Philadelphia International Airport

KPHL · Pennsylvania, United States

Climate Philadelphia International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Philadelphia International Airport (KPHL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.7 61 84 78 86 85
February 79.3 88 89 72 65 78
March 79.7 75 86 79 81 74
April 83.3 76 85 88 83
May 78.2 95 67 86 85
June 86.8 72 87 89 93
July 89.7 88 96 91 87
August 87.7 83 92 88 86
September 81.0 70 88 90 84
October 77.0 91 66 77 71
November 88.1 91 85 98 81
December 78.2 68 63 86 89
Average 81.7 74.0 82.6 80.8 85.8 83.3

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 87.7 73 96 88 94 90
February 87.3 96 94 80 79 86
March 88.2 84 94 84 89 85
April 92.2 84 94 96 94
May 89.3 96 86 96 93
June 94.7 86 96 97 96
July 97.0 96 98 98 95
August 96.7 95 97 97 95
September 93.9 90 95 98 96
October 89.1 94 84 94 82
November 95.5 98 93 100 94
December 86.5 74 80 93 95
Average 91.0 84.0 91.4 90.3 94.5 92.1

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 6.4 6 10 5 6 8
February 9.1 9 11 10 4 10
March 12.3 14 12 14 14 15
April 18.3 20 18 18 16
May 23.3 23 25 24 21
June 28.1 27 29 29 29
July 31.2 31 32 31 32
August 29.8 29 32 30 30
September 26.3 26 27 26 25
October 20.4 21 19 22 20
November 13.3 13 15 13 16
December 8.6 10 8 12 8
Average 17.8 9.6 19.4 19.8 19.1 19.0

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 -1.4 0 3 -3 -1 1
February 0.6 1 2 0 -1 1
March 3.1 5 3 4 4 5
April 8.4 10 8 8 7
May 13.4 12 15 13 12
June 18.5 17 19 19 19
July 22.5 22 24 22 23
August 21.5 21 23 22 22
September 17.8 18 18 18 17
October 12.2 12 10 14 12
November 4.5 4 6 4 7
December 1.6 3 2 4 1
Average 9.3 1.8 10.5 10.8 10.6 10.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.7 23 14 17 7 5
February 15.3 9 9 20 26 16
March 12.8 16 12 16 10 11
April 8.7 11 11 5 11
May 9.9 6 15 8 6
June 5.0 7 6 5 2
July 4.7 6 5 2 5
August 5.3 5 1 5 9
September 7.9 15 9 5 4
October 9.9 5 16 6 12
November 7.2 6 11 5 7
December 14.1 18 28 3 11
Average 9.9 16.1 9.1 11.6 6.8 7.7

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 9.4 9 9 10 10 9
February 9.0 8 9 9 9 9
March 10.5 10 11 11 10 9
April 10.2 9 10 10 12
May 8.5 8 8 8 10
June 8.2 8 8 8 8
July 7.2 7 8 7 7
August 7.4 8 8 7 8
September 7.8 8 8 9 7
October 8.3 8 8 9 8
November 8.9 8 9 9 9
December 8.4 7 9 7 10
Average 8.7 9.1 8.2 8.7 8.5 8.7

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 297° 287° 300° 313° 296°
February 297° 271° 276° 328° 266°
March 307° 299° 278° 286° 304°
April 267° 295° 290° 297°
May 293° 069° 300° 295°
June 312° 258° 222° 263°
July 228° 234° 239° 240°
August 255° 232° 224° 232°
September 017° 291° 271° 026°
October 291° 339° 289° 303°
November 293° 275° 289° 260°
December 289° 308° 266° 275°

Prevailing wind direction

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