Huey Airport

DE14 · Delaware, United States

Climate Huey Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Delaware Coastal Airport (KGED) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.7 70 81 79 83 84
February 78.2 82 84 83 55 75
March 78.8 66 86 78 83 70
April 83.9 85 85 86 82
May 75.4 82 63 89 72
June 82.3 72 88 82 83
July 87.5 87 85 94 88
August 84.0 79 90 85 81
September 77.7 65 84 91 85
October 76.0 91 58 75 77
November 86.0 91 86 95 84
December 81.6 86 71 88 85
Average 79.9 71.7 81.5 79.3 84.5 80.4

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 86.3 78 93 87 88 91
February 85.8 93 93 89 67 78
March 87.4 80 94 84 87 86
April 91.9 91 90 94 92
May 85.0 88 75 95 89
June 90.9 86 93 93 87
July 95.0 93 93 98 95
August 94.0 92 96 96 94
September 90.0 82 91 97 95
October 87.7 95 69 93 87
November 93.4 95 93 99 91
December 89.9 91 85 94 96
Average 89.2 83.4 90.7 87.0 92.1 90.1

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 8.4 8 12 6 8 10
February 11.3 10 13 11 7 12
March 13.9 14 14 15 16 16
April 19.8 23 18 20 17
May 23.6 22 24 25 21
June 28.5 28 29 30 29
July 31.5 32 32 32 33
August 29.7 29 31 29 30
September 26.3 26 27 27 26
October 21.7 22 19 23 21
November 15.1 14 17 14 18
December 10.9 13 11 13 11
Average 19.1 10.9 21.3 20.3 20.2 20.3

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 -1.8 0 3 -4 0 2
February 1.5 0 3 0 0 2
March 3.7 5 4 4 5 6
April 8.9 11 8 9 7
May 13.1 12 14 13 12
June 18.1 17 18 20 19
July 21.9 23 22 21 23
August 20.7 20 21 21 22
September 17.1 17 17 17 17
October 11.6 10 10 14 13
November 4.2 2 6 3 7
December 1.5 2 2 3 1
Average 9.3 1.7 11.0 10.0 10.4 11.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.1 14 9 15 7 10
February 11.9 6 11 10 25 16
March 12.1 17 12 14 7 13
April 8.4 13 7 5 13
May 9.1 9 12 8 9
June 4.6 7 3 4 2
July 4.5 3 8 4 4
August 6.0 5 12 5 8
September 8.3 14 11 5 5
October 9.2 5 19 7 9
November 6.9 5 9 4 5
December 8.7 7 19 3 5
Average 8.6 12.5 8.3 11.1 6.6 8.0

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 7.3 8 7 7 6 8
February 7.7 7 8 8 8 7
March 8.6 8 8 8 9 8
April 8.4 9 9 8 9
May 7.8 7 9 7 9
June 7.1 7 6 7 7
July 6.2 6 6 6 6
August 6.1 6 6 5 6
September 6.8 7 7 7 7
October 6.9 6 7 7 6
November 6.8 6 7 7 7
December 6.8 7 8 7 7
Average 7.3 7.7 7.0 7.3 6.9 7.2

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 283° 271° 323° 313° 286°
February 290° 259° 242° 344° 266°
March 310° 289° 237° 254° 195°
April 200° 270° 282° 271°
May 063° 075° 235° 070°
June 138° 188° 204° 173°
July 202° 213° 229° 192°
August 184° 192° 130° 176°
September 045° 028° 200° 067°
October 257° 011° 165° 274°
November 323° 234° 298° 234°
December 273° 273° 249° 256°

Prevailing wind direction

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