De Quincy Industrial Airpark

5R8 · Louisiana, United States

Climate De Quincy Industrial Airpark 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of De Quincy Industrial Airpark (K5R8) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.6 72 58 75 66 49
February 53.9 68 59 100 51 59
March 67.8 69 65 76 74 53
April 73.0 69 70 71 72
May 77.0 77 82 70 82
June 77.9 89 94 83 70
July 64.6 94 94 50 38
August 62.9 97 68 0 28
September 81.0 97 97 48 71
October 80.4 80 90 84 74
November 74.4 68 75 80 77
December 67.5 84 59 63 68
Average 70.5 69.4 79.0 80.8 60.5 61.4

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 84.7 87 81 96 84 74
February 78.6 92 80 100 75 76
March 89.4 91 91 93 91 82
April 92.6 92 94 86 92
May 94.6 94 95 93 97
June 87.3 98 99 95 75
July 68.9 99 97 55 43
August 66.9 99 74 0 31
September 86.6 98 99 55 82
October 90.0 91 95 93 86
November 88.1 81 89 88 92
December 85.0 90 78 84 91
Average 84.6 90.1 91.9 92.1 73.3 75.9

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 16.8 16 19 17 16 17
February 19.4 21 20 19 15 19
March 22.5 23 24 22 23 25
April 24.9 24 26 24 25
May 28.7 29 31 27 28
June 31.7 34 34 31 31
July 32.0 35 33 32 28
August 32.6 38 32 32 31
September 30.9 34 31 30 30
October 26.6 27 26 28 26
November 20.8 21 20 20 23
December 18.5 19 20 23 17
Average 24.9 19.6 27.2 26.8 25.2 24.8

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 5.9 4 9 5 6 8
February 9.3 9 10 19 5 7
March 12.0 12 13 9 11 16
April 13.9 15 15 13 14
May 18.4 19 20 18 18
June 21.9 22 22 23 21
July 22.3 23 23 23 20
August 22.5 24 23 23 20
September 20.6 21 20 20 21
October 15.3 15 13 17 15
November 9.2 9 10 8 11
December 8.0 8 12 13 6
Average 14.3 8.1 15.9 15.8 14.9 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 5.0 7 5 2 5 7
February 5.8 5 7 0 5 7
March 2.7 3 1 3 3 4
April 2.5 5 3 3 2
May 3.1 5 2 6 3
June 3.8 1 2 4 3
July 1.7 3 4 2 0
August 3.1 1 4 0 0
September 4.9 3 2 7 4
October 4.3 2 2 3 7
November 4.8 7 8 4 4
December 5.2 6 7 2 7
Average 3.9 4.9 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.8

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 5.8 6 7 6 6 5
February 6.0 7 7 3 6 6
March 6.2 6 7 7 7 6
April 6.4 6 8 6 5
May 5.6 5 6 6 5
June 4.4 5 4 5 4
July 3.4 4 4 3 4
August 3.4 5 4 3 3
September 3.3 4 3 4 4
October 4.5 6 4 5 4
November 4.1 4 4 4 4
December 5.0 5 5 6 6
Average 4.9 6.2 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.7

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 348° 173° 334° 260° 126°
February 207° 177° 180° 082° 225°
March 131° 147° 189° 139° 154°
April 137° 154° 141° 109°
May 145° 166° 130° 151°
June 190° 185° 146° 146°
July 188° 178° 181° 162°
August 181° 166° 151° 315°
September 120° 021° 067° 019°
October 093° 148° 149° 022°
November 066° 050° 065° 032°
December 093° 145° 174° 133°

Prevailing wind direction

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