Statistics Orlando Sanford International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Orlando Sanford International Airport (KSFB) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	85.1	88	79	85	85	89
February	83.1	89	78	80	80	81
March	90.6	91	86	81	95	88
April	90.7	88	92	89	90	93
May	93.0	92	97	96	91	96
June	93.0	93	93	96	91	95
July	94.7	95	95	92	95	96
August	93.3	95	91	96	96	92
September	92.0		82	95	95	95
October	93.3		94	97	94	92
November	82.8		71	88	84	82
December	83.4		86	79	91	81
Average	90.3	91.7	87.6	90.0	90.8	90.4

497th best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 mi or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	93.5	94	89	94	94	95
February	92.0	97	87	95	92	90
March	96.7	98	94	93	98	97
April	96.7	97	96	96	97	97
May	97.1	96	100	98	96	99
June	96.9	96	97	98	97	98
July	97.2	98	97	96	97	98
August	96.7	98	94	98	98	97
September	95.5		89	98	96	98
October	97.5		98	98	98	96
November	93.5		89	96	94	95
December	91.0		95	86	97	90
Average	95.7	96.7	93.7	95.6	96.2	96.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	22.0	24	21	22	23	21
February	25.8	27	25	26	25	26
March	26.5	28	27	26	29	25
April	28.4	29	28	27	29	29
May	30.8	30	31	31	31	32
June	32.3	32	33	32	32	33
July	33.0	34	33	32	33	33
August	33.0	34	33	33	33	33
September	31.7		31	31	32	32
October	29.4		28	30	30	30
November	25.5		26	24	27	25
December	23.5		24	26	22	24
Average	28.6	29.7	28.5	28.3	28.8	28.5

106th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	11.0	12	10	11	13	11
February	14.1	15	13	14	14	16
March	14.9	17	16	15	17	15
April	17.5	19	17	17	19	18
May	20.1	20	20	20	20	21
June	23.0	22	23	23	23	24
July	24.1	25	24	23	25	24
August	24.5	25	24	24	25	25
September	23.3		23	23	24	23
October	20.6		19	20	21	21
November	16.5		18	15	19	15
December	13.4		15	16	10	15
Average	18.7	19.2	18.6	18.3	19.0	18.8

2,471st lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	3.6	2	7	1	2	5
February	3.5	2	5	6	2	5
March	1.8	2	3	1	1	2
April	3.4	5	2	5	6	3
May	3.8	5	1	1	3	2
June	4.5	2	3	5	6	5
July	3.7	4	4	6	4	3
August	3.7	4	3	4	6	3
September	7.4		13	4	7	5
October	3.4		1	3	5	5
November	5.1		12	4	7	2
December	4.0		2	4	1	7
Average	3.9	3.2	4.6	3.7	4.1	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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	8.3	7	8	8	8	9
February	8.0	8	8	9	9	7
March	8.7	9	9	9	8	9
April	9.0	9	9	8	9	8
May	8.1	8	8	9	9	7
June	7.1	8	7	8	6	8
July	6.3	7	6	7	7	6
August	6.7	7	6	7	7	7
September	7.6		8	7	7	9
October	7.9		7	7	8	8
November	8.0		9	8	10	7
December	7.2		7	6	7	9
Average	7.7	7.8	7.6	7.6	7.8	7.7

106th 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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	268°	312°	261°	024°	324°
February	231°	073°	222°	266°	119°
March	244°	174°	043°	157°	017°
April	103°	096°	044°	223°	143°
May	068°	110°	083°	071°	107°
June	283°	089°	149°	091°	192°
July	259°	141°	172°	151°	165°
August	128°	112°	139°	145°	110°
September		035°	049°	078°	041°
October		025°	040°	056°	079°
November		032°	360°	060°	351°
December		028°	275°	318°	019°

Prevailing wind direction

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