Cannizzaro Field

28MA · Massachusetts, United States

Climate Cannizzaro Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Westfield-Barnes Regional (KBAF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.8 57 61 76 79 83
February 73.9 80 74 68 69 72
March 76.8 67 74 71 84 78
April 75.6 68 83 85 78
May 80.1 90 77 84 85
June 82.1 68 82 88 89
July 78.9 67 93 61 85
August 80.9 71 85 78 88
September 76.6 66 76 81 81
October 71.6 75 73 70 69
November 81.8 84 78 90 86
December 71.4 54 62 73 82
Average 76.3 67.9 71.1 78.2 78.4 81.7

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 82.7 71 73 82 88 92
February 82.0 89 81 81 79 81
March 86.4 87 86 75 90 87
April 87.4 80 95 95 91
May 90.2 96 89 95 92
June 91.9 86 93 96 94
July 89.0 80 94 83 94
August 91.5 87 94 92 95
September 90.0 82 90 95 92
October 85.4 81 83 84 82
November 90.7 90 86 95 90
December 81.6 69 75 80 88
Average 87.3 82.7 83.0 87.2 89.7 90.2

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 2.3 2 5 1 2 4
February 4.7 6 6 5 1 5
March 8.6 11 8 10 11 11
April 15.0 18 15 16 13
May 21.6 22 23 22 21
June 26.4 25 27 28 28
July 29.4 30 30 27 31
August 28.2 26 30 29 29
September 23.9 24 23 24 24
October 17.8 19 17 19 17
November 9.9 9 13 10 13
December 4.6 7 5 7 5
Average 14.9 6.3 16.6 16.8 16.3 16.7

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 -6.0 -4 -2 -9 -6 -5
February -6.9 -4 -6 -6 -6 -4
March -2.3 1 -1 -2 -2 0
April 3.5 5 3 4 2
May 8.9 7 11 9 8
June 13.8 14 14 16 14
July 17.4 18 17 17 19
August 16.8 16 18 19 16
September 12.8 13 12 14 12
October 7.2 8 6 9 7
November -1.4 -2 1 -1 1
December -4.6 0 -3 -2 -3
Average 4.4 -3.8 5.8 5.4 5.8 5.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.6 22 24 14 8 7
February 12.8 7 13 17 22 10
March 10.6 14 16 9 6 8
April 14.1 13 14 12 16
May 8.2 6 7 9 4
June 6.1 6 7 5 5
July 7.3 10 4 14 3
August 6.0 9 4 9 6
September 9.6 19 13 9 4
October 11.9 13 10 10 16
November 9.7 9 12 6 10
December 14.1 18 22 7 12
Average 10.4 14.1 12.2 9.9 9.5 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 7.2 6 6 8 7 7
February 7.7 8 8 8 7 7
March 8.7 9 8 8 9 8
April 8.3 7 9 8 10
May 7.0 7 7 7 9
June 6.3 6 6 6 6
July 5.4 5 7 5 6
August 6.0 6 7 5 6
September 5.7 5 5 6 6
October 6.2 5 6 6 6
November 7.1 7 7 6 7
December 6.6 5 8 6 8
Average 6.9 7.5 6.1 7.0 6.7 7.0

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 315° 319° 309° 320° 297°
February 301° 301° 282° 326° 287°
March 321° 315° 301° 294° 317°
April 301° 299° 315° 306°
May 300° 131° 304° 285°
June 315° 266° 214° 252°
July 206° 240° 321° 234°
August 273° 239° 190° 279°
September 351° 309° 269° 268°
October 286° 349° 335° 270°
November 300° 259° 287° 273°
December 319° 335° 302° 294°

Prevailing wind direction

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