Ross International Airport

7S8 · United States

Climate Ross International Airport 2023-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shelby Airport (KSBX) between 2023 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 87.8 88
February 69.3 69
March 67.6 68
April
May
June
July
August
September 78.9 79
October 78.3 78
November 92.6 93
December 96.5 97
Average 80.6 72.9 88.3

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
January 92.5 93
February 80.2 80
March 83.9 84
April
May
June
July
August
September 84.2 84
October 85.0 85
November 97.9 98
December 98.4 99
Average 88.9 84.6 93.1

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
January -1.2 -1
February 1.2 1
March 4.9 5
April
May
June
July
August
September 14.0 14
October 12.5 13
November 8.6 9
December 8.4 8
Average 6.0 2.0 9.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023
January -13.7 -12
February -9.5 -8
March -7.0 -7
April
May
June
July
August
September 7.5 8
October 0.8 1
November -3.5 -3
December -5.0 -5
Average -6.5 -9.1 -3.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023
January 12.6 13
February 19.0 19
March 11.4 12
April
May
June
July
August
September 26.3 26
October 9.4 10
November 3.3 3
December 0.0 0
Average 9.7 14.4 5.0

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
January 9.6 10
February 7.9 8
March 8.0 8
April
May
June
July
August
September 11.2 11
October 8.0 8
November 8.7 9
December 8.2 8
Average 8.3 8.3 8.3

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023
January 294°
February 296°
March 338°
April
May
June
July
August
September 341°
October 305°
November 261°
December 242°

Prevailing wind direction

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