Martha's Vineyard Airport

KMVY · Massachusetts, United States

Climate Martha's Vineyard Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Martha's Vineyard Airport (KMVY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.6 60 54 68 70 78
February 70.6 70 67 63 66 70
March 72.7 59 71 62 84 73
April 69.9 77 62 85 74 68
May 69.3 85 55 76 76
June 69.0 56 74 72 72
July 65.8 57 72 58 62
August 69.7 64 68 72 74
September 70.2 59 72 84 71
October 67.9 73 58 65 68
November 81.3 84 81 95 81
December 71.0 64 67 68 71
Average 70.0 66.7 65.7 68.3 73.4 71.5

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 79.5 74 62 83 88 89
February 79.2 85 80 70 75 78
March 81.6 70 86 65 88 84
April 81.2 86 77 89 86 84
May 77.6 93 63 81 84
June 76.9 74 82 75 81
July 74.2 66 74 73 72
August 81.0 77 81 82 84
September 79.7 70 87 93 79
October 80.4 79 68 84 85
November 90.0 93 87 98 88
December 82.1 72 87 83 80
Average 79.9 78.7 76.9 77.1 83.2 81.9

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 5.3 5 8 4 5 6
February 6.0 5 7 6 4 6
March 8.2 10 9 10 9 10
April 12.9 13 15 14 13 11
May 17.8 19 18 18 17
June 22.5 22 23 24 23
July 26.3 27 28 25 27
August 26.3 25 28 27 27
September 22.9 23 23 24 23
October 18.1 19 18 19 18
November 12.3 11 14 12 15
December 7.6 9 9 9 8
Average 14.7 8.2 16.2 16.5 15.8 15.9

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 -3.5 -2 1 -6 -3 -2
February -3.8 -2 -2 -3 -3 -1
March -1.8 3 1 1 -1 1
April 4.1 4 6 5 4 3
May 9.0 8 10 9 8
June 13.6 13 13 15 14
July 17.9 19 18 18 19
August 17.7 17 19 18 18
September 14.1 15 14 16 14
October 9.4 10 9 12 9
November 2.9 2 5 2 5
December -2.9 2 2 1 0
Average 6.2 0.7 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.2 24 22 18 5 3
February 13.9 14 9 21 20 13
March 11.8 14 15 16 5 9
April 11.0 9 6 7 9 18
May 9.2 4 11 9 6
June 6.0 8 7 3 3
July 3.3 3 2 7 2
August 6.0 8 5 6 6
September 8.4 15 7 8 4
October 13.5 12 20 10 14
November 10.4 8 14 10 10
December 14.7 14 19 14 17
Average 10.1 14.5 9.5 11.2 8.4 8.2

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 10.3 10 9 12 10 10
February 10.3 10 11 11 10 10
March 11.3 11 10 10 11 12
April 10.9 10 10 11 11 13
May 10.0 10 11 9 11
June 8.0 8 8 6 8
July 7.9 8 8 8 8
August 8.1 8 9 8 9
September 9.1 9 9 9 9
October 9.6 8 9 10 10
November 9.9 9 10 9 10
December 9.9 9 13 9 10
Average 9.6 10.4 8.9 9.8 9.0 9.8

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 322° 296° 309° 317° 290°
February 296° 291° 258° 331° 262°
March 304° 307° 246° 254° 060°
April 163° 175° 248° 300° 337°
May 216° 106° 264° 234°
June 193° 204° 223° 199°
July 199° 216° 222° 207°
August 191° 211° 198° 213°
September 068° 302° 239° 132°
October 257° 052° 009° 106°
November 275° 244° 288° 242°
December 282° 343° 276° 281°

Prevailing wind direction

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