Allen Parish Airport

KACP · Louisiana, United States

Climate Allen Parish Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Allen Parish Airport (KACP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.5 69 56 80 68
February 56.2 75 59 60 54 100
March 69.9 69 65 71 73 59
April 73.2 71 69 74 70 76
May 78.4 83 78 70 80
June 81.1 87 89 73 82
July 83.7 92 88 85 74
August 82.9 95 69 85 90
September 82.5 96 91 73 76
October 83.3 84 93 83 77
November 73.1 66 73 82 81
December 64.7 82 58 60 67
Average 74.2 70.9 78.6 78.1 73.2 76.2

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 86.0 86 80 97 85
February 80.1 90 82 80 76 100
March 88.4 90 89 80 89 85
April 91.7 94 88 95 89 93
May 91.7 95 91 92 93
June 92.7 96 97 87 94
July 92.2 98 95 94 87
August 90.9 98 78 95 97
September 90.5 97 96 85 91
October 90.5 91 97 91 88
November 85.3 81 85 90 89
December 80.6 89 76 79 87
Average 88.7 90.0 90.9 89.1 88.0 90.2

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 17.1 17 19 17 17
February 20.0 21 21 18 16 19
March 23.2 23 24 23 23 25
April 25.4 27 25 27 24 26
May 28.9 30 31 28 28
June 28.6 34 34 32 31
July 30.1 36 34 33 33
August 33.5 39 33 33 33
September 31.4 35 32 31 30
October 27.2 28 27 28 26
November 21.3 22 21 21 23
December 18.8 20 21 23 17
Average 24.6 22.1 27.8 26.7 25.4 26.9

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 4.8 4 9 3 5
February 8.7 9 10 5 5 0
March 11.2 12 13 8 11 15
April 13.1 15 15 14 12 13
May 17.0 18 19 17 16
June 19.0 22 22 22 20
July 20.3 23 23 23 23
August 21.9 23 23 22 21
September 19.5 20 18 20 20
October 13.9 14 11 16 14
November 8.1 9 8 6 9
December 6.9 5 11 12 4
Average 12.9 9.6 15.0 13.7 14.0 15.3

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 8 6 2 3
February 5.1 3 7 3 4 0
March 3.1 6 2 2 3 5
April 2.7 3 5 2 5 2
May 3.3 3 3 7 3
June 3.4 1 1 5 3
July 4.8 3 7 4 5
August 3.5 0 5 3 2
September 4.9 2 2 10 6
October 3.6 4 1 1 7
November 5.1 6 7 3 5
December 6.6 4 5 3 9
Average 4.2 4.9 3.4 3.1 4.1 4.3

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 4.4 2 5 6 5
February 4.4 3 5 5 5 5
March 4.4 1 5 5 5 5
April 4.3 1 5 5 4 4
May 3.5 2 4 4 4
June 3.2 1 3 3 4
July 2.5 1 3 2 4
August 2.6 3 2 2 3
September 2.3 1 3 3 4
October 3.1 2 4 4 3
November 2.8 1 4 3 3
December 3.2 1 3 5 4
Average 3.3 1.6 2.4 3.9 3.7 3.7

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 333° 247° 340° 299°
February 274° 195° 001° 009° 259°
March 208° 134° 245° 123° 174°
April 234° 074° 163° 085° 078°
May 130° 180° 116° 139°
June 206° 178° 144° 156°
July 225° 203° 187° 168°
August 265° 164° 197° 356°
September 044° 018° 038° 027°
October 002° 068° 181° 023°
November 304° 025° 013° 019°
December 321° 125° 193° 327°

Prevailing wind direction

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