Macdill Air Force Base

KMCF · Florida, United States

Climate Macdill Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Macdill Air Force Base (KMCF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.4 72 77 79 78 90
February 83.8 82 88 77 84 85
March 89.4 83 89 87 84 95
April 92.0 93 88 92 87
May 93.6 95 92 99 92
June 92.3 92 89 95 94
July 94.4 91 93 96 97
August 94.3 95 91 97 98
September 92.4 91 85 92 93
October 94.0 91 95 97 96
November 82.0 76 65 89 91
December 84.4 82 81 80 92
Average 89.0 78.7 88.7 85.6 90.9 92.7

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 90.9 89 85 92 87 96
February 91.1 91 93 84 95 93
March 96.6 92 95 96 99 98
April 97.8 99 96 97 97
May 97.8 98 98 100 98
June 98.0 98 98 99 97
July 97.9 96 96 99 100
August 97.6 98 94 99 100
September 96.3 96 89 97 98
October 98.2 99 98 99 98
November 92.2 90 83 94 97
December 91.6 92 88 84 97
Average 95.3 90.5 95.1 93.0 96.2 97.6

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 21.2 21 22 21 20 22
February 24.7 23 25 23 24 24
March 25.9 27 27 27 25 28
April 28.1 29 28 27 28
May 30.5 30 31 31 30
June 31.8 32 32 32 32
July 32.4 33 33 32 33
August 32.6 34 32 32 33
September 31.6 32 30 31 31
October 29.6 29 28 29 30
November 25.7 26 26 24 27
December 23.1 23 24 25 21
Average 27.6 23.6 28.4 28.0 27.6 28.2

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 11.2 12 10 11 11 13
February 13.2 12 13 12 9 14
March 15.2 17 17 15 15 17
April 18.1 20 18 17 19
May 20.3 20 21 21 20
June 23.4 23 23 24 23
July 24.1 25 22 25 25
August 24.5 25 24 25 25
September 23.4 23 23 24 24
October 20.1 19 18 21 22
November 16.0 16 18 14 19
December 13.2 14 15 13 11
Average 18.0 13.5 18.8 18.5 18.2 19.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.4 8 7 8 3 3
February 5.0 12 4 6 4 2
March 3.0 5 4 7 1 1
April 4.4 7 6 4 8
May 4.1 4 4 1 3
June 7.5 7 9 7 8
July 8.3 13 10 5 8
August 7.8 10 7 6 5
September 7.6 5 14 8 8
October 5.2 5 9 4 4
November 8.5 12 17 5 8
December 5.8 11 4 3 4
Average 6.2 8.2 7.4 8.4 4.1 5.3

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 7.6 8 7 7 7 8
February 7.9 8 8 7 8 9
March 8.4 8 8 9 9 8
April 8.6 9 8 8 9
May 7.7 7 7 9 8
June 6.7 8 7 7 6
July 5.9 5 6 6 7
August 6.1 7 6 7 6
September 6.6 6 7 5 7
October 7.8 8 6 6 9
November 7.6 7 8 7 10
December 7.2 9 6 6 7
Average 7.4 8.2 7.4 7.0 7.2 7.7

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 083° 239° 001° 241° 102°
February 215° 204° 080° 225° 153°
March 160° 222° 195° 189° 171°
April 136° 102° 201° 227°
May 345° 212° 098° 126°
June 253° 119° 182° 157°
July 259° 175° 175° 185°
August 093° 156° 158° 163°
September 051° 034° 123° 107°
October 045° 045° 061° 099°
November 041° 029° 033° 096°
December 047° 055° 143° 070°

Prevailing wind direction

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