Climate Placida Weather Station 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Placida Weather Station (K54A) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	87.6	82	92	85
February	84.9	90	84	82
March	89.5	91	89	89
April	89.4		87	93
May	93.6		93	94
June	90.1		93	88
July	97.6		98	98
August	94.2		93	95
September	92.3		94	91
October	94.2		93	96
November	79.7		82	77
December	88.3		86	92
Average	89.2	87.8	89.8	90.2

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
January	93.6	91	95	94
February	92.5	96	92	90
March	95.1	95	95	96
April	95.2		94	97
May	96.8		97	97
June	97.7		98	97
July	99.3		100	99
August	97.4		97	98
September	96.8		98	96
October	96.8		96	98
November	90.7		92	89
December	94.0		94	94
Average	94.9	93.8	95.2	95.7

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
January	22.6	23	25	21
February	24.7	24	27	24
March	26.7	28	28	25
April	29.8		30	30
May	31.3		31	31
June	32.7		33	33
July	34.2		34	34
August	33.7		34	34
September	32.8		33	33
October	29.8		30	29
November	27.6		27	28
December	24.3		24	26
Average	27.6	24.5	29.6	28.8

89th highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	12.7	14	13	12
February	13.5	12	16	12
March	15.7	19	18	11
April	18.7		20	18
May	20.8		22	20
June	22.4		23	22
July	24.8		25	24
August	22.6		25	20
September	22.3		24	21
October	19.8		21	19
November	17.9		17	19
December	15.5		15	16
Average	17.4	14.6	19.8	17.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	1.1	4	0	1
February	1.1	3	0	1
March	0.5	1	0	1
April	0.8		1	1
May	0.8		1	1
June	0.7		1	1
July	0.5		1	0
August	1.6		3	1
September	1.3		2	1
October	1.4		1	2
November	3.7		3	5
December	2.9		5	0
Average	1.5	2.6	1.1	1.0

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
January	6.2	8	5	6
February	6.5	7	6	7
March	7.3	8	6	9
April	7.1		7	8
May	6.3		6	6
June	6.1		7	6
July	5.4		5	6
August	5.6		6	5
September	5.2		5	5
October	7.1		8	6
November	6.9		7	7
December	7.4		8	6
Average	6.8	7.7	6.3	6.4

89th highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022
January	085°	097°	037°
February	195°	112°	093°
March	171°	166°	169°
April		117°	140°
May		292°	204°
June		241°	214°
July		253°	149°
August		157°	161°
September		057°	113°
October		047°	055°
November		051°	051°
December		055°	056°

Prevailing wind direction

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