Tipton Airport

KFME · Maryland, United States

Climate Tipton Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tipton Airport (KFME) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 81.3 75 81 87 83
February 80.5 89 89 82 59
March 81.8 76 84 84 79
April 83.7 82 86 86
May 56.6 33 68 85
June 65.4 37 87 85
July 84.6 83 84 88
August 85.5 87 87 85
September 79.3 72 86 87
October 78.0 92 61 72
November 91.9 93 86 96
December 76.2 73 73 88
Average 79.1 79.6 73.7 80.7 83.0

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
January 88.3 84 89 91 88
February 89.3 98 94 89 76
March 88.4 82 93 87 87
April 90.8 88 94 94
May 63.8 34 82 94
June 72.7 43 94 92
July 92.1 92 92 93
August 92.7 94 91 94
September 91.7 89 94 95
October 89.6 94 82 90
November 95.2 96 91 99
December 81.3 78 77 93
Average 87.2 87.8 80.1 89.0 91.4

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
January 6.5 7 10 4 6
February 9.6 10 12 10 5
March 13.1 15 13 15 15
April 18.6 21 18 19
May 22.9 21 23 23
June 26.1 27 27 24
July 29.2 31 30 29
August 28.9 28 29 29
September 25.1 25 25 26
October 19.8 21 17 22
November 13.8 15 15 12
December 8.9 10 8 12
Average 16.8 10.4 19.5 18.6 18.4

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January -3.4 -2 0 -5 -2
February -2.9 -2 0 -2 -2
March 1.1 2 1 1 2
April 4.8 4 5 6
May 9.0 2 12 9
June 11.5 12 14 3
July 16.3 19 19 15
August 15.4 13 17 20
September 10.7 14 4 14
October 7.8 7 5 11
November 1.0 0 3 0
December 0.7 0 -1 1
Average 4.9 -1.5 6.0 6.2 6.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0
Average

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
January 5.7 6 6 5 5
February 5.4 5 6 6 5
March 6.8 6 7 7 7
April 6.4 6 7 7
May 4.4 4 5 5
June 4.2 5 4 3
July 3.3 4 3 3
August 3.8 4 4 3
September 3.9 4 4 4
October 4.4 4 4 5
November 4.9 5 5 5
December 4.3 4 5 4
Average 5.0 5.7 4.7 5.0 4.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 285° 273° 292° 303°
February 275° 265° 268° 287°
March 297° 288° 244° 285°
April 237° 282° 283°
May 014° 067° 296°
June 284° 245° 195°
July 202° 207° 247°
August 254° 218° 153°
September 002° 318° 254°
October 284° 330° 286°
November 281° 270° 288°
December 282° 292° 258°

Prevailing wind direction

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