Climate Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (KFLL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	88.5	74	91	85	97	93
February	89.5	88	89	84	91	89
March	93.9	93	93	88	97	97
April	92.6		83	95	97	91
May	92.8		95	94	98	88
June	93.7		92	92	96	92
July	95.8		94	97	93	96
August	95.4		91	97	98	94
September	93.4		90	92	97	94
October	92.0		90	94	96	91
November	85.1		77	78	89	83
December	89.4		82	88	94	95
Average	91.4	85.0	89.2	90.8	95.3	91.9

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	98.1	97	100	96	100	98
February	97.6	97	98	93	99	98
March	99.0	98	100	99	99	100
April	98.3		92	100	99	99
May	98.4		98	99	100	95
June	98.1		97	96	99	99
July	99.0		97	99	99	99
August	98.8		98	100	100	98
September	97.8		96	96	99	98
October	98.2		97	97	99	97
November	96.0		92	94	96	95
December	98.2		97	98	99	99
Average	98.1	97.4	96.8	97.2	99.0	97.9

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	24.5	25	26	24	25	25
February	26.2	25	27	26	27	26
March	26.9	28	28	27	27	27
April	28.5		29	28	29	30
May	29.6		30	30	30	29
June	31.0		31	31	31	31
July	32.2		33	32	32	32
August	32.0		33	32	32	33
September	31.4		32	32	31	32
October	29.8		30	29	30	31
November	27.3		27	28	26	28
December	25.5		24	27	27	25
Average	28.4	25.7	29.1	28.9	28.7	29.0

87th highest temperature of United States

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	17.0	18	19	15	17	18
February	19.7	17	21	20	20	19
March	20.0	22	21	21	19	22
April	22.3		23	23	22	23
May	23.6		23	24	24	23
June	25.0		24	24	25	26
July	25.9		26	27	25	26
August	26.3		26	27	27	27
September	25.2		25	26	25	26
October	24.4		24	23	24	25
November	21.1		21	22	20	23
December	18.7		19	21	20	17
Average	22.0	18.8	22.5	22.7	22.2	22.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.0	4	0	4	0	2
February	3.3	4	3	4	2	8
March	2.3	4	1	5	1	1
April	3.1		10	3	1	2
May	4.8		3	2	1	12
June	6.0		7	7	8	3
July	3.4		4	2	5	6
August	4.6		5	2	3	3
September	5.7		7	8	5	8
October	5.0		4	5	4	12
November	6.6		8	8	8	10
December	3.5		11	1	2	1
Average	4.2	3.9	5.1	4.2	3.2	5.7

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	9	9	8	11
February	10.2	9	10	10	11	11
March	10.6	10	10	12	11	11
April	10.9		11	11	11	10
May	10.1		8	10	11	10
June	8.1		7	8	10	9
July	8.2		7	11	8	9
August	8.8		9	10	10	9
September	8.4		7	8	7	9
October	9.7		9	8	9	10
November	9.0		9	9	8	12
December	9.4		11	8	8	9
Average	9.4	9.7	8.9	9.4	9.3	9.9

87th highest wind speed of United States

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	119°	121°	026°	135°	100°
February	127°	131°	094°	152°	125°
March	120°	117°	118°	120°	113°
April		115°	105°	113°	146°
May		094°	114°	100°	109°
June		159°	133°	125°	116°
July		128°	122°	124°	116°
August		124°	116°	116°	120°
September		092°	114°	106°	115°
October		051°	056°	082°	102°
November		071°	072°	026°	082°
December		080°	054°	109°	078°

Prevailing wind direction

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