Abbotts Airport

6ME6 · Maine, United States

Climate Abbotts Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport (KLEW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.2 59 55 69 82 78
February 76.6 80 79 73 76 78
March 76.1 56 75 72 85 80
April 75.1 67 82 83 79
May 81.0 86 75 92 91
June 76.6 47 78 93 82
July 79.0 59 94 71 74
August 79.3 69 71 73 92
September 81.0 76 74 82 80
October 71.2 71 71 72 73
November 81.4 88 83 91 80
December 69.5 49 67 68 68
Average 75.7 64.2 67.7 76.5 80.9 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 82.8 77 69 74 91 91
February 83.1 87 83 81 83 81
March 82.2 67 79 79 87 87
April 84.1 74 88 94 92
May 89.4 92 85 97 94
June 85.4 68 86 96 86
July 86.6 69 95 84 86
August 87.4 78 84 84 96
September 89.1 84 85 89 87
October 81.2 83 75 83 85
November 88.6 94 85 95 88
December 77.8 65 76 75 78
Average 84.3 76.0 77.7 83.6 88.6 88.2

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 -1.9 0 0 -2 1 2
February 1.5 4 -1 1 0 2
March 5.4 7 6 7 7 7
April 11.7 13 12 14 10
May 18.9 20 21 19 19
June 23.5 22 23 26 24
July 26.5 27 28 24 27
August 25.6 24 26 27 26
September 21.9 23 20 22 22
October 15.4 17 16 16 14
November 7.5 7 11 9 10
December 2.3 5 5 3 3
Average 12.2 3.6 13.5 14.6 13.8 13.8

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 -9.6 -8 0 -14 -7 -8
February -8.0 -7 -3 -11 -10 -9
March -5.6 -1 -3 -4 -4 -3
April 1.5 2 2 2 0
May 6.5 6 7 7 6
June 11.8 12 11 14 12
July 15.7 18 15 15 17
August 14.4 15 15 17 15
September 10.9 13 10 12 9
October 5.3 7 4 7 4
November -3.7 -3 0 -2 -1
December -7.6 -4 -3 -6 -4
Average 2.1 -6.7 4.8 3.1 3.7 3.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.1 25 31 22 9 10
February 15.4 8 17 23 17 13
March 15.1 28 20 16 8 12
April 17.6 19 21 15 18
May 9.6 9 9 8 4
June 11.2 24 8 4 10
July 8.2 17 4 16 5
August 7.1 15 8 7 4
September 6.8 8 13 7 2
October 14.7 15 13 14 14
November 12.5 12 15 8 10
December 16.7 25 27 13 15
Average 13.1 21.1 17.4 13.1 10.2 9.2

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 6.7 7 6 8 7 5
February 6.8 8 7 8 7 6
March 8.2 8 9 7 8 8
April 7.8 7 9 9 9
May 7.3 8 6 7 9
June 6.1 5 6 6 6
July 5.3 5 6 5 5
August 5.2 5 5 5 5
September 5.7 4 6 6 7
October 6.0 5 5 6 6
November 6.6 6 7 6 6
December 6.1 5 9 5 7
Average 6.6 7.5 6.0 6.5 6.4 6.7

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 339° 350° 333° 335° 318°
February 315° 333° 319° 325° 298°
March 333° 332° 304° 296° 327°
April 307° 313° 329° 323°
May 315° 182° 310° 279°
June 056° 216° 217° 211°
July 169° 238° 351° 192°
August 235° 326° 212° 256°
September 339° 312° 258° 210°
October 295° 144° 354° 286°
November 296° 272° 300° 283°
December 334° 337° 321° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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