Climate Palm Beach International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Palm Beach International Airport (KPBI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	87.7	79	93	83	96	91
February	89.5	92	91	90	92	90
March	94.3	92	96	91	96	98
April	92.0		91	94	95	89
May	91.1		96	95	99	86
June	91.6		95	93	94	87
July	96.2		96	98	95	94
August	94.9		96	98	97	95
September	93.7		91	92	95	96
October	89.6		94	93	94	84
November	87.7		83	86	89	86
December	89.7		89	86	95	97
Average	91.3	87.7	92.8	92.0	94.8	90.9

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	97.3	94	99	95	99	98
February	97.6	97	100	94	98	99
March	98.8	97	100	98	100	100
April	99.0		97	99	100	99
May	98.9		99	100	100	98
June	98.0		96	96	99	99
July	99.0		97	100	99	99
August	98.8		98	100	99	99
September	98.5		97	97	99	99
October	98.6		99	98	99	98
November	97.5		99	94	98	99
December	97.4		97	93	98	99
Average	98.1	95.9	98.1	97.2	99.1	98.7

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	24.2	24	26	24	24	26
February	26.4	24	28	26	27	27
March	26.9	27	29	28	27	28
April	28.6		29	28	29	30
May	29.7		30	30	31	30
June	31.1		32	31	31	31
July	32.3		33	33	32	33
August	32.3		33	33	32	33
September	31.5		32	32	32	31
October	29.6		30	29	30	29
November	27.3		28	29	26	28
December	25.3		24	27	27	24
Average	28.3	25.1	29.3	29.1	28.8	29.1

77th 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	15.9	17	17	15	15	18
February	18.4	16	18	19	19	19
March	19.0	20	20	20	20	22
April	21.3		22	22	21	23
May	22.9		23	23	24	22
June	24.6		24	24	25	25
July	25.3		25	26	24	25
August	25.9		26	26	26	26
September	24.9		25	24	24	26
October	23.7		23	22	24	25
November	20.4		21	22	19	23
December	17.4		18	19	18	15
Average	21.2	17.5	21.7	22.0	21.6	22.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.7	11	2	4	2	2
February	3.4	5	2	4	3	4
March	2.6	7	1	3	1	1
April	2.0		6	2	1	1
May	4.5		3	3	1	8
June	5.3		3	8	4	4
July	2.8		5	3	4	3
August	3.4		4	2	3	4
September	5.1		5	10	8	4
October	4.2		3	5	3	7
November	6.4		7	9	8	7
December	4.3		12	3	2	0
Average	4.4	7.8	4.2	4.5	3.1	3.7

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	9.9	11	9	9	9	11
February	10.5	10	10	10	11	11
March	10.6	10	11	12	11	11
April	11.2		12	12	11	11
May	9.9		8	10	11	10
June	8.1		8	8	10	8
July	8.1		7	10	8	9
August	8.6		9	9	9	9
September	8.8		7	8	7	9
October	9.8		9	9	9	10
November	9.6		10	10	9	13
December	9.4		11	9	8	10
Average	9.6	10.0	9.1	9.6	9.4	9.9

77th 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	111°	125°	347°	254°	085°
February	085°	141°	088°	155°	121°
March	122°	110°	120°	109°	115°
April		111°	103°	110°	142°
May		076°	106°	096°	103°
June		164°	125°	131°	116°
July		138°	124°	128°	120°
August		122°	121°	117°	120°
September		074°	108°	087°	107°
October		042°	045°	077°	095°
November		048°	057°	026°	076°
December		068°	043°	103°	047°

Prevailing wind direction

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