Key West Naval Air Station (Boca Chica Field)

KNQX · Florida, United States

Climate Key West Naval Air Station (Boca Chica Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Key West Naval Air Station (Boca Chica Field) (KNQX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 88.5 84 86 84 93 92
February 92.9 90 92 85 97 92
March 97.0 97 95 97 100 97
April 97.1 96 95 100 97
May 96.2 98 96 99 95
June 96.0 99 85 99 98
July 97.2 98 91 97 98
August 97.8 98 95 99 99
September 93.7 96 79 99 95
October 96.1 95 89 98 97
November 91.0 84 81 94 92
December 93.5 90 95 99 95
Average 94.5 90.4 94.3 89.4 97.8 95.6

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 95.9 94 89 93 99 99
February 96.8 96 95 90 99 99
March 99.6 100 100 100 100 100
April 98.8 99 97 100 100
May 98.7 99 97 100 99
June 97.4 100 87 100 99
July 98.1 99 92 98 100
August 98.9 100 96 99 100
September 95.3 99 80 99 98
October 97.8 98 90 99 99
November 97.1 98 88 99 97
December 98.0 95 98 100 99
Average 97.7 96.8 97.7 92.0 99.2 99.0

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 25.0 26 28 26 24 26
February 26.6 24 28 28 26 27
March 27.5 29 29 30 27 28
April 28.9 29 31 28 30
May 29.8 30 33 29 29
June 31.8 32 33 31 33
July 33.0 34 35 33 33
August 33.2 34 35 33 34
September 32.8 33 34 33 33
October 31.2 30 32 32 32
November 28.6 28 32 27 29
December 26.5 26 30 28 24
Average 29.2 26.1 29.9 31.5 29.2 29.7

8th highest temperature of United States

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 8 22 20 19 14
February 19.6 9 22 23 21 20
March 21.2 22 22 25 21 20
April 18.9 5 26 23 22
May 15.9 0 20 14 21
June 18.9 0 19 7 27
July 27.4 26 29 28 28
August 27.8 29 30 28 27
September 25.5 28 27 28 28
October 25.3 26 27 25 28
November 22.6 24 21 23 24
December 18.7 14 25 23 18
Average 20.7 13.2 18.1 24.3 21.6 22.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.2 2 3 4 1 1
February 2.7 7 0 4 3 3
March 0.9 3 1 0 0 0
April 1.8 2 3 1 0
May 3.8 2 3 1 6
June 3.0 1 11 2 3
July 2.5 2 3 3 4
August 2.1 3 2 3 1
September 3.8 5 8 4 5
October 4.2 5 5 4 6
November 3.5 6 2 3 9
December 3.5 11 1 2 2
Average 2.8 3.5 3.2 4.0 2.3 3.3

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 10.9 11 11 11 9 12
February 10.9 11 10 11 11 12
March 11.5 11 11 13 12 12
April 11.1 10 12 11 10
May 10.0 8 9 11 11
June 8.4 7 8 10 9
July 8.3 7 10 9 9
August 9.0 9 9 10 9
September 8.1 7 9 7 9
October 10.5 10 9 9 11
November 10.3 11 10 10 13
December 10.5 12 9 10 11
Average 10.0 11.0 9.2 10.0 9.9 10.5

8th highest wind speed of United States

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 064° 065° 020° 045° 064°
February 033° 105° 067° 113° 082°
March 119° 099° 097° 091° 100°
April 121° 097° 107° 140°
May 077° 110° 097° 096°
June 197° 143° 122° 116°
July 130° 118° 122° 117°
August 137° 117° 116° 126°
September 090° 130° 114° 127°
October 050° 045° 087° 097°
November 049° 061° 032° 072°
December 047° 057° 080° 053°

Prevailing wind direction

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