Prattville/Grouby Field

1A9 · Alabama, United States

Climate Prattville/Grouby Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Prattville/Grouby Field (K1A9) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.4 74 70 77 73 68
February 67.9 82 70 74 62 65
March 78.9 76 82 76 82 72
April 85.3 81 85 91 88
May 85.1 77 82 88 88
June 84.1 88 95 81 86
July 83.8 88 84 77 80
August 83.4 95 77 83 85
September 85.8 86 84 80 75
October 81.0 88 92 82 72
November 75.1 80 81 92 46
December 65.2 77 57 58 75
Average 79.4 77.4 82.3 81.5 79.6 76.3

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 90.7 93 86 93 91 87
February 87.8 97 93 93 84 88
March 93.5 92 96 91 94 87
April 94.0 93 92 96 95
May 94.4 95 94 97 94
June 93.4 94 98 93 96
July 91.5 93 91 87 89
August 91.4 97 88 95 93
September 95.0 96 93 91 95
October 93.1 97 95 95 89
November 85.0 89 88 98 56
December 85.8 94 76 87 90
Average 91.8 93.7 93.7 91.6 92.3 88.9

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 14.7 14 17 14 14 15
February 19.0 19 21 18 16 16
March 21.4 21 22 22 22 24
April 24.3 25 24 23 24
May 28.3 27 29 27 28
June 31.0 31 33 30 30
July 32.3 33 33 31 33
August 31.9 35 29 32 33
September 30.0 31 30 29 29
October 25.3 25 25 25 25
November 16.7 12 20 19 13
December 15.2 9 18 20 15
Average 23.5 17.9 23.9 24.6 24.1 23.7

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 2.6 1 1 1 4 6
February 5.8 5 1 4 4 5
March 8.2 9 3 7 10 12
April 9.8 6 10 10 10
May 14.9 10 17 15 14
June 19.7 17 21 19 20
July 21.8 22 22 21 22
August 21.2 22 19 22 22
September 18.2 17 18 17 20
October 13.4 12 9 14 15
November 5.2 3 8 5 4
December 4.9 2 9 8 2
Average 11.3 4.8 9.6 12.3 12.4 12.8

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 8 7 9 10 14
February 9.3 7 5 10 10 19
March 6.7 9 7 5 11 10
April 4.9 5 9 4 6
May 4.7 4 5 2 6
June 7.0 4 2 9 7
July 4.0 4 2 6 3
August 6.4 2 10 6 5
September 4.5 2 2 10 6
October 5.0 3 3 5 6
November 6.4 10 4 2 4
December 8.8 6 3 7 6
Average 6.5 8.1 4.8 5.3 6.8 7.2

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 4.3 3 4 4 4 4
February 4.6 5 5 5 5 5
March 4.8 5 5 5 5 4
April 4.5 5 5 4 5
May 3.6 4 4 4 4
June 3.1 4 3 3 3
July 2.6 3 3 2 3
August 2.8 3 2 3 3
September 3.2 3 3 3 4
October 3.7 4 3 3 3
November 3.4 4 4 3 3
December 3.5 1 4 3 4
Average 3.7 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.7

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 299° 273° 295° 278° 034°
February 277° 234° 274° 312° 272°
March 354° 236° 238° 126° 222°
April 040° 219° 270° 299°
May 044° 198° 129° 354°
June 262° 354° 142° 159°
July 272° 219° 252° 227°
August 316° 209° 095° 239°
September 070° 036° 028° 063°
October 001° 001° 257° 065°
November 033° 025° 358° 011°
December 289° 264° 223° 295°

Prevailing wind direction

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