Columbia/Marion County Airport

0R0 · Mississippi, United States

Climate Columbia/Marion County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Columbia/Marion County Airport (K0R0) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.6 71 68 82 67 63
February 67.1 84 73 69 57 74
March 80.4 79 80 84 84 76
April 82.6 81 86 81 82
May 74.3 35 83 78 85
June 68.6 0 91 75 84
July 68.3 0 94 80 78
August 72.2 0 79 87 89
September 84.8 86 85 87 75
October 82.1 87 90 86 77
November 76.9 71 75 86 75
December 66.9 88 75 63 72
Average 75.4 77.8 53.1 83.3 76.8 77.9

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 88.5 90 89 95 92 83
February 85.0 96 92 90 79 87
March 91.9 89 91 97 91 93
April 93.7 94 94 92 96
May 82.7 37 90 92 94
June 76.7 0 96 89 94
July 74.0 0 95 89 90
August 78.1 0 86 93 96
September 91.1 87 91 94 97
October 92.8 96 97 93 92
November 90.0 93 88 96 86
December 85.7 98 94 84 89
Average 86.7 91.5 61.2 92.7 90.1 91.3

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 16.4 15 20 17 17 18
February 20.3 21 22 20 16 18
March 23.4 23 25 24 23 26
April 25.5 26 27 26 26
May 26.4 12 32 29 29
June 26.8 0 35 32 32
July 26.7 0 34 32 33
August 27.8 0 33 34 32
September 31.2 33 32 29 28
October 27.0 28 27 28 27
November 21.0 21 22 21 24
December 18.2 18 16 23 18
Average 23.8 19.7 16.9 26.9 25.4 26.0

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 3.8 2 8 2 4 7
February 8.2 7 10 5 4 7
March 10.2 10 12 8 11 14
April 12.2 13 12 12 14
May 15.0 6 18 17 16
June 16.7 0 22 20 20
July 17.3 0 23 22 21
August 18.4 0 22 22 21
September 18.6 16 18 17 21
October 13.6 13 12 16 14
November 7.4 8 8 6 10
December 6.4 4 7 11 3
Average 11.7 6.0 7.3 13.3 12.9 14.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.0 0 7 2 1 15
February 9.1 0 6 3 6 14
March 15.2 0 7 1 10 2
April 16.0 6 5 11 24
May 8.0 2 2 4 23
June 17.1 0 1 5 47
July 10.7 0 14 6 14
August 5.5 0 7 2 11
September 7.2 0 8 1 3
October 8.5 0 9 8 2
November 5.7 0 4 0 8
December 8.4 0 13 5 1
Average 9.8 2.2 4.8 5.0 14.4

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 5.5 6 5 6 6 5
February 6.0 6 6 6 5 5
March 6.0 5 6 6 6 7
April 5.8 6 6 5 5
May 4.6 3 5 6 5
June 4.3 4 4 5 5
July 3.4 3 3 3 4
August 3.6 5 3 4 3
September 3.6 4 3 4 5
October 4.5 5 4 4 5
November 4.1 4 4 4 4
December 4.7 4 4 5 5
Average 4.8 5.7 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8

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 268° 209° 305° 262° 139°
February 220° 203° 179° 343° 293°
March 158° 192° 203° 159° 190°
April 154° 174° 165° 248°
May 147° 183° 142° 167°
June 225° 278° 160° 175°
July 246° 207° 202° 195°
August 276° 166° 136° 144°
September 073° 031° 034° 059°
October 072° 150° 149° 072°
November 030° 035° 029° 043°
December 200° 144° 200° 212°

Prevailing wind direction

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