Jacksonville International Airport

KJAX · Florida, United States

Climate Jacksonville International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Jacksonville International Airport (KJAX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.1 79 87 82 80 80
February 78.5 87 84 77 65 77
March 83.8 77 81 78 83 87
April 88.7 80 92 94 89
May 90.3 76 95 96 93
June 91.2 84 95 94 93
July 92.6 87 93 89 97
August 91.8 90 93 92 97
September 88.4 83 84 93 81
October 85.4 83 84 91 73
November 72.5 67 65 78 81
December 75.8 81 75 73 87
Average 85.4 80.8 82.1 85.4 86.6 87.0

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 2020
January 91.8 92 91 89 94 91
February 88.6 97 91 86 76 90
March 92.7 92 93 88 90 94
April 95.7 91 97 99 96
May 96.1 93 97 97 97
June 96.0 94 97 97 96
July 96.0 92 94 95 99
August 97.0 96 96 97 99
September 95.5 93 94 97 92
October 94.9 93 92 96 94
November 88.6 82 89 89 91
December 88.5 90 94 88 96
Average 93.7 93.2 91.7 92.9 93.4 94.7

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 19.4 19 22 18 19 21
February 22.8 21 26 22 21 22
March 24.3 24 25 25 24 28
April 26.6 27 26 25 27
May 29.7 29 30 29 30
June 31.6 32 32 31 31
July 32.6 34 33 31 33
August 32.4 34 32 32 32
September 30.7 30 30 30 30
October 27.6 27 27 27 28
November 22.8 22 24 21 24
December 20.5 19 22 23 18
Average 26.1 21.3 27.3 26.8 26.0 27.0

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 7.4 7 8 6 7 10
February 10.6 8 12 9 9 10
March 11.7 13 12 12 12 15
April 14.5 16 14 13 16
May 18.2 18 19 16 18
June 22.0 22 22 22 22
July 23.1 24 23 23 23
August 23.4 24 23 23 23
September 21.7 21 21 21 22
October 17.7 16 14 17 20
November 12.1 11 14 9 16
December 9.6 10 11 12 6
Average 15.2 9.4 16.2 15.8 15.3 16.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.5 4 1 3 3 3
February 6.5 10 3 10 8 8
March 4.7 6 4 10 7 1
April 3.9 10 0 4 5
May 2.9 5 1 2 3
June 4.4 4 2 5 6
July 3.5 4 4 4 4
August 3.2 3 3 5 3
September 5.2 3 7 4 7
October 3.9 2 1 3 7
November 5.2 11 5 7 6
December 6.9 10 4 3 2
Average 4.6 6.5 4.9 4.0 4.5 4.5

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 8.0 8 7 8 8 9
February 8.1 8 9 8 8 9
March 8.5 8 9 9 9 8
April 8.6 9 9 8 8
May 7.7 8 7 9 8
June 6.9 8 7 7 6
July 6.2 7 6 7 7
August 6.0 7 6 6 6
September 7.4 7 7 6 8
October 7.6 8 6 6 8
November 7.6 8 9 7 9
December 7.2 8 6 6 7
Average 7.5 7.9 7.7 7.2 7.2 7.5

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 280° 249° 307° 259° 351°
February 340° 249° 059° 313° 273°
March 050° 245° 206° 053° 203°
April 081° 110° 197° 223°
May 046° 130° 089° 082°
June 243° 079° 155° 067°
July 240° 193° 181° 179°
August 139° 114° 143° 145°
September 048° 031° 070° 058°
October 016° 022° 042° 039°
November 021° 026° 005° 041°
December 341° 031° 258° 292°

Prevailing wind direction

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