Naval Support Facility Thurmont Weather Station

KRSP · Maryland, United States

Climate Naval Support Facility Thurmont Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Naval Support Facility Thurmont Weather Station (KRSP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.7 52 58 75 69
February 68.9 73 84 75 56
March 53.5 63 72 3 76
April 60.9 79 0 80
May 56.3 90 0 79
June 62.6 65 0 81 91
July 62.7 56 0 87 88
August 53.2 4 0 83 86
September 56.3 65 0 78 72
October 70.5 74 57 75
November 79.4 81 71 91 78
December 72.4 62 60 79 76
Average 63.6 62.1 64.9 18.7 76.6 81.1

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 75.5 73 82 85 84
February 75.6 80 91 83 67
March 58.9 68 85 3 80
April 67.6 83 0 87
May 62.9 96 0 86
June 68.6 75 0 85 94
July 66.3 58 0 93 93
August 57.2 4 0 91 91
September 63.4 72 0 87 88
October 79.9 85 70 82
November 88.4 92 81 99 88
December 82.7 78 69 85 87
Average 71.2 73.3 73.5 21.2 84.5 89.1

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 2.2 3 3 1 2
February 3.7 7 7 0 1
March 5.2 11 3 0 11
April 12.5 9 6 16
May 20.6 24 21 20
June 23.5 28 24 25 13
July 25.4 31 27 26 17
August 25.7 26 27 27 26
September 21.9 22 22 22 20
October 17.3 17 19 17
November 9.8 10 9 9 13
December 5.4 7 5 8 4
Average 13.4 7.0 15.5 13.2 15.2 15.4

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 -4.6 -3 -1 -5 -3
February -3.8 -1 -1 0 -5
March 0.1 3 0 0 2
April 5.0 3 2 6
May 11.4 11 12 10
June 14.1 16 16 17 -2
July 14.8 20 19 19 -5
August 18.1 18 19 19 18
September 14.6 15 15 15 13
October 10.0 10 12 9
November 2.8 2 2 2 6
December -1.0 2 -2 1 -2
Average 5.8 -1.7 7.8 7.4 7.7 5.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.4 18 10 11 7
February 7.1 6 6 5 17
March 9.0 13 11 9 7
April 7.6 8 8 5
May 9.3 6 10 8
June 5.6 9 5 4 1
July 4.2 2 6 2 2
August 3.1 1 3 3 4
September 8.7 10 5 8 0
October 6.1 6 6 4
November 7.8 5 15 4 6
December 7.8 6 10 3 12
Average 7.7 12.2 6.5 7.2 6.1 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 8.5 9 8 8 9
February 8.4 7 9 10 8
March 8.3 8 6 8 9
April 8.5 8 9 9
May 6.3 6 7 7
June 5.5 6 6 6 5
July 4.7 5 5 5 4
August 4.6 5 5 4 5
September 5.0 5 6 6 5
October 6.2 6 6 6
November 7.7 7 9 8 9
December 8.0 8 8 8 9
Average 6.9 8.1 6.5 7.1 6.9 5.9

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 276° 258° 280° 289°
February 254° 245° 245° 273°
March 286° 266° 232° 277°
April 202° 293° 278°
May 263° 161° 285°
June 277° 266° 247° 296°
July 260° 240° 259° 294°
August 267° 242° 220° 267°
September 329° 275° 267° 273°
October 275° 270° 249°
November 268° 254° 278° 251°
December 271° 253° 245° 268°

Prevailing wind direction

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