Taylor County Airport

KAAS · Kentucky, United States

Climate Taylor County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Taylor County Airport (KAAS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.9 49 55 69 52 51
February 65.8 77 75 71 47 59
March 80.0 81 81 85 90 62
April 83.3 77 89 84 87 79
May 81.2 82 78 84 83
June 89.0 85 95 85 92
July 84.0 85 72 78 85
August 85.3 83 87 86 80
September 85.7 91 90 79 77
October 79.7 82 93 73 73
November 78.5 85 77 89 80
December 65.6 66 62 64 64
Average 77.9 71.4 80.5 81.5 77.2 74.7

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 82 87 83 88 84
February 85.7 93 95 89 73 77
March 92.2 90 95 98 96 84
April 94.7 95 97 96 96 93
May 92.5 95 94 95 92
June 96.3 97 99 94 97
July 93.3 94 88 93 93
August 93.5 93 94 94 93
September 94.0 98 97 90 90
October 92.2 94 98 90 87
November 91.7 95 93 94 92
December 86.5 87 78 89 83
Average 91.5 90.2 93.9 93.2 91.4 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 6.9 5 10 5 6 9
February 10.5 13 13 10 5 9
March 15.5 17 14 17 17 16
April 19.8 21 20 19 19 18
May 24.3 23 26 24 23
June 28.6 27 31 29 29
July 29.3 29 26 30 31
August 28.1 28 24 30 28
September 26.1 27 19 26 26
October 20.8 21 19 22 20
November 13.5 15 14 13 17
December 10.7 11 9 15 9
Average 18.9 13.6 19.8 18.3 19.7 19.4

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 -1.5 -2 3 -4 -1 2
February 0.8 2 3 -1 -3 1
March 4.2 5 4 4 4 7
April 7.7 12 7 6 6 7
May 12.2 13 10 11 12
June 16.1 15 15 17 17
July 15.7 20 3 13 21
August 14.3 19 0 12 19
September 12.2 15 1 6 16
October 8.4 9 6 5 10
November 2.8 4 4 0 5
December 1.8 2 2 3 0
Average 7.7 3.9 9.4 3.7 6.1 9.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 5.3 5 7 4 5 6
February 5.7 7 8 4 4 6
March 6.5 7 7 6 7 7
April 5.6 8 7 4 5 5
May 4.5 5 3 5 5
June 4.0 4 2 5 5
July 3.3 4 4 3 3
August 3.4 4 4 3 3
September 3.6 3 5 3 4
October 4.7 5 6 5 4
November 5.2 5 6 5 5
December 5.6 5 5 6 6
Average 4.9 6.6 5.2 4.1 4.6 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 229° 233° 216° 206° 192°
February 230° 227° 186° 233° 218°
March 227° 222° 203° 178° 214°
April 223° 228° 194° 217° 232°
May 096° 183° 164° 207°
June 175° 206° 193° 190°
July 233° 231° 203° 213°
August 227° 213° 161° 203°
September 116° 127° 201° 170°
October 230° 212° 187° 184°
November 223° 222° 199° 206°
December 219° 205° 195° 211°

Prevailing wind direction

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