Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station

KFMH · Massachusetts, United States

Climate Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station (KFMH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.1 66 60 68 66 76
February 71.3 71 69 71 74 73
March 71.2 59 73 71 83 62
April 69.8 76 66 87 75 59
May 69.7 88 66 86 83
June 66.7 60 78 71 71
July 72.0 63 81 62 62
August 69.9 69 68 70 75
September 70.0 62 77 82 74
October 68.2 75 63 62 71
November 79.0 83 84 97 71
December 71.6 62 67 80 72
Average 70.6 68.2 69.2 73.9 75.4 70.6

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 78.0 74 67 79 84 88
February 79.4 90 81 76 76 79
March 79.7 74 85 74 85 75
April 80.7 87 81 91 89 71
May 77.6 96 73 88 87
June 76.5 79 86 79 81
July 84.3 81 91 77 84
August 84.7 80 85 82 90
September 83.0 84 91 92 81
October 80.9 86 70 85 83
November 87.8 90 90 98 81
December 83.4 74 88 93 80
Average 81.5 81.4 82.3 82.7 85.2 81.8

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 4.0 4 7 3 3 4
February 5.4 5 6 7 3 5
March 7.5 9 8 10 8 8
April 12.2 12 15 14 12 9
May 17.3 19 18 17 17
June 22.5 22 23 24 22
July 26.5 27 28 24 26
August 26.1 24 27 27 26
September 22.1 22 22 23 22
October 17.2 17 17 19 16
November 11.0 10 13 10 13
December 6.1 8 8 7 6
Average 14.0 7.5 15.4 16.1 14.7 14.6

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 -4.5 -3 0 -7 -2 -1
February -3.0 -2 -3 -5 -3 -1
March -1.5 2 0 0 0 2
April 3.8 4 6 4 5 4
May 8.1 8 10 10 9
June 12.5 13 13 16 15
July 18.0 19 19 18 20
August 18.1 18 20 20 20
September 14.5 15 14 16 14
October 9.7 11 9 12 9
November 2.4 1 4 2 5
December -1.1 1 0 0 1
Average 5.8 0.0 7.4 7.0 7.8 8.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.5 17 19 20 11 1
February 9.1 9 7 14 15 6
March 8.4 13 11 8 4 8
April 7.2 9 3 3 4 26
May 3.4 1 3 4 6
June 3.9 7 3 3 3
July 1.4 1 1 4 2
August 3.0 4 2 8 5
September 5.6 10 3 7 1
October 8.9 8 11 7 14
November 5.8 5 5 4 6
December 12.3 10 21 7 16
Average 6.9 11.6 6.5 6.3 5.8 7.2

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 9.8 12 10 12 13 10
February 9.2 11 12 11 9 12
March 10.5 13 11 11 13 13
April 9.7 11 11 12 11 14
May 8.6 10 12 11 11
June 8.1 8 10 11 9
July 8.7 9 11 8 9
August 9.1 9 10 9 11
September 9.3 9 9 9 10
October 9.9 8 10 10 10
November 10.3 9 11 10 10
December 9.7 9 13 8 11
Average 9.7 11.7 9.5 10.8 10.0 10.6

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 269° 300° 290° 272° 291°
February 293° 288° 248° 302° 253°
March 325° 305° 254° 257° 055°
April 187° 199° 247° 320° 312°
May 231° 109° 253° 255°
June 204° 218° 229° 243°
July 213° 228° 248° 223°
August 220° 224° 223° 231°
September 046° 296° 242° 251°
October 266° 039° 077° 136°
November 272° 254° 295° 247°
December 269° 325° 284° 254°

Prevailing wind direction

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