Head Field

OH44 · Ohio, United States

Climate Head Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Delaware Municipal/Jim Moore Field (KDLZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 49.2 35 41 65 38 43
February 64.7 79 63 67 65 58
March 71.0 76 40 82 85 61
April 76.9 53 81 91 79
May 82.7 81 82 83 88
June 86.2 75 94 90 89
July 87.5 83 91 83 94
August 87.9 87 86 86 91
September 83.2 76 84 86 88
October 75.6 77 85 71 67
November 76.3 85 55 83 86
December 58.1 50 45 65 57
Average 73.7 63.7 68.4 78.9 79.9 76.7

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 80.6 75 77 87 80 81
February 83.7 94 82 91 86 71
March 88.1 95 65 97 94 85
April 87.2 63 94 97 91
May 92.3 89 93 95 97
June 94.8 89 99 96 97
July 94.4 93 95 94 97
August 95.8 98 95 93 97
September 92.6 92 94 93 95
October 89.6 89 94 88 85
November 89.9 95 75 92 93
December 84.3 85 72 86 86
Average 89.3 88.1 84.8 91.8 92.0 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 2.0 1 4 -1 2 5
February 4.8 9 9 3 0 3
March 10.3 12 9 12 14 11
April 14.9 17 14 17 14
May 21.3 21 23 21 18
June 26.4 25 27 28 27
July 28.2 27 27 29 30
August 27.0 25 26 30 27
September 24.4 23 22 27 24
October 18.2 17 17 20 17
November 9.8 11 11 9 13
December 5.1 7 4 8 4
Average 14.3 7.1 16.2 15.8 17.5 15.3

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 -5.9 -4 -1 -9 -2 -1
February -4.7 -2 -2 -6 -7 -3
March 0.6 2 -1 1 1 3
April 4.6 4 4 5 4
May 10.2 9 12 9 8
June 16.4 14 15 18 17
July 19.1 18 18 20 20
August 16.7 16 16 20 15
September 13.9 13 13 16 12
October 8.0 8 5 11 7
November 0.8 1 1 0 3
December -2.4 1 -2 0 -2
Average 5.4 -2.2 6.5 5.9 8.0 6.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.7 26 16 13 18 16
February 13.2 6 4 19 16 18
March 9.6 9 9 9 5 13
April 9.5 6 12 9 14
May 8.6 7 8 9 12
June 5.1 5 3 7 7
July 4.3 3 7 4 5
August 3.2 4 2 4 3
September 5.1 4 3 6 2
October 7.0 8 2 8 10
November 7.6 8 7 7 12
December 10.5 10 5 11 11
Average 9.1 13.6 6.7 7.1 8.1 9.5

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 8 7 7 6 7
February 7.4 8 9 7 6 7
March 8.3 9 10 8 8 8
April 7.9 8 7 7 9
May 6.7 6 7 6 9
June 5.7 6 4 6 5
July 4.4 5 4 5 4
August 4.4 5 5 4 4
September 5.1 4 5 5 5
October 6.0 6 8 5 5
November 7.1 7 8 6 8
December 6.5 6 7 6 7
Average 6.6 7.9 6.4 6.2 5.9 6.4

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 239° 232° 262° 262° 219°
February 264° 230° 229° 298° 271°
March 247° 258° 240° 242° 246°
April 233° 230° 250° 266°
May 017° 177° 290° 241°
June 353° 261° 220° 305°
July 244° 247° 276° 275°
August 267° 243° 232° 280°
September 045° 278° 247° 200°
October 258° 234° 210° 234°
November 231° 220° 229° 238°
December 223° 211° 209° 233°

Prevailing wind direction

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