Climate Lucius Weather Station 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lucius Weather Station (K18H) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	52.9	59	33	67
February	54.6	74	38	51
March	50.5	57	65	30
April	42.2		74	17
May	58.7		72	45
June	91.0		93	90
July	94.2		96	93
August	94.1		95	94
September	95.3		95	96
October	92.1		92	93
November	77.1		86	68
December	79.8		85	71
Average	69.7	63.6	77.9	67.7

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
January	73.5	79	60	82
February	75.5	88	60	79
March	75.1	83	85	58
April	55.1		84	31
May	80.6		86	75
June	98.8		99	99
July	98.6		99	98
August	97.4		99	96
September	98.6		98	99
October	97.7		98	98
November	93.7		97	91
December	88.7		93	81
Average	84.8	83.3	88.8	82.2

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
January	23.9	24	24	23
February	23.7	24	24	23
March	25.8	26	26	25
April	27.5		27	28
May	30.1		29	31
June	32.0		32	32
July	33.9		34	34
August	33.9		35	33
September	32.6		33	32
October	29.2		30	29
November	26.9		26	28
December	25.7		25	28
Average	27.4	24.6	28.8	28.9

85th highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	19.3	19	21	18
February	19.7	19	21	19
March	21.7	21	22	22
April	23.4		23	24
May	25.5		25	26
June	27.7		28	28
July	28.2		29	28
August	28.8		30	28
September	28.2		29	28
October	25.2		26	25
November	23.2		23	24
December	22.0		21	24
Average	23.0	19.9	24.7	24.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	0.0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0
April	0.0		0	0
May	0.0		0	0
June	0.0		0	0
July	0.0		0	0
August	0.0		0	0
September	0.0		0	0
October	0.0		0	0
November	0.0		0	0
December	0.0		0	0
Average

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	12.9	13	13	13
February	13.6	14	14	14
March	12.5	11	13	14
April	10.9		11	11
May	7.0		6	8
June	6.2		7	6
July	5.4		5	6
August	5.6		6	5
September	5.8		5	7
October	8.7		9	9
November	11.2		11	12
December	10.9		12	10
Average	10.2	12.6	8.9	9.2

85th highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022
January	061°	118°	018°
February	131°	131°	099°
March	097°	130°	115°
April		087°	110°
May		100°	137°
June		143°	108°
July		136°	148°
August		049°	143°
September		058°	048°
October		030°	062°
November		033°	076°
December		020°	101°

Prevailing wind direction

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