Freeway Airport

W00 · Maryland, United States

Climate Freeway Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of College Park Airport (KCGS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.5 72 86 66 87 100
February 82.3 87 90 75 63
March 79.7 75 85 78 82
April 82.4 87 88 67
May 87.2 95 71 88 94
June 84.9 77 92 88 90
July 92.1 90 91 95 94
August 91.2 91 92 93 89
September 81.8 77 85 92 80
October 79.5 94 52 77 77
November 90.9 93 90 98 86
December 79.3 75 75 79 90
Average 82.8 77.8 86.7 80.5 84.6 87.0

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 86.0 85 95 70 90 100
February 91.4 96 97 81 82
March 87.7 84 94 84 89
April 87.1 93 94 68
May 95.6 98 88 98 100
June 92.0 86 98 94 96
July 97.4 97 98 99 97
August 97.3 97 97 98 98
September 94.3 93 94 97 94
October 91.4 97 84 93 86
November 95.7 96 94 99 95
December 84.5 80 78 87 95
Average 92.2 88.4 93.5 89.3 91.5 94.8

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 7.0 8 11 5 6 -4
February 10.2 11 13 11 6
March 14.7 15 14 15 14
April 19.8 23 18 19
May 23.4 23 24 23 27
June 28.0 28 27 29 29
July 30.3 32 27 31 32
August 29.4 30 29 30 29
September 25.6 26 26 26 24
October 20.3 22 17 22 20
November 14.0 14 15 12 17
December 10.1 11 9 12 8
Average 16.8 11.1 20.5 18.6 19.4 22.6

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 -2.7 -1 2 -4 -2 -4
February -1.7 0 2 -2 -1
March 3.0 4 2 3 3
April 7.5 9 7 7
May 11.6 11 13 11 21
June 13.4 16 8 18 12
July 14.3 21 0 20 16
August 18.4 20 19 21 14
September 15.7 16 17 16 14
October 10.1 10 8 13 9
November 3.0 2 6 1 5
December 1.1 2 1 2 0
Average 6.2 1.2 9.3 6.1 9.2 9.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.2 16 12 0 0 0
February 4.9 7 8 0 0
March 6.1 13 8 0 0
April 4.1 8 0 0
May 2.3 5 0 0 0
June 2.4 6 0 0 0
July 1.1 3 0 0 0
August 1.3 2 2 0 0
September 4.0 7 6 0 0
October 4.2 3 17 0 0
November 3.6 7 6 0 0
December 5.4 9 11 0 0
Average 3.4 12.0 6.1 2.5

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 5.4 6 6 5 5 6
February 5.6 6 6 5 5
March 6.4 7 7 6 5
April 5.4 6 5 5
May 4.2 5 4 4 5
June 4.2 5 4 3 4
July 3.3 4 3 3 3
August 3.8 5 4 3 3
September 4.0 5 5 4 3
October 4.4 5 6 4 3
November 4.7 5 6 4 4
December 4.2 4 5 3 5
Average 4.6 6.1 5.1 4.7 4.0 3.4

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 301° 279° 276° 315° 329°
February 298° 267° 283° 314°
March 308° 295° 254° 300°
April 248° 292° 289°
May 006° 041° 314° 281°
June 306° 282° 204° 281°
July 224° 213° 269° 265°
August 278° 253° 075° 238°
September 353° 360° 277° 355°
October 294° 349° 305° 301°
November 293° 292° 300° 269°
December 289° 305° 287° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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