Defuniak Springs Airport

54J · Florida, United States

Climate Defuniak Springs Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Defuniak Springs Airport (K54J) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.3 81 66 73 62 66
February 62.7 76 64 78 52 67
March 73.0 69 65 76 69 73
April 82.3 80 88 83 85
May 86.8 87 87 88 89
June 85.4 87 93 79 84
July 89.6 92 89 86 88
August 88.2 96 91 85 85
September 86.2 88 91 83 71
October 80.4 91 80 88 74
November 79.6 76 76 92 74
December 63.7 75 69 44 75
Average 79.2 75.3 81.7 83.9 76.2 78.5

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 88.7 92 83 92 83 89
February 80.9 89 86 88 65 84
March 87.5 81 88 89 87 84
April 92.4 89 95 92 97
May 94.0 92 91 97 94
June 93.9 97 98 89 95
July 95.0 96 96 94 93
August 94.2 100 95 93 92
September 93.6 95 96 90 88
October 89.9 94 91 95 85
November 88.9 86 84 95 87
December 80.4 88 81 66 87
Average 90.0 87.1 91.7 92.0 87.4 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 16.6 16 19 15 16 18
February 20.3 19 22 20 17 19
March 22.6 22 22 23 23 25
April 24.7 25 25 22 26
May 28.8 28 29 28 29
June 30.9 31 33 31 31
July 31.5 33 31 31 32
August 31.5 35 31 32 31
September 30.0 31 30 29 28
October 25.6 26 16 27 27
November 20.8 20 21 20 24
December 17.8 17 20 21 17
Average 24.4 19.0 25.6 24.9 24.7 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 6.4 6 9 4 7 8
February 9.9 8 11 8 7 9
March 12.0 12 11 11 12 15
April 13.9 15 14 14 14
May 17.9 18 19 17 17
June 21.7 20 23 22 22
July 22.6 23 23 22 23
August 23.0 24 22 23 23
September 21.1 21 20 20 21
October 16.0 15 7 18 17
November 10.4 11 12 8 13
December 8.5 8 11 12 5
Average 14.6 8.8 15.3 14.6 15.1 15.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.7 5 8 7 10 8
February 4.6 4 5 5 4 9
March 4.3 8 4 5 6 5
April 3.1 4 3 5 2
May 2.7 2 3 3 3
June 4.8 3 1 6 5
July 4.9 3 9 7 7
August 7.0 3 10 7 6
September 5.4 3 2 7 13
October 5.5 3 3 5 3
November 3.9 8 2 2 6
December 6.7 8 2 5 5
Average 4.9 5.3 3.8 4.4 5.5 5.7

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 5.5 7 4 4 2 7
February 5.8 7 5 5 4 6
March 6.2 7 7 5 4 6
April 5.9 6 4 4 6
May 4.6 5 2 4 6
June 3.8 5 1 2 5
July 2.9 4 1 1 4
August 2.9 4 1 2 3
September 4.0 4 3 1 5
October 5.3 6 3 2 6
November 4.7 6 4 2 4
December 4.7 6 2 2 3
Average 4.9 6.7 5.1 2.8 2.3 5.1

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 351° 262° 340° 320° 071°
February 180° 205° 108° 352° 248°
March 031° 194° 183° 165° 191°
April 091° 191° 315° 328°
May 061° 197° 126° 143°
June 212° 348° 175° 135°
July 272° 212° 270° 262°
August 360° 184° 128° 171°
September 071° 027° 010° 074°
October 029° 069° 025° 057°
November 019° 021° 356° 046°
December 041° 045° 250° 329°

Prevailing wind direction

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