Roberts Farm Airport

CT85 · Connecticut, United States

Climate Roberts Farm Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bradley International Airport (KBDL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.8 63 63 79 82 83
February 75.3 81 75 69 66 74
March 78.4 70 78 72 84 76
April 76.4 71 83 86 77
May 80.1 92 75 84 84
June 83.1 77 84 85 88
July 81.9 71 96 65 86
August 82.9 73 84 81 90
September 78.5 64 81 84 84
October 74.6 81 74 71 71
November 84.7 88 84 94 87
December 73.1 58 71 74 81
Average 78.2 71.4 74.4 79.9 79.5 82.2

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 84.8 73 78 85 94 92
February 83.4 89 81 80 79 82
March 87.5 86 89 77 89 89
April 89.2 81 95 95 93
May 91.2 96 88 94 92
June 93.4 92 93 95 96
July 92.8 87 98 85 96
August 93.3 89 93 94 97
September 90.2 78 90 96 92
October 88.1 89 87 86 83
November 93.5 94 93 98 92
December 82.3 69 85 83 85
Average 88.9 82.8 85.8 89.1 90.8 91.4

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 3.1 3 6 1 2 5
February 5.5 7 7 6 2 6
March 9.4 12 10 10 11 12
April 15.6 18 16 17 13
May 22.0 23 24 22 21
June 26.8 26 27 28 28
July 29.9 30 31 27 31
August 28.6 27 30 29 30
September 24.3 25 24 24 24
October 18.5 20 18 19 17
November 10.8 10 14 11 14
December 5.4 8 7 8 6
Average 15.6 7.2 17.3 17.6 16.7 17.2

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 -5.2 -3 -1 -8 -5 -3
February -4.3 -3 -4 -5 -5 -3
March -1.6 3 0 0 0 1
April 4.8 6 5 5 3
May 10.1 8 12 10 9
June 15.0 15 15 16 15
July 18.9 20 19 18 20
August 17.9 17 19 19 18
September 13.9 15 14 14 13
October 8.5 9 7 10 8
November 1.0 0 4 0 3
December -3.8 1 -1 0 -2
Average 5.7 -1.0 7.2 6.9 6.9 6.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.3 23 22 16 8 8
February 15.7 10 17 20 24 15
March 13.4 18 15 15 7 13
April 16.5 13 13 13 21
May 9.3 6 5 11 5
June 6.5 5 7 6 4
July 6.7 10 4 15 3
August 5.9 13 2 8 5
September 9.6 19 11 11 5
October 12.9 12 8 12 17
November 10.4 8 11 6 11
December 15.7 18 17 12 14
Average 11.6 16.8 12.6 10.0 10.7 9.4

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 7.7 7 7 8 8 7
February 8.2 8 9 9 8 7
March 9.2 9 9 8 9 8
April 8.9 8 10 9 11
May 7.8 7 8 8 9
June 7.0 7 7 7 7
July 6.3 6 7 6 7
August 6.4 6 7 6 7
September 6.5 7 6 7 7
October 7.0 6 7 7 7
November 7.6 7 8 7 8
December 7.1 6 9 6 8
Average 7.5 8.2 6.9 7.6 7.3 7.8

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 309° 323° 310° 318° 289°
February 306° 304° 280° 328° 289°
March 326° 319° 297° 287° 326°
April 279° 299° 307° 307°
May 299° 115° 304° 270°
June 291° 250° 212° 233°
July 199° 228° 301° 225°
August 251° 226° 206° 249°
September 356° 305° 250° 242°
October 282° 347° 346° 274°
November 295° 262° 277° 265°
December 314° 329° 299° 287°

Prevailing wind direction

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