Eagle Field

15ME · Maine, United States

Climate Eagle Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Portland International Jetport Airport (KPWM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.5 63 60 76 84 76
February 77.3 85 78 74 77 80
March 77.9 61 80 72 85 81
April 73.2 65 84 83 79
May 81.2 88 77 90 90
June 77.0 51 77 91 80
July 80.2 62 99 69 73
August 81.7 74 80 75 89
September 82.7 84 75 82 82
October 73.5 74 74 74 74
November 82.5 87 85 95 82
December 72.6 56 72 72 72
Average 77.3 69.3 71.0 79.3 81.3 80.3

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 84.0 76 74 81 91 90
February 84.1 91 86 83 84 84
March 83.9 76 85 79 88 88
April 82.0 74 87 93 89
May 88.4 93 82 95 93
June 84.6 69 86 96 85
July 86.5 66 99 87 84
August 87.5 81 88 81 94
September 90.2 91 87 92 86
October 83.8 82 79 86 86
November 89.2 91 90 98 89
December 79.7 69 82 78 81
Average 85.1 80.9 79.4 85.7 89.3 87.5

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 1.4 1 4 -1 2 3
February 2.7 4 3 3 0 3
March 6.0 7 6 7 8 9
April 11.5 11 12 13 10
May 17.7 19 18 18 18
June 22.9 20 22 26 24
July 26.3 26 28 24 27
August 25.9 24 27 26 27
September 21.9 22 21 22 23
October 15.6 17 16 16 15
November 8.5 8 11 9 11
December 3.6 6 5 4 4
Average 12.5 3.9 13.8 14.3 14.0 14.5

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 -7.5 -6 -3 -10 -5 -5
February -6.0 -5 -7 -7 -7 -5
March -3.6 0 -1 -2 -3 -1
April 2.9 4 3 3 2
May 8.1 8 9 9 8
June 13.3 13 13 15 14
July 17.3 18 17 16 19
August 16.7 16 17 18 17
September 12.9 14 11 14 13
October 7.2 9 6 8 6
November 0.0 -1 2 0 2
December -5.9 -1 -2 -3 -3
Average 3.9 -4.5 5.5 5.0 5.4 5.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.1 20 22 20 13 12
February 13.8 4 15 15 19 16
March 11.7 19 12 11 5 11
April 14.2 13 12 12 16
May 6.7 6 4 7 4
June 8.6 16 6 4 6
July 6.6 14 4 14 2
August 5.4 14 5 4 3
September 5.2 7 10 5 3
October 10.4 10 8 9 13
November 12.0 9 12 6 10
December 15.1 14 20 17 11
Average 10.4 14.3 12.5 9.4 8.9 8.3

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 9 8 7
February 8.1 9 8 8 7 8
March 9.3 10 9 8 9 9
April 9.3 9 10 9 10
May 8.4 9 8 8 10
June 7.3 7 7 8 7
July 6.5 6 7 6 7
August 6.5 7 7 6 7
September 6.8 6 7 7 8
October 6.9 6 6 6 7
November 7.6 7 8 7 7
December 7.3 6 10 6 8
Average 7.7 8.5 7.3 7.8 7.4 7.9

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 324° 339° 320° 331° 311°
February 305° 315° 290° 317° 287°
March 322° 322° 297° 275° 347°
April 074° 314° 320° 320°
May 274° 138° 300° 256°
June 098° 192° 219° 144°
July 156° 213° 007° 182°
August 197° 165° 157° 201°
September 045° 290° 225° 198°
October 294° 140° 030° 277°
November 287° 259° 279° 278°
December 310° 327° 296° 283°

Prevailing wind direction

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