Annapolis/Naval Weather Station

KNAK · Maryland, United States

Climate Annapolis/Naval Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Annapolis/Naval Weather Station (KNAK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.3 67 83 10 83 86
February 77.6 87 86 74 60 80
March 81.1 73 85 74 81 79
April 83.6 81 82 89 86
May 77.3 92 67 89 81
June 83.2 56 91 87 92
July 88.2 76 85 93 91
August 88.6 90 93 88 84
September 80.2 74 84 91 80
October 80.0 92 69 78 75
November 88.3 91 80 97 87
December 77.3 70 60 85 91
Average 81.0 75.2 80.6 74.3 85.6 84.4

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 76.7 75 92 10 87 92
February 85.7 97 93 82 77 86
March 89.1 86 94 77 86 93
April 91.3 88 89 98 93
May 88.8 95 81 95 94
June 92.6 70 95 97 98
July 94.3 84 91 97 97
August 96.1 99 99 97 90
September 94.7 95 91 97 97
October 93.1 95 92 94 86
November 94.1 94 85 99 94
December 83.8 76 72 89 97
Average 89.9 85.4 89.0 82.1 93.2 93.3

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 6.6 8 10 0 6 8
February 9.6 10 11 10 5 9
March 13.0 14 13 14 14 15
April 18.3 20 17 18 16
May 22.7 21 23 23 20
June 27.2 24 27 27 27
July 30.0 27 30 30 31
August 29.2 29 30 29 28
September 26.2 25 26 26 24
October 20.6 21 18 22 20
November 13.5 13 17 13 16
December 9.1 11 9 12 8
Average 17.9 10.7 18.8 18.6 18.8 18.5

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 0.8 2 4 -1 0 2
February 2.2 3 3 1 0 2
March 4.6 6 5 5 5 6
April 9.6 10 9 9 8
May 14.6 13 16 13 13
June 19.4 14 20 20 20
July 21.8 18 22 23 22
August 21.8 21 22 23 20
September 19.7 19 19 19 18
October 13.5 13 11 15 13
November 6.2 5 10 5 8
December 2.8 4 3 4 2
Average 10.5 3.3 10.7 11.5 11.5 11.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.0 19 11 1 8 4
February 12.3 8 14 21 17 10
March 10.0 15 8 17 8 6
April 7.4 13 12 4 10
May 9.0 7 14 9 5
June 5.8 9 9 4 2
July 5.1 5 8 2 3
August 5.2 3 2 6 11
September 7.1 11 10 4 7
October 7.2 5 15 3 13
November 7.5 10 13 4 8
December 10.6 10 24 2 7
Average 8.5 14.4 8.5 11.4 5.7 6.8

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 6.4 7 7 1 7 7
February 6.8 7 7 7 7 7
March 8.1 8 8 9 8 6
April 7.8 7 8 8 9
May 6.5 6 6 7 8
June 6.3 6 7 7 7
July 5.7 5 5 6 6
August 5.7 6 6 6 6
September 6.2 7 6 7 6
October 6.5 6 7 7 6
November 6.7 6 6 7 7
December 6.1 5 6 5 8
Average 6.6 7.1 6.3 6.3 6.7 6.6

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 311° 296° 329° 315° 308°
February 347° 227° 292° 329° 281°
March 333° 304° 268° 293° 102°
April 135° 307° 287° 300°
May 060° 092° 096° 112°
June 101° 146° 149° 126°
July 147° 146° 161° 142°
August 129° 144° 113° 139°
September 036° 028° 151° 056°
October 301° 030° 068° 353°
November 328° 167° 302° 208°
December 282° 329° 195° 279°

Prevailing wind direction

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