Middlesboro/Bell County Airport

1A6 · Kentucky, United States

Climate Middlesboro/Bell County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Middlesboro/Bell County Airport (K1A6) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.7 51 51 65 55 72
February 65.5 79 67 73 54 57
March 80.1 81 84 91 83 58
April 83.9 88 85 91 79
May 83.4 87 78 83 85
June 83.6 83 92 86 81
July 78.8 77 76 78 83
August 75.5 71 79 77 73
September 75.5 79 73 73 77
October 70.5 79 77 62 66
November 75.9 85 76 81 88
December 67.4 71 43 67 59
Average 75.3 71.2 78.1 78.1 75.1 74.1

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 91.7 87 86 93 91 95
February 93.4 96 94 96 90 94
March 97.2 97 99 98 97 96
April 97.3 99 99 99 97
May 95.0 97 94 97 96
June 93.4 94 96 96 92
July 87.9 88 90 87 88
August 86.5 87 87 90 85
September 85.2 83 85 82 92
October 88.1 90 91 87 87
November 94.6 96 96 95 94
December 93.2 94 89 95 91
Average 92.1 93.7 92.3 92.9 92.0 92.1

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 8.2 7 10 6 7 10
February 12.7 15 14 13 8 11
March 16.3 18 16 18 18 17
April 20.7 22 20 20 19
May 25.3 24 26 24 23
June 28.2 27 30 28 28
July 30.2 30 31 30 32
August 29.1 29 30 30 29
September 26.9 27 25 26 26
October 21.3 21 19 22 22
November 14.6 16 16 14 17
December 10.8 12 12 15 8
Average 19.5 13.0 20.9 20.7 20.1 20.2

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 -1.1 -2 1 -3 0 2
February 1.6 1 4 -1 -1 1
March 3.7 5 3 3 4 7
April 6.9 7 7 5 6
May 12.7 11 14 11 11
June 16.3 15 17 17 16
July 19.1 18 21 19 20
August 18.4 19 19 19 19
September 15.4 15 14 15 15
October 9.1 9 5 11 10
November 1.8 2 3 0 3
December 1.1 1 4 4 -1
Average 7.9 1.1 8.9 8.5 8.5 9.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.9 22 20 14 14 15
February 14.5 9 10 11 14 26
March 9.8 12 7 5 10 15
April 10.2 7 7 8 12
May 7.1 4 9 6 11
June 6.5 7 2 8 6
July 4.3 4 7 4 4
August 5.3 7 2 8 3
September 6.1 2 7 7 6
October 6.9 6 5 9 4
November 7.2 6 7 3 7
December 13.3 12 24 9 17
Average 9.2 14.3 6.9 7.1 8.0 10.0

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 3.8 4 4 4 4 4
February 4.3 4 5 5 4 4
March 4.8 4 5 5 4 5
April 4.4 4 5 4 5
May 3.4 3 3 3 4
June 2.8 3 3 3 3
July 2.3 3 2 3 2
August 2.1 2 3 2 2
September 2.2 2 2 2 2
October 2.6 3 3 3 3
November 3.3 3 3 3 3
December 2.9 3 2 4 3
Average 3.3 4.1 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.3

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 241° 212° 225° 259° 250°
February 218° 195° 230° 308° 224°
March 234° 246° 243° 201° 218°
April 243° 219° 262° 288°
May 310° 200° 314° 224°
June 301° 273° 195° 220°
July 238° 204° 235° 257°
August 210° 220° 212° 221°
September 346° 342° 222° 190°
October 278° 284° 208° 192°
November 194° 253° 200° 242°
December 218° 176° 194° 258°

Prevailing wind direction

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