Bluebird Hill Airport

5F5 · Louisiana, United States

Climate Bluebird Hill Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shreveport Regional Airport (KSHV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.9 59 66 86 63 52
February 59.8 77 65 62 49 58
March 75.0 69 74 83 85 58
April 77.3 73 74 81 75
May 83.4 85 82 75 82
June 87.8 85 95 86 90
July 92.7 93 93 93 90
August 90.0 98 77 91 95
September 87.7 90 98 85 77
October 80.5 76 89 92 69
November 76.4 74 70 84 84
December 72.1 85 63 65 69
Average 78.5 68.2 80.8 81.9 79.9 75.8

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 85.2 78 83 97 86 71
February 80.8 91 82 83 78 79
March 91.9 87 91 95 94 84
April 92.6 90 95 94 88
May 94.8 97 95 91 95
June 96.6 95 100 96 97
July 97.7 98 98 98 99
August 95.7 100 87 98 98
September 95.1 96 99 94 89
October 91.1 92 95 97 86
November 90.4 89 86 91 91
December 86.5 95 78 89 85
Average 91.2 85.2 92.5 92.8 92.5 89.0

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 15.5 14 18 17 14 16
February 18.1 22 20 18 13 17
March 22.7 23 24 23 23 23
April 24.9 24 27 25 24
May 29.3 30 31 28 28
June 32.7 34 35 33 32
July 34.5 35 37 34 33
August 34.6 39 34 34 34
September 32.1 34 32 32 30
October 26.4 27 27 29 25
November 20.2 21 20 21 23
December 17.5 18 19 23 17
Average 25.0 19.4 27.0 26.8 25.6 25.0

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 4.7 3 8 3 5 6
February 7.0 10 9 3 2 6
March 11.0 13 11 9 10 14
April 13.1 13 15 13 14
May 18.5 18 20 18 18
June 22.6 23 23 23 22
July 24.2 25 26 24 24
August 24.1 26 25 24 23
September 21.0 22 20 20 21
October 14.7 16 13 17 14
November 8.5 10 9 8 10
December 7.0 6 11 12 5
Average 13.9 8.2 15.6 14.8 14.7 14.6

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 16 13 2 7 10
February 12.4 9 14 18 7 13
March 5.3 9 3 5 6 10
April 4.8 10 5 5 4
May 3.4 2 2 6 5
June 2.5 1 1 4 2
July 1.8 1 3 2 3
August 3.7 0 9 3 3
September 3.9 5 1 4 5
October 5.0 5 3 4 6
November 5.8 7 11 4 3
December 7.3 4 14 2 10
Average 5.8 11.1 5.0 5.7 4.2 5.8

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 8.1 8 9 9 8 7
February 8.3 9 9 8 8 8
March 8.4 7 9 9 9 8
April 8.2 8 9 8 7
May 7.5 6 8 8 8
June 6.8 6 6 6 7
July 6.1 6 6 5 6
August 6.1 7 6 6 6
September 5.9 6 5 6 7
October 7.1 8 7 7 7
November 6.6 6 6 7 7
December 7.3 7 8 8 7
Average 7.3 8.0 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.2

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 292° 223° 311° 300° 141°
February 221° 220° 266° 052° 282°
March 141° 155° 212° 151° 158°
April 089° 170° 142° 116°
May 131° 184° 135° 142°
June 207° 166° 168° 175°
July 221° 206° 212° 181°
August 267° 124° 157° 340°
September 080° 046° 068° 024°
October 185° 183° 224° 080°
November 047° 061° 157° 107°
December 231° 196° 192° 228°

Prevailing wind direction

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