Keystone Heights Airport

42J · Florida, United States

Climate Keystone Heights Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Keystone Heights Airport (K42J) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.5 80 91 80 74 78
February 77.0 87 85 76 65 73
March 81.6 83 84 80 79 92
April 85.1 85 91 90 89
May 87.7 85 91 93 84
June 83.6 83 88 81 81
July 81.8 89 93 82 91
August 87.4 92 89 87 89
September 85.4 89 80 81 80
October 84.3 79 88 90 78
November 74.6 76 68 82 72
December 74.6 83 80 66 83
Average 82.5 83.1 85.2 84.6 81.6 82.9

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 90.6 92 95 87 91 89
February 86.0 94 89 84 79 83
March 88.1 92 91 86 88 95
April 90.3 92 94 93 95
May 92.4 93 95 95 90
June 90.4 91 93 90 90
July 86.8 96 97 89 96
August 93.0 96 94 94 95
September 92.1 97 89 89 87
October 91.9 89 92 95 87
November 86.5 83 88 89 85
December 86.6 93 91 84 92
Average 89.9 92.3 92.2 91.1 89.8 90.5

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 19.4 19 22 18 19 21
February 23.1 21 25 22 22 22
March 23.8 25 25 25 25 28
April 26.0 28 27 26 27
May 30.0 29 31 30 30
June 31.6 32 33 31 31
July 30.2 33 33 31 33
August 32.3 33 32 32 33
September 30.7 31 29 30 30
October 27.8 27 26 28 29
November 23.0 22 24 21 25
December 20.8 20 22 23 19
Average 26.0 21.4 27.1 26.9 26.6 27.2

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 7.4 7 8 6 8 9
February 10.6 8 12 9 9 10
March 11.0 13 13 12 12 14
April 13.9 16 15 13 15
May 17.5 17 19 16 17
June 21.5 21 21 22 21
July 20.7 23 23 22 23
August 22.7 24 23 23 22
September 21.0 20 21 21 22
October 17.2 15 14 17 19
November 12.0 12 15 9 16
December 9.6 10 11 12 6
Average 14.8 9.4 15.8 15.7 15.3 16.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 7.4 8 7 8 7 7
February 7.2 7 8 7 7 8
March 7.4 7 8 8 8 7
April 7.5 8 8 7 8
May 6.9 7 6 8 8
June 6.0 8 6 6 6
July 4.7 6 5 6 6
August 5.1 6 5 6 5
September 5.8 5 6 5 6
October 6.5 7 5 6 7
November 6.6 6 8 6 8
December 6.5 8 5 6 6
Average 6.5 7.4 7.0 6.4 6.5 6.7

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 294° 247° 300° 245° 048°
February 239° 242° 104° 257° 259°
March 196° 232° 218° 059° 213°
April 102° 117° 207° 240°
May 039° 192° 087° 083°
June 245° 093° 184° 087°
July 251° 199° 199° 200°
August 188° 130° 161° 193°
September 053° 030° 085° 067°
October 026° 026° 042° 052°
November 022° 033° 011° 049°
December 348° 047° 236° 293°

Prevailing wind direction

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