Montgomery County Airpark

KGAI · Maryland, United States

Climate Montgomery County Airpark 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Montgomery County Airpark (KGAI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.0 64 82 83 84 84
February 78.2 82 84 80 62 78
March 81.3 76 82 79 79 77
April 83.4 76 84 86 87 83
May 76.2 94 66 85 77
June 82.9 73 84 84 87
July 81.2 84 36 94 90
August 72.9 87 0 86 82
September 63.6 75 0 87 72
October 71.2 90 30 72 72
November 86.1 90 83 98 84
December 78.6 71 70 89 87
Average 77.7 74.5 83.1 56.4 84.3 81.1

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 87.2 74 91 87 91 90
February 85.8 91 91 88 78 84
March 88.0 81 92 85 87 84
April 90.4 85 89 92 92 92
May 87.1 96 82 97 90
June 91.7 84 94 92 95
July 86.4 89 41 98 96
August 80.0 95 0 95 93
September 75.0 90 0 96 89
October 81.3 94 38 89 81
November 91.8 95 90 99 91
December 84.3 78 74 96 92
Average 85.6 82.5 90.3 62.8 92.6 89.9

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 6.2 6 10 4 5 8
February 9.7 10 12 10 5 10
March 12.8 14 13 15 14 16
April 18.7 19 22 18 19 16
May 23.6 22 24 23 21
June 27.9 27 28 29 28
July 30.8 31 31 31 32
August 29.3 29 30 30 29
September 25.7 26 25 26 24
October 20.2 21 18 22 20
November 12.9 13 14 12 17
December 8.4 10 7 12 8
Average 18.1 12.5 19.6 19.0 19.1 19.0

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 -3.9 -2 1 -5 -2 0
February -1.7 0 1 -2 -2 0
March 1.8 4 2 2 3 5
April 7.0 8 9 6 7 6
May 12.2 10 13 10 11
June 16.6 14 17 18 17
July 19.8 20 20 19 21
August 19.0 19 19 20 20
September 15.4 15 15 15 14
October 9.7 8 7 12 10
November 2.3 1 4 1 5
December -1.6 1 -1 2 -1
Average 7.7 2.4 8.3 8.2 8.7 8.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.7 28 13 14 6 7
February 11.7 11 9 11 19 13
March 9.7 12 12 13 9 9
April 8.8 11 11 10 6 10
May 8.5 7 10 9 7
June 5.0 10 4 6 3
July 3.1 2 2 1 3
August 4.0 3 0 4 9
September 5.5 6 0 7 2
October 5.7 4 2 6 9
November 7.7 8 10 4 7
December 11.7 11 15 3 12
Average 8.0 14.9 7.5 7.0 6.3 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 6.8 7 7 6 6 7
February 6.5 6 7 8 6 6
March 7.3 7 7 8 7 6
April 7.0 6 6 7 7 7
May 4.8 4 5 5 6
June 4.7 4 5 5 5
July 3.9 4 4 4 4
August 3.4 4 2 3 4
September 3.5 4 3 5 3
October 5.0 5 4 5 5
November 6.2 5 7 6 7
December 5.7 5 5 5 7
Average 5.4 6.4 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.4

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 287° 274° 280° 298° 281°
February 251° 261° 249° 281° 259°
March 282° 286° 253° 273° 213°
April 254° 244° 274° 279° 281°
May 249° 214° 273° 264°
June 272° 261° 222° 242°
July 227° 242° 237° 257°
August 253° 242° 207° 249°
September 284° 281° 248° 215°
October 279° 222° 267° 230°
November 276° 250° 285° 253°
December 276° 271° 237° 270°

Prevailing wind direction

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