Scottsboro Municipal-Word Field

4A6 · Alabama, United States

Climate Scottsboro Municipal-Word Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Scottsboro Municipal-Word Field (K4A6) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.6 63 62 70 69 79
February 65.2 79 65 69 60 64
March 79.3 75 85 84 79 64
April 87.1 78 90 92 86
May 85.7 83 84 88 83
June 84.1 76 91 82 77
July 79.2 62 83 70 79
August 84.4 96 78 78 81
September 82.8 77 81 71 85
October 79.8 96 91 66 74
November 79.5 85 84 84 79
December 67.7 72 46 61 70
Average 78.6 72.2 78.2 80.9 75.4 76.9

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 90.2 90 86 93 91 80
February 90.1 97 90 92 88 83
March 94.4 92 97 97 94 86
April 96.9 94 99 99 96
May 95.5 95 96 98 92
June 93.9 83 97 97 92
July 88.6 63 95 86 90
August 93.6 96 90 88 94
September 89.8 77 91 85 93
October 92.1 97 99 82 90
November 94.2 95 93 96 94
December 87.3 88 74 86 89
Average 92.4 92.7 88.1 93.8 90.9 90.1

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 2020
January 11.5 10 14 10 11 13
February 15.7 17 18 15 13 14
March 18.8 20 19 20 20 20
April 22.6 22 23 22 22
May 26.8 26 28 25 25
June 29.6 27 32 29 29
July 30.2 22 33 31 32
August 31.1 32 30 31 31
September 28.5 24 28 28 28
October 23.7 24 23 24 24
November 17.0 19 18 16 19
December 13.7 14 14 18 12
Average 21.6 15.4 21.7 23.1 22.3 22.3

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 1.8 0 5 -1 3 5
February 4.7 4 7 2 1 4
March 7.2 8 7 7 8 11
April 9.7 10 10 9 9
May 15.4 15 17 14 14
June 18.9 16 20 20 19
July 20.5 13 23 21 22
August 20.9 21 21 22 22
September 17.1 13 16 18 17
October 11.7 11 7 14 13
November 4.8 6 6 3 7
December 3.8 3 7 7 1
Average 10.5 3.7 10.5 11.4 11.5 11.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.3 12 8 8 5 11
February 10.4 5 9 7 12 17
March 6.8 12 6 3 6 13
April 6.0 9 3 2 8
May 4.0 5 4 1 7
June 3.8 2 1 6 3
July 2.4 0 2 5 2
August 3.5 0 6 6 4
September 3.6 1 5 4 4
October 5.4 5 1 6 7
November 4.8 5 5 2 7
December 8.8 7 18 4 6
Average 5.9 9.9 4.3 4.5 4.6 7.0

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 4.8 5 4 5 5 4
February 5.0 5 5 6 5 5
March 5.6 5 6 6 5 5
April 5.3 5 6 5 5
May 4.1 4 5 4 4
June 3.7 3 4 4 4
July 2.7 0 4 3 3
August 2.7 0 3 3 3
September 3.3 1 4 3 4
October 3.1 0 4 3 3
November 3.7 2 4 4 4
December 4.2 4 4 4 4
Average 4.1 4.9 2.7 4.4 4.0 4.0

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 299° 251° 309° 297° 243°
February 242° 237° 247° 325° 294°
March 274° 281° 239° 353° 253°
April 274° 236° 280° 299°
May 332° 233° 291° 267°
June 303° 015° 215° 271°
July 360° 222° 232° 270°
August 360° 247° 203° 307°
September 021° 023° 018° 017°
October 360° 345° 266° 010°
November 302° 350° 004° 345°
December 296° 248° 239° 292°

Prevailing wind direction

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