Palatka Municipal-Lt. Kay Larkin Field

28J · Florida, United States

Climate Palatka Municipal-Lt. Kay Larkin Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Palatka Municipal-Lt. Kay Larkin Field (K28J) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.9 85 91 78 81
February 80.8 87 86 78 83
March 85.8 81 85 83 82 91
April 86.3 81 91 87 86
May 87.7 85 82 93 88
June 82.9 85 31 86 90
July 91.7 92 94 86 94
August 89.4 93 94 91 58
September 85.2 87 80 60
October 83.8 87 88 71
November 69.6 78 62 62
December 74.7 86 77 68
Average 84.4 84.0 86.4 80.3 79.5 86.4

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 92.3 92 95 87 95
February 90.5 94 91 88 93
March 93.8 93 92 91 91 95
April 92.2 86 94 91 94
May 93.3 95 84 96 96
June 88.7 94 34 92 93
July 95.8 97 97 92 96
August 94.2 98 96 97 60
September 91.5 97 89 70
October 91.3 92 94 80
November 83.7 87 84 71
December 87.0 95 88 85
Average 91.7 92.8 93.2 87.1 87.1 92.7

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 19.6 20 20 17 20
February 23.0 21 24 21 20
March 24.3 26 24 24 24 26
April 25.8 24 25 25 26
May 28.8 27 29 28 28
June 30.5 30 31 30 30
July 31.6 33 31 30 31
August 31.0 34 31 30 21
September 29.8 31 28 25
October 27.1 27 25 27
November 21.6 23 23 18
December 21.0 21 20 22
Average 25.8 22.3 26.4 25.2 25.8 25.5

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 6.1 6 5 4 7
February 7.5 7 9 7 7
March 8.9 12 10 11 10 11
April 10.1 10 11 10 13
May 13.1 14 15 13 14
June 18.1 17 18 17 19
July 20.8 22 20 21 20
August 19.1 23 19 22 11
September 18.1 20 18 14
October 15.2 15 11 14
November 10.2 11 12 6
December 9.4 10 9 9
Average 12.5 8.3 13.9 12.8 13.4 13.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.6 3 1 1 2
February 3.3 6 2 3 5
March 2.2 4 2 4 0 0
April 2.7 2 1 3 3
May 2.2 2 1 1 3
June 4.1 3 1 4 7
July 2.5 3 1 4 2
August 2.0 2 1 2 0
September 4.2 3 8 2
October 2.5 2 1 0
November 3.9 5 5 5
December 3.6 5 2 1
Average 3.0 4.1 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.9

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 6.6 6 6 7 6
February 6.3 6 7 6 6
March 6.9 6 7 7 7 6
April 6.9 7 7 6 7
May 6.5 6 6 7 7
June 5.4 6 6 5 5
July 4.6 4 4 5 6
August 4.7 6 4 5 3
September 5.6 6 5 3
October 6.1 6 5 5
November 5.8 6 7 5
December 5.4 6 4 5
Average 5.9 6.2 5.9 5.7 5.2 6.0

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 292° 258° 313° 006°
February 316° 248° 088° 315°
March 168° 257° 217° 083° 216°
April 093° 100° 055° 231°
May 055° 123° 083° 088°
June 253° 167° 173° 097°
July 244° 200° 154° 182°
August 144° 122° 177° 117°
September 063° 047° 084°
October 039° 038° 061°
November 027° 035° 021°
December 007° 039° 250°

Prevailing wind direction

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