Whiting Field Naval Air Station South

KNDZ · Florida, United States

Climate Whiting Field Naval Air Station South 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Whiting Field Naval Air Station South (KNDZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.0 78 78 77 63 64
February 61.8 75 68 66 54 64
March 74.3 69 66 71 64 80
April 81.9 79 78 83 88 91
May 87.5 85 89 83 91
June 88.1 89 90 87 89
July 92.5 94 90 93 93
August 93.3 97 93 92 94
September 90.7 88 95 87 83
October 84.2 92 82 90 79
November 82.5 75 82 91 81
December 64.8 77 60 59 74
Average 81.3 74.8 82.9 83.2 80.4 82.8

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 87.9 87 89 91 85 83
February 81.3 89 88 79 72 84
March 89.3 84 90 88 86 87
April 93.8 93 91 93 94 98
May 93.7 93 92 97 96
June 93.3 95 93 93 98
July 95.8 97 94 97 96
August 95.8 98 96 96 98
September 95.5 96 97 90 92
October 93.0 97 89 96 92
November 91.4 88 88 98 94
December 80.8 88 74 79 86
Average 91.1 88.2 92.7 90.5 90.8 92.4

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 17.9 17 20 16 18 18
February 20.9 20 23 20 17 20
March 23.3 23 24 24 23 26
April 25.5 25 25 26 25 27
May 29.4 29 30 29 29
June 31.6 32 33 31 32
July 32.5 34 32 32 32
August 32.7 36 31 32 33
September 31.2 32 31 30 30
October 27.4 27 27 27 28
November 22.1 21 23 21 25
December 19.1 18 21 22 18
Average 25.6 21.1 26.7 26.1 25.6 26.3

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 6.7 5 9 5 7 9
February 10.2 8 12 7 8 9
March 11.9 12 13 11 13 16
April 13.5 13 15 13 14 15
May 17.0 18 18 16 17
June 21.7 21 23 22 22
July 22.7 23 23 23 22
August 23.1 24 23 24 24
September 20.8 21 20 21 20
October 15.9 14 12 17 18
November 10.0 10 11 8 14
December 8.7 7 11 13 5
Average 14.5 9.3 15.3 14.9 15.4 15.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 11 8 7 5 10
February 5.6 5 7 7 5 9
March 3.9 6 5 5 7 3
April 2.7 2 5 1 5 2
May 2.9 3 4 3 4
June 4.9 1 2 5 6
July 4.6 3 8 7 6
August 5.4 1 9 5 4
September 4.3 3 2 8 9
October 4.2 3 3 5 4
November 3.6 9 3 0 2
December 6.4 7 3 3 2
Average 4.6 5.7 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.9

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 7.4 8 6 7 7 8
February 7.8 7 8 9 8 8
March 8.2 7 8 8 8 8
April 7.6 8 7 8 8 7
May 6.3 5 6 8 7
June 5.3 5 5 6 6
July 4.5 4 4 4 5
August 4.8 5 5 5 5
September 6.0 6 7 5 7
October 6.7 7 6 6 7
November 6.9 7 7 6 8
December 6.8 7 6 6 7
Average 6.6 7.5 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.8

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 036° 201° 008° 348° 078°
February 131° 194° 143° 358° 181°
March 056° 200° 172° 153° 183°
April 171° 109° 162° 128° 340°
May 095° 159° 153° 149°
June 154° 005° 169° 160°
July 290° 184° 198° 101°
August 044° 222° 117° 163°
September 079° 009° 050° 062°
October 039° 032° 055° 048°
November 031° 030° 015° 032°
December 031° 039° 187° 022°

Prevailing wind direction

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