Bay Minette Municipal Airport

1R8 · Alabama, United States

Climate Bay Minette Municipal Airport 2021-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bay Minette Municipal Airport (K1R8) between 2021 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 76.5 76 75 79
February 71.3 81 66 66
March 73.2 66 77 77
April 79.7 78 81
May 86.0 84 88
June 91.6 92 92
July 90.6 93 88
August 90.5 95 86
September 92.7 92 94
October 88.8 87 92 87
November 80.8 71 81 91
December 65.5 83 52 56
Average 79.2 73.9 83.5 83.0 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
January 90.7 90 89 93
February 88.6 94 83 89
March 89.0 83 92 92
April 92.5 91 95
May 93.3 93 94
June 96.7 98 96
July 95.5 96 95
August 95.1 98 92
September 96.6 98 95
October 96.3 96 97 96
November 88.9 83 88 97
December 80.1 91 70 75
Average 90.4 88.7 92.7 92.2 88.1

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
January 16.9 16 19 16
February 20.2 20 22 19
March 23.0 22 23 24
April 25.1 25 25
May 29.1 29 30
June 32.5 32 33
July 32.4 33 32
August 33.1 36 31
September 31.1 32 31
October 25.5 26 26 25
November 20.3 20 21 20
December 19.5 17 19 22
Average 23.2 19.2 26.1 25.7 21.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 4.7 4 8 3
February 8.9 8 11 8
March 11.0 11 12 10
April 13.5 14 13
May 17.7 17 18
June 21.4 21 22
July 22.5 22 23
August 22.4 23 23
September 19.8 21 19
October 13.3 14 12 15
November 9.0 9 11 7
December 9.6 7 11 12
Average 11.9 7.5 14.8 14.5 10.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 2.8 4 3 2
February 1.9 1 4 1
March 2.4 4 2 2
April 1.9 3 1
May 1.0 1 1
June 1.2 1 1
July 1.8 2 2
August 2.8 1 5
September 0.9 1 1
October 1.2 3 1 0
November 1.7 4 1 0
December 1.4 1 2 2
Average 1.8 2.9 2.0 1.5 0.8

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
January 6.5 7 6 7
February 7.0 7 7 8
March 6.6 7 6 7
April 6.8 7 7
May 5.0 5 5
June 4.5 5 4
July 3.6 4 3
August 3.9 5 3
September 4.9 5 5
October 5.6 6 5 6
November 5.5 6 6 5
December 5.7 6 5 6
Average 5.7 6.6 5.5 5.3 5.4

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 002° 252° 330°
February 268° 192° 068°
March 028° 216° 211°
April 105° 175°
May 023° 174°
June 244° 324°
July 294° 178°
August 289° 151°
September 057° 021°
October 012° 011° 301°
November 029° 024° 009°
December 027° 021° 207°

Prevailing wind direction

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