Sherman-Private Airport

MA63 · Massachusetts, United States

Climate Sherman-Private Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Marshfield Municipal-George Harlow Field (KGHG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.3 71 72 65 71 79
February 73.7 74 74 69 66 73
March 75.5 61 79 73 84 74
April 71.4 66 86 78 69
May 76.8 89 73 81 83
June 77.2 68 82 82 78
July 80.7 75 95 65 78
August 81.7 74 85 80 86
September 75.3 68 74 81 79
October 72.0 84 75 68 74
November 83.8 89 95 94 80
December 73.5 63 88 72 70
Average 75.5 68.1 75.1 80.1 76.8 77.1

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 85.0 84 85 79 86 94
February 85.0 92 91 78 82 83
March 84.1 74 90 81 89 82
April 81.0 79 90 87 83
May 85.4 96 84 86 89
June 86.0 84 88 92 85
July 89.4 84 99 77 88
August 90.5 87 92 85 96
September 86.4 85 89 90 88
October 84.3 89 82 85 86
November 91.5 94 95 98 93
December 84.9 80 89 86 85
Average 85.9 83.1 87.0 87.3 86.6 87.4

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 4.6 4 6 3 4 7
February 6.6 6 7 7 5 7
March 8.5 9 8 10 11 10
April 13.3 13 14 14 11
May 19.1 20 19 20 19
June 23.8 22 23 26 25
July 27.6 28 29 25 29
August 26.9 25 28 27 28
September 22.9 23 22 23 24
October 17.9 19 17 18 18
November 11.9 11 14 11 15
December 7.1 9 8 9 8
Average 14.8 6.4 16.2 16.4 16.1 16.6

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 -4.9 -2 -1 -7 -2 -1
February -3.9 -2 -3 -4 -2 -1
March 0.3 2 1 1 0 2
April 5.0 6 6 5 3
May 10.0 9 11 10 10
June 14.2 14 14 12 16
July 18.6 20 19 18 20
August 18.5 17 20 20 19
September 14.9 16 14 16 15
October 9.5 10 9 11 9
November 2.6 2 5 2 5
December -1.2 1 1 0 0
Average 6.4 -1.4 8.1 7.4 7.3 8.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.5 9 10 12 8 0
February 6.7 3 4 12 11 4
March 6.3 11 7 3 7 2
April 7.0 3 3 8 11
May 2.8 1 1 4 2
June 3.5 5 4 1 2
July 2.4 2 1 6 1
August 2.1 3 2 4 2
September 3.4 7 3 5 1
October 6.0 4 8 4 9
November 5.4 4 2 2 5
December 6.5 6 11 3 8
Average 5.0 7.6 4.2 4.4 5.0 3.8

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 7.4 7 6 8 7 7
February 7.2 7 7 8 7 7
March 8.0 8 8 7 8 8
April 7.7 7 8 7 9
May 7.0 7 8 7 8
June 6.1 6 6 7 6
July 5.6 5 6 5 6
August 5.6 6 6 5 6
September 6.0 6 5 5 6
October 6.3 5 6 6 6
November 6.7 6 7 6 7
December 6.6 6 9 6 7
Average 6.7 7.2 6.1 6.8 6.3 6.8

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° 267° 284° 316° 268°
February 295° 282° 248° 343° 245°
March 324° 351° 254° 251° 069°
April 099° 266° 311° 326°
May 134° 121° 108° 243°
June 117° 175° 207° 178°
July 174° 206° 124° 195°
August 187° 198° 159° 201°
September 055° 269° 193° 131°
October 200° 084° 069° 152°
November 256° 237° 265° 229°
December 243° 326° 255° 263°

Prevailing wind direction

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