5 Lakes Airport

PA81 · Pennsylvania, United States

Climate 5 Lakes Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hagerstown Regional/Richard A Henson Field (KHGR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.8 64 77 85 82 86
February 81.1 92 88 86 67 79
March 80.5 77 80 83 83 79
April 85.2 77 85 86 90 87
May 79.7 96 72 85 81
June 86.4 74 85 88 93
July 90.8 88 91 93 93
August 88.3 90 91 90 90
September 80.0 69 85 88 86
October 78.4 85 76 70 80
November 87.7 92 84 99 89
December 77.3 68 70 87 84
Average 82.6 76.9 82.7 83.3 85.5 85.7

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 86.8 79 86 88 88 91
February 86.8 96 92 92 80 87
March 88.1 86 92 87 89 90
April 93.6 88 92 93 96 95
May 92.1 98 86 97 95
June 93.4 83 93 96 97
July 96.1 95 96 98 97
August 94.9 96 96 95 97
September 92.2 87 92 95 94
October 90.8 91 91 90 89
November 92.5 95 89 100 95
December 83.5 74 77 94 90
Average 90.9 86.7 90.3 90.7 93.4 93.2

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 5.4 5 8 3 5 7
February 9.1 10 12 9 4 9
March 12.3 14 12 14 14 15
April 18.6 19 21 17 19 16
May 23.4 23 24 23 21
June 27.9 27 28 29 29
July 30.7 31 30 31 33
August 29.4 29 30 31 29
September 25.7 26 25 26 25
October 19.9 20 17 21 20
November 12.1 13 14 12 16
December 7.6 9 6 11 7
Average 17.7 11.9 19.2 18.4 18.7 18.7

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 -2.3 -1 2 -5 -2 0
February 0.0 1 1 -2 -2 1
March 2.5 5 2 3 4 5
April 8.0 10 9 6 8 6
May 13.1 11 14 12 12
June 17.8 15 18 19 18
July 20.7 21 21 20 22
August 19.8 20 20 21 22
September 16.2 16 16 17 15
October 10.7 10 8 13 10
November 3.3 3 5 2 6
December 0.3 2 0 2 -1
Average 8.5 3.3 9.2 8.8 9.4 9.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.0 19 11 10 6 6
February 9.7 5 4 11 13 7
March 10.3 13 10 13 5 8
April 8.5 10 10 10 4 9
May 7.9 6 9 9 6
June 4.8 8 5 6 2
July 3.7 1 5 3 2
August 3.3 2 3 3 4
September 6.9 10 5 7 3
October 6.8 6 9 5 7
November 6.3 4 8 2 5
December 9.2 10 13 3 9
Average 7.5 11.9 6.7 7.9 5.4 5.2

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 8.3 8 8 8 8 9
February 8.0 7 9 10 8 8
March 9.0 9 9 10 9 7
April 8.4 8 7 8 8 10
May 6.7 6 7 6 8
June 6.8 7 7 6 7
July 5.6 6 5 6 6
August 5.6 6 6 5 6
September 6.0 6 7 7 6
October 6.9 6 7 7 7
November 7.5 7 8 7 8
December 6.5 6 6 6 8
Average 7.2 8.0 6.7 7.1 6.8 7.3

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 290° 278° 300° 300° 284°
February 283° 265° 257° 300° 264°
March 295° 291° 265° 286° 265°
April 251° 253° 287° 283° 292°
May 298° 136° 294° 277°
June 297° 263° 226° 261°
July 255° 227° 255° 253°
August 269° 225° 203° 253°
September 352° 289° 254° 254°
October 290° 282° 268° 279°
November 265° 252° 280° 251°
December 284° 301° 236° 278°

Prevailing wind direction

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