Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport

1R7 · Mississippi, United States

Climate Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport (K1R7) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.5 63 76 65 57
February 62.1 64 66 54 54
March 76.3 78 79 76 74 69
April 80.6 82 81 83 76
May 83.3 88 85 80 80
June 84.9 91 90 76 83
July 84.0 91 92 80 75
August 84.0 95 72 82 84
September 85.6 95 90 73 71
October 79.4 85 92 81 76
November 76.1 70 77 81 73
December 63.8 72 62 60 74
Average 78.1 77.5 82.9 81.2 74.3 73.2

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 2021 2020
January 81.8 79 88 86 70
February 78.9 84 82 71 70
March 90.4 91 91 91 88 89
April 91.3 90 92 92 92
May 92.6 95 93 93 90
June 93.4 97 97 87 93
July 92.0 97 95 88 88
August 90.4 100 80 88 93
September 92.4 96 95 86 87
October 90.3 95 96 92 89
November 85.5 80 84 89 86
December 82.7 83 79 85 90
Average 89.4 90.9 91.6 89.8 87.2 86.8

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 16.6 17 15 15 16
February 17.4 20 18 13 18
March 22.2 21 23 22 22 25
April 24.8 24 25 23 24
May 27.9 28 30 27 27
June 31.3 32 33 30 31
July 32.1 34 33 31 32
August 32.3 37 30 31 32
September 30.4 34 28 28 29
October 25.9 27 25 26 26
November 19.3 20 19 17 22
December 18.1 20 18 21 16
Average 24.4 20.6 26.8 24.8 23.7 24.7

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 5.9 7 2 5 8
February 4.8 10 4 3 7
March 10.0 9 11 8 11 15
April 12.7 13 13 11 13
May 17.5 17 19 17 16
June 20.8 20 22 22 20
July 22.4 22 23 22 23
August 22.0 23 21 23 21
September 19.3 19 17 20 20
October 13.6 14 11 16 14
November 7.5 8 8 7 10
December 8.1 10 10 11 4
Average 12.9 8.9 14.8 13.1 14.0 14.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.9 0 0 0 12
February 2.6 0 0 0 11
March 1.0 0 0 0 0 4
April 0.5 0 1 0 1
May 0.5 0 0 0 2
June 1.2 0 1 0 1
July 1.7 0 2 0 0
August 0.6 0 1 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 2.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.4 0 0 0 0
December 1.7 0 0 0 0
Average 1.4 0.3 2.4

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 4.3 5 6 6 0
February 4.6 6 6 4 1
March 5.9 5 6 6 6 6
April 5.2 5 6 5 5
May 4.3 3 4 5 5
June 3.9 3 3 4 4
July 3.3 3 3 3 4
August 3.2 4 2 3 4
September 3.1 3 3 3 4
October 4.0 4 4 4 4
November 3.2 3 4 3 4
December 3.2 3 4 5 5
Average 4.2 4.6 4.0 4.3 4.3 3.9

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 229° 283° 248° 360°
February 202° 187° 195° 286°
March 147° 185° 206° 158° 183°
April 193° 171° 151° 289°
May 272° 186° 139° 178°
June 241° 295° 172° 179°
July 257° 204° 222° 220°
August 282° 201° 177° 300°
September 354° 007° 011° 007°
October 275° 199° 186° 285°
November 350° 344° 358° 002°
December 199° 202° 191° 250°

Prevailing wind direction

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