Isbell Field

4A9 · Alabama, United States

Climate Isbell Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Isbell Field (K4A9) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.9 63 58 69 67 73
February 63.2 79 66 71 59 61
March 76.9 72 86 82 79 58
April 84.0 78 86 91 83
May 84.6 79 81 86 85
June 83.1 80 89 77 79
July 82.8 86 83 75 85
August 84.7 87 89 78 82
September 87.0 88 89 82 83
October 77.4 84 88 69 77
November 74.8 77 79 83 78
December 63.2 71 49 54 70
Average 77.4 71.4 78.9 81.2 75.5 76.6

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 91 85 93 88 93
February 87.5 98 91 91 84 89
March 93.4 90 96 97 91 87
April 96.1 94 96 98 97
May 96.0 97 96 96 96
June 94.6 92 98 95 95
July 93.3 92 94 90 95
August 94.4 95 94 93 95
September 96.3 98 96 96 97
October 94.6 99 95 93 93
November 94.4 97 95 95 94
December 86.5 85 76 82 89
Average 93.2 92.8 93.6 94.3 92.0 93.6

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 11.1 9 14 10 11 13
February 15.3 17 17 15 12 13
March 18.1 19 19 20 19 20
April 22.0 22 22 22 21
May 26.0 25 27 25 24
June 29.1 29 31 29 29
July 30.6 31 31 30 31
August 29.4 31 24 30 30
September 22.6 29 0 27 14
October 20.4 23 9 23 20
November 16.6 18 17 16 19
December 13.1 14 13 17 12
Average 20.4 14.8 22.6 18.4 21.7 20.4

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 0.9 -1 4 -1 1 3
February 3.9 3 6 1 1 3
March 5.9 7 5 5 7 10
April 8.3 9 8 7 8
May 13.9 14 16 13 13
June 17.9 17 18 18 18
July 19.9 20 19 20 21
August 18.6 20 15 21 20
September 12.9 16 0 16 7
October 10.0 10 3 12 11
November 4.0 5 6 2 7
December 2.9 2 6 6 0
Average 9.1 2.7 10.6 8.0 10.3 9.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.6 11 11 10 8 13
February 11.3 5 11 6 15 21
March 7.7 12 8 4 10 12
April 5.5 7 4 4 4
May 4.6 5 3 4 8
June 4.7 4 1 8 5
July 3.4 4 1 5 3
August 4.9 4 3 7 5
September 4.4 1 5 5 6
October 6.3 3 2 8 8
November 5.4 5 7 2 7
December 11.3 8 22 7 7
Average 6.7 9.5 5.6 4.8 6.7 7.7

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 5.1 6 6 6 6 6
February 5.5 7 6 6 6 6
March 6.5 7 7 7 7 6
April 6.1 6 7 6 7
May 5.0 5 6 6 5
June 4.4 5 4 5 5
July 3.8 4 5 4 4
August 3.7 4 4 4 4
September 4.3 4 5 4 5
October 4.6 6 6 4 4
November 5.1 5 6 5 5
December 5.1 5 5 5 5
Average 5.0 6.3 5.3 5.5 5.1 5.2

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 295° 250° 301° 280° 279°
February 246° 233° 259° 310° 266°
March 263° 267° 245° 086° 238°
April 247° 237° 273° 294°
May 005° 216° 233° 246°
June 280° 350° 211° 241°
July 281° 224° 231° 250°
August 297° 207° 142° 239°
September 039° 040° 027° 079°
October 265° 326° 196° 084°
November 047° 017° 298° 034°
December 259° 223° 221° 255°

Prevailing wind direction

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