St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport

KPIE · Florida, United States

Climate St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (KPIE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.0 75 85 80 83 87
February 82.2 85 86 78 83 78
March 87.4 81 86 83 81 94
April 87.1 89 82 86 82
May 92.0 96 93 99 95
June 90.6 90 90 94 93
July 94.4 95 94 94 96
August 93.2 92 93 96 95
September 92.6 93 89 93 89
October 92.4 86 96 95 96
November 81.4 75 65 88 87
December 80.3 83 81 78 90
Average 87.6 80.3 88.5 85.9 89.6 90.4

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 92.2 91 90 91 96 93
February 90.3 91 96 85 91 88
March 95.8 92 97 94 96 98
April 96.6 98 92 96 96
May 97.2 98 98 100 98
June 96.9 96 96 98 97
July 97.2 97 97 97 98
August 96.6 96 97 99 96
September 97.1 96 95 96 97
October 97.5 96 98 99 98
November 91.3 88 83 93 94
December 90.2 93 87 86 95
Average 94.8 91.1 95.1 93.3 95.8 95.9

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 21.5 21 23 21 21 23
February 24.9 22 26 24 25 25
March 25.9 26 27 27 26 29
April 28.3 29 28 28 29
May 30.6 30 31 31 31
June 31.8 32 32 32 33
July 32.5 34 33 33 33
August 32.6 33 32 33 33
September 31.8 32 30 31 32
October 29.7 29 28 30 30
November 25.4 25 26 24 27
December 23.1 22 24 25 21
Average 27.6 23.0 28.4 28.1 28.1 28.7

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 12.6 12 14 12 13 15
February 15.4 12 16 14 15 16
March 15.6 18 18 8 17 19
April 18.5 21 12 19 21
May 21.9 21 23 22 22
June 23.8 23 25 24 25
July 24.9 26 24 25 25
August 25.3 25 24 26 26
September 24.1 24 23 24 24
October 22.3 21 20 23 23
November 17.4 17 19 16 19
December 14.6 15 17 17 12
Average 19.0 14.1 20.0 18.4 19.9 20.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.6 3 1 4 1 2
February 2.9 8 1 3 4 3
March 1.6 2 1 4 2 0
April 2.4 2 3 3 6
May 2.7 2 1 0 1
June 3.8 2 3 4 5
July 4.1 2 2 4 4
August 3.9 3 3 4 3
September 5.4 3 9 6 11
October 2.7 3 1 2 4
November 4.7 10 9 3 4
December 3.1 6 1 0 2
Average 3.4 4.0 2.7 3.5 2.6 3.6

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 9 8 9 9 8
February 8.8 9 9 8 10 10
March 9.3 9 10 10 10 9
April 9.3 10 9 9 10
May 8.2 8 8 9 8
June 7.3 9 7 8 7
July 6.8 7 7 7 8
August 6.7 7 6 8 6
September 6.9 6 7 6 8
October 7.8 8 6 7 8
November 7.6 8 8 7 9
December 7.7 9 7 7 8
Average 8.0 9.1 8.1 7.6 8.0 8.2

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 336° 162° 351° 259° 078°
February 242° 205° 029° 231° 179°
March 187° 228° 189° 180° 175°
April 173° 088° 213° 230°
May 359° 286° 083° 350°
June 264° 311° 185° 032°
July 279° 168° 231° 249°
August 262° 099° 161° 123°
September 046° 025° 021° 083°
October 021° 016° 026° 066°
November 032° 009° 020° 057°
December 027° 042° 103° 026°

Prevailing wind direction

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