Cyber Density Balloon Spot Balloonport

35JY · New Jersey, United States

Climate Cyber Density Balloon Spot Balloonport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Somerset Airport (KSMQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.4 62 68 76 76 82
February 71.1 87 80 70 17 73
March 76.9 71 77 77 72 74
April 76.1 73 82 61 81
May 75.3 93 68 72 84
June 80.2 64 79 85 89
July 81.1 74 89 74 82
August 82.4 77 87 85 83
September 78.2 67 82 86 86
October 72.4 77 69 71 69
November 86.4 92 77 95 83
December 76.2 66 62 80 86
Average 77.2 72.8 75.3 77.3 73.3 81.2

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 85.1 80 76 85 87 90
February 78.9 92 92 79 19 85
March 87.0 84 87 86 80 89
April 87.4 83 93 67 95
May 87.7 95 84 81 93
June 90.9 76 94 94 95
July 91.5 88 94 86 95
August 93.9 91 96 95 95
September 92.4 87 92 95 95
October 88.7 86 84 94 85
November 93.6 97 85 98 92
December 87.3 82 77 89 93
Average 88.5 85.2 86.6 88.2 82.8 92.1

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 5.2 5 9 3 4 7
February 7.9 9 9 8 4 8
March 11.2 13 11 13 13 14
April 17.3 20 17 18 15
May 22.5 23 24 23 21
June 27.4 27 27 29 28
July 30.6 31 33 29 31
August 29.2 28 32 30 29
September 25.3 25 25 26 25
October 19.8 21 18 21 19
November 12.4 12 14 13 16
December 7.5 10 7 10 7
Average 16.9 9.0 18.8 18.8 18.3 18.4

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 -4.4 -2 1 -7 -4 -2
February -3.2 -3 -3 -5 -5 -1
March 0.3 3 0 1 0 3
April 5.4 7 5 5 5
May 10.2 7 12 9 10
June 14.5 13 15 16 15
July 18.9 19 19 19 20
August 18.1 18 18 19 19
September 14.0 14 13 14 13
October 8.3 8 6 11 8
November 0.4 -1 2 -1 2
December -2.3 1 -1 0 -3
Average 5.9 -1.5 6.9 6.6 7.0 7.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.3 18 13 15 4 5
February 11.6 10 5 18 22 11
March 12.0 17 16 10 9 11
April 9.1 11 10 9 11
May 9.3 5 11 9 7
June 4.9 6 4 5 3
July 3.7 3 1 3 3
August 4.8 7 3 5 5
September 7.6 14 7 5 4
October 9.3 9 15 6 13
November 6.8 4 12 5 9
December 11.1 15 23 3 8
Average 8.9 15.0 8.6 9.6 6.7 7.1

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 5.1 4 4 5 6 5
February 4.8 4 5 5 5 4
March 6.0 6 6 6 6 5
April 5.7 5 7 6 6
May 3.9 4 4 4 5
June 3.5 4 4 3 3
July 2.9 3 4 3 3
August 3.1 3 4 3 3
September 3.4 4 3 4 3
October 3.8 3 4 4 4
November 4.6 4 4 4 5
December 4.3 4 5 4 5
Average 4.3 4.7 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.2

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 315° 315° 321° 323° 309°
February 317° 311° 302° 339° 302°
March 324° 320° 299° 310° 347°
April 327° 316° 309° 323°
May 335° 076° 337° 309°
June 009° 302° 218° 322°
July 255° 289° 332° 313°
August 325° 294° 015° 336°
September 016° 332° 355° 356°
October 327° 360° 352° 346°
November 317° 298° 308° 301°
December 318° 326° 297° 309°

Prevailing wind direction

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