Iuka Airport

15M · Mississippi, United States

Climate Iuka Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Iuka Airport (K15M) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 61.4 65 58
February 71.4 76 67
March 77.6 74 81
April 70.2 70
May 75.3 81 58
June 92.1 89 96
July 87.7 85 91
August 87.1 89 85
September 88.3 88 89
October 87.0 87 87
November 76.6 76 77
December 67.2 79 48
Average 78.3 71.9 79.8 83.2

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
January 82.5 85 80
February 86.3 90 83
March 88.7 86 91
April 83.2 83
May 89.9 93 81
June 95.4 94 97
July 93.2 91 96
August 93.3 94 93
September 94.1 95 94
October 92.7 89 96
November 87.9 84 92
December 79.8 90 64
Average 89.2 86.9 89.3 91.4

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
January 10.8 8 14
February 17.2 17 17
March 18.9 19 19
April 21.3 21
May 25.6 26 25
June 30.3 29 32
July 31.7 31 33
August 30.4 31 30
September 28.8 30 28
October 23.0 24 22
November 17.3 18 17
December 13.5 14 13
Average 21.0 14.8 22.7 25.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 1.2 -2 4
February 4.9 4 6
March 7.2 8 7
April 9.7 10
May 14.6 15 14
June 19.4 18 21
July 21.5 21 22
August 21.0 21 21
September 16.8 17 16
October 10.5 12 9
November 5.5 5 6
December 4.0 3 6
Average 9.9 3.3 11.6 14.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 9.3 13 6
February 7.7 8 8
March 6.6 8 6
April 7.7 8
May 4.4 4 6
June 2.5 4 1
July 4.2 5 3
August 4.1 4 4
September 2.0 1 3
October 3.4 4 3
November 4.1 3 5
December 8.5 5 14
Average 6.0 9.1 4.7 4.2

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
January 3.9 4 4
February 4.5 5 4
March 4.4 4 5
April 4.3 4
May 3.7 4 4
June 2.5 2 3
July 2.3 2 3
August 2.5 3 3
September 2.9 3 3
October 3.7 4 4
November 3.5 4 4
December 3.8 4 4
Average 3.6 4.2 3.4 3.1

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 120° 165°
February 144° 158°
March 138° 143°
April 113°
May 094° 154°
June 083° 086°
July 140° 173°
August 056° 151°
September 080° 055°
October 147° 130°
November 104° 093°
December 135° 116°

Prevailing wind direction

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