Apalachicola Regional-Cleve Randolph Field

KAAF · Florida, United States

Climate Apalachicola Regional-Cleve Randolph Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Apalachicola Regional-Cleve Randolph Field (KAAF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.4 79 80 80 69 75
February 62.6 78 76 72 57 36
March 70.4 66 90 75 72 0
April 78.6 90 93 84 33
May 88.1 96 93 87 89
June 90.5 96 96 85 87
July 94.5 94 95 94 95
August 92.3 97 91 90 92
September 93.5 92 96 94 86
October 87.4 97 97 96 80
November 86.5 83 86 97 88
December 74.0 80 85 58 86
Average 82.3 73.4 89.9 88.4 82.4 70.8

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 88.9 87 84 94 88 87
February 73.4 90 78 85 77 41
March 77.2 76 91 84 85 0
April 84.3 92 94 91 36
May 96.2 96 95 96 98
June 97.5 97 97 99 97
July 98.0 96 97 98 98
August 96.2 97 93 96 96
September 97.4 94 97 99 95
October 95.2 99 97 100 93
November 93.6 93 89 99 93
December 86.1 91 86 75 96
Average 89.7 83.5 92.7 92.3 92.3 77.9

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 17.8 17 20 17 17 19
February 19.3 19 22 19 19 11
March 19.3 22 23 23 22 0
April 22.8 25 25 24 12
May 28.3 28 29 28 28
June 30.5 31 30 30 31
July 31.6 32 31 31 32
August 31.7 34 31 31 32
September 30.4 30 30 29 30
October 26.9 26 26 27 28
November 22.4 22 23 22 25
December 19.3 18 21 22 18
Average 24.3 19.5 25.8 25.5 25.1 22.1

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 8.2 7 10 7 8 10
February 10.9 9 14 9 10 6
March 11.2 14 15 13 14 0
April 13.6 17 16 15 4
May 19.0 19 20 19 19
June 23.4 23 24 23 23
July 24.0 25 24 24 25
August 23.9 25 24 24 21
September 22.7 22 22 22 23
October 17.9 16 15 19 19
November 12.0 11 14 10 16
December 10.3 10 12 13 6
Average 15.6 10.1 17.2 16.5 16.7 14.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.4 6 6 8 7 5
February 4.7 7 9 4 6 1
March 3.7 8 3 9 1 0
April 2.3 4 1 7 0
May 3.3 3 4 1 1
June 6.4 2 6 7 6
July 5.4 6 8 6 5
August 6.1 2 7 8 8
September 4.3 0 5 7 10
October 3.2 2 1 5 2
November 2.8 6 6 3 1
December 5.0 13 0 3 3
Average 4.6 6.8 4.2 5.0 5.0 3.5

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 8 8 8 8
February 7.5 8 8 7 8 5
March 7.6 8 8 9 9 0
April 8.0 9 9 8 4
May 8.1 7 8 8 9
June 7.7 9 7 8 8
July 6.6 7 6 7 8
August 6.7 7 6 7 7
September 7.2 7 7 6 9
October 7.5 7 7 7 8
November 7.7 8 8 7 9
December 7.6 8 6 7 8
Average 7.5 7.9 7.7 7.4 7.5 6.7

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 038° 172° 020° 287° 075°
February 164° 164° 080° 079° 156°
March 122° 168° 163° 128° 360°
April 141° 144° 145° 190°
May 181° 188° 144° 156°
June 238° 229° 179° 177°
July 245° 211° 219° 235°
August 236° 161° 167° 215°
September 109° 081° 130° 108°
October 057° 083° 072° 082°
November 056° 039° 053° 060°
December 051° 090° 143° 068°

Prevailing wind direction

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