Climate Punta Gorda Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Punta Gorda Airport (KPGD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	85.5	78	90	79	88	90
February	86.1	86	89	80	86	87
March	89.4	87	89	83	88	95
April	92.0		89	93	93	85
May	92.5		93	91	97	93
June	92.4		92	87	94	94
July	96.2		97	97	95	97
August	94.9		93	96	95	97
September	91.8		90	85	92	91
October	92.5		89	94	95	93
November	84.8		82	73	91	83
December	87.1		87	84	85	92
Average	90.0	83.4	90.2	87.2	91.8	91.7

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	92.4	85	95	89	93	96
February	93.0	92	96	89	93	95
March	94.8	94	96	90	94	97
April	96.9		96	97	98	94
May	96.6		96	96	99	98
June	96.5		96	93	98	97
July	97.8		98	98	98	98
August	97.1		95	97	97	99
September	95.6		94	90	97	98
October	97.2		95	98	99	98
November	93.2		93	88	97	93
December	92.5		94	87	90	97
Average	94.9	90.0	95.3	92.9	96.3	96.7

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	23.6	23	25	23	23	25
February	26.9	25	28	26	27	26
March	27.8	29	29	29	28	29
April	30.1		30	30	30	30
May	31.7		32	32	33	31
June	32.4		32	32	33	33
July	33.3		35	34	33	34
August	33.2		35	33	33	34
September	32.6		33	32	32	32
October	30.3		30	30	31	31
November	27.3		28	28	26	28
December	25.1		24	26	27	23
Average	29.0	25.4	30.1	29.6	29.5	29.7

53rd 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	11.8	14	13	12	12	12
February	14.1	12	15	13	15	14
March	14.6	18	16	14	15	15
April	17.3		19	16	17	19
May	19.6		20	21	19	18
June	23.2		23	23	23	24
July	23.9		25	24	24	24
August	24.4		25	23	25	25
September	23.6		24	24	24	23
October	20.5		21	18	21	22
November	17.0		18	20	15	19
December	13.9		15	15	15	11
Average	18.1	14.5	19.4	18.5	18.6	18.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.5	11	1	3	3	1
February	1.8	5	0	2	1	3
March	1.9	4	1	1	3	1
April	1.9		4	1	3	3
May	3.4		1	1	0	5
June	5.5		3	6	7	7
July	3.7		2	2	6	4
August	5.5		3	3	7	4
September	5.4		3	12	6	7
October	2.7		2	2	2	3
November	4.7		5	7	7	11
December	3.3		8	1	1	0
Average	3.9	6.5	2.5	3.6	3.6	4.0

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	8.7	10	9	8	8	9
February	8.9	8	9	8	10	10
March	9.0	8	9	10	9	9
April	9.3		10	9	9	9
May	8.4		7	8	9	9
June	6.9		8	7	8	6
July	6.4		7	6	7	7
August	6.6		8	6	7	7
September	7.2		6	7	6	8
October	8.4		9	7	7	9
November	8.1		8	8	8	10
December	8.2		10	7	7	8
Average	8.0	8.7	8.2	7.7	7.8	8.3

53rd 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	106°	200°	009°	261°	084°
February	220°	216°	090°	212°	157°
March	190°	230°	164°	190°	164°
April		192°	135°	201°	244°
May		022°	193°	099°	103°
June		253°	224°	167°	118°
July		257°	139°	188°	204°
August		167°	139°	136°	163°
September		055°	078°	119°	097°
October		056°	052°	070°	080°
November		054°	049°	041°	067°
December		056°	062°	122°	064°

Prevailing wind direction

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