Mount Washington Weather Station

KMWN · New Hampshire, United States

Climate Mount Washington Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mount Washington Weather Station (KMWN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.3 24 14 17 33 14
February 18.8 17 21 30 10 11
March 15.7 9 22 14 23 53
April 20.4 29 15 15 31
May 30.6 48 19 19 35
June 19.6 14 19 16 34
July 21.5 20 26 4 21
August 19.6 11 15 30 21
September 26.6 40 13 16 25
October 21.6 23 31 20 14
November 16.9 18 18 14 22
December 10.0 14 8 10 11
Average 19.6 15.8 23.6 18.9 17.0 23.9

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 18.5 24 18 17 33 14
February 20.8 18 27 31 13 13
March 18.7 12 27 17 23 53
April 23.1 31 19 20 34
May 37.5 56 24 37 41
June 26.4 19 30 20 45
July 31.3 26 42 6 32
August 25.5 15 26 31 26
September 28.6 46 14 16 25
October 23.6 25 33 23 19
November 18.9 22 19 14 23
December 11.7 18 8 10 12
Average 23.1 17.5 28.2 24.4 20.7 28.0

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 -10.5 -8 -5 -12 -10 -8
February -10.7 -7 -8 -8 -12 -10
March -8.7 -3 -6 -5 -6 -7
April -2.4 2 -1 -2 -5
May 5.2 5 9 5 4
June 9.4 10 9 11 10
July 12.8 14 13 11 14
August 11.6 11 14 13 11
September 9.1 11 9 8 9
October 4.0 4 6 5 2
November -5.9 -5 -1 -5 -2
December -8.6 -3 -6 -7 -7
Average 0.2 -6.0 2.4 2.4 0.9 0.9

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 -16.8 -14 -12 -21 -14 -12
February -16.0 -14 -17 -18 -16 -16
March -13.0 -10 -13 -14 -12 -10
April -7.2 -6 -8 -5 -9
May 0.1 -1 2 0 0
June 5.4 5 4 7 7
July 9.0 9 8 8 10
August 7.9 6 9 11 7
September 5.0 6 4 5 5
October 0.0 0 1 2 -2
November -10.5 -12 -8 -10 -6
December -13.1 -9 -13 -13 -11
Average -5.1 -13.0 -4.3 -5.7 -3.0 -3.0

67th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 30.8 30 34 29 33 22
February 27.7 29 23 26 40 43
March 33.3 37 31 36 26 27
April 31.4 28 34 42 35
May 16.2 17 14 21 16
June 22.0 33 15 16 15
July 13.6 19 8 29 9
August 14.8 23 13 21 7
September 15.1 17 19 16 9
October 25.6 30 15 23 32
November 29.4 27 23 30 36
December 34.7 32 37 33 25
Average 24.3 32.2 25.7 20.7 26.1 21.0

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 35.4 32 33 38 34 39
February 38.9 34 41 38 34 44
March 36.4 36 34 38 44 32
April 32.5 32 34 28 34
May 27.1 31 23 28 28
June 22.9 17 25 30 19
July 21.9 19 26 22 23
August 22.3 25 20 19 28
September 21.5 17 23 27 27
October 26.9 26 21 24 31
November 36.9 35 39 34 41
December 36.0 31 38 42 35
Average 30.2 34.4 27.6 29.0 29.0 30.9

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 282° 287° 284° 305° 285°
February 296° 280° 268° 270° 272°
March 284° 302° 280° 281° 269°
April 270° 287° 308° 289°
May 313° 278° 299° 284°
June 343° 283° 279° 286°
July 251° 278° 288° 286°
August 273° 275° 288° 280°
September 298° 290° 262° 265°
October 266° 244° 296° 275°
November 278° 275° 283° 272°
December 273° 297° 272° 261°

Prevailing wind direction

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