 94 99 96 98
September 94.0 91 90 97 95
October 94.8 94 96 93 94
November 90.6 83 88 93 92
December 88.2 85 92 97 92
Average 92.0 86.5 91.4 90.8 94.5 94.4

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 96.4 92 99 96 99 99
February 95.9 96 95 91 98 100
March 98.3 100 99 100 99 100
April 99.0 99 99 100 100
May 98.4 99 98 100 98
June 96.7 98 95 97 99
July 98.3 99 95 97 99
August 97.1 98 100 99 100
September 97.8 98 95 99 98
October 98.8 98 100 99 99
November 98.4 97 99 97 97
December 95.3 94 100 99 99
Average 97.4 96.0 97.8 97.0 98.6 98.7

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 24.1 24 25 24 23 25
February 26.0 24 27 25 26 26
March 26.6 27 27 27 27 27
April 28.1 29 28 28 29
May 29.3 30 29 29 29
June 30.7 32 30 30 31
July 31.9 33 32 31 32
August 31.4 33 32 31 33
September 31.3 32 31 31 32
October 29.8 30 29 30 30
November 27.3 27 28 25 27
December 25.2 25 27 26 24
Average 28.1 25.2 29.1 28.4 28.0 28.8

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 17.8 9 19 18 18 21
February 18.6 15 15 18 20 22
March 20.8 17 23 23 22 23
April 22.8 24 17 24 25
May 23.8 25 25 21 22
June 26.6 28 26 25 28
July 27.4 29 27 27 28
August 26.8 29 28 28 29
September 26.9 27 26 27 28
October 24.1 26 24 22 22
November 21.6 21 24 15 24
December 18.1 8 23 21 19
Average 22.0 13.6 22.9 23.2 22.4 24.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.0 2 1 4 1 2
February 3.5 8 1 5 3 3
March 0.9 3 0 0 0 1
April 1.9 3 2 1 0
May 3.7 3 3 2 6
June 3.7 2 11 3 3
July 2.6 1 2 4 6
August 2.8 3 3 5 2
September 5.8 6 9 6 4
October 4.6 4 5 4 8
November 3.5 5 3 4 8
December 4.9 14 2 3 3
Average 3.3 3.8 3.3 4.1 2.9 3.7

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 9.6 10 10 9 8 10
February 9.5 9 9 10 10 10
March 10.2 10 10 11 11 11
April 10.0 9 10 10 9
May 9.1 7 9 10 10
June 7.8 7 7 9 8
July 7.8 6 9 9 8
August 8.1 8 8 9 8
September 7.8 7 9 6 9
October 9.4 9 8 8 10
November 9.2 10 9 9 11
December 9.1 11 8 9 9
Average 9.0 9.6 8.3 9.1 9.0 9.4

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 063° 066° 021° 041° 064°
February 037° 104° 066° 110° 082°
March 115° 101° 095° 090° 101°
April 120° 096° 107° 141°
May 083° 108° 098° 098°
June 195° 142° 122° 115°
July 128° 118° 122° 116°
August 144° 116° 114° 126°
September 096° 123° 117° 129°
October 048° 043° 087° 096°
November 048° 059° 031° 072°
December 047° 054° 081° 051°

Prevailing wind direction

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