Anniston Regional Airport

KANB · Alabama, United States

Climate Anniston Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Anniston Regional Airport (KANB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.2 71 63 73 75 75
February 67.6 85 63 73 66 64
March 79.2 69 82 76 87 70
April 86.8 76 88 96 88
May 86.1 79 84 87 90
June 85.5 84 89 81 88
July 87.8 86 81 86 85
August 86.1 89 85 85 87
September 88.3 89 83 85 80
October 81.3 86 88 81 82
November 76.4 76 75 91 77
December 61.7 70 51 67 74
Average 80.0 73.5 79.1 80.2 82.4 80.7

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 92.4 93 83 97 91 92
February 91.6 99 88 91 90 92
March 94.6 89 95 89 97 95
April 96.8 95 96 100 96
May 96.4 95 95 98 97
June 94.7 95 96 92 97
July 95.4 94 93 94 94
August 95.0 94 94 95 95
September 97.4 100 94 96 99
October 95.6 97 95 95 96
November 92.5 95 90 99 96
December 83.7 92 79 95 91
Average 94.0 92.8 93.6 93.0 95.1 95.2

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 13.5 12 16 13 13 14
February 17.5 18 19 17 15 15
March 20.2 20 21 21 22 22
April 23.6 23 23 23 22
May 27.3 26 28 27 26
June 30.2 30 32 30 30
July 31.9 32 33 31 32
August 31.6 33 31 31 32
September 29.8 30 29 28 28
October 24.5 24 24 25 25
November 18.4 19 19 18 21
December 15.1 15 16 19 14
Average 22.8 16.4 24.0 23.9 23.5 23.5

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 2.9 1 6 1 3 5
February 6.3 6 8 4 4 5
March 8.3 9 8 8 9 12
April 10.4 11 11 10 10
May 15.8 16 17 15 14
June 19.4 19 20 20 19
July 21.7 22 22 22 22
August 21.7 21 22 23 22
September 18.7 18 17 18 19
October 12.9 12 9 15 14
November 5.9 6 7 4 8
December 4.8 4 8 8 2
Average 11.6 5.3 12.4 12.2 12.6 12.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.1 8 8 7 6 9
February 10.3 10 13 12 7 17
March 7.3 12 9 6 7 14
April 5.1 10 4 2 6
May 4.6 5 6 1 5
June 5.5 2 7 9 5
July 2.9 2 3 6 3
August 4.2 2 6 4 4
September 3.4 1 6 7 4
October 5.8 3 3 5 7
November 5.3 8 8 1 3
December 8.9 6 16 7 5
Average 6.1 9.6 5.4 6.3 5.1 6.6

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 5.9 6 6 6 6 6
February 6.1 6 6 6 6 7
March 6.4 6 6 7 6 6
April 6.0 6 6 6 6
May 5.3 5 6 5 6
June 4.6 5 4 5 5
July 4.3 4 5 4 4
August 4.2 4 4 4 4
September 4.7 4 5 4 5
October 5.2 6 5 5 5
November 5.3 5 6 5 5
December 5.6 5 6 5 6
Average 5.3 6.0 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.3

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 286° 255° 316° 270° 357°
February 055° 239° 241° 357° 298°
March 345° 257° 232° 069° 247°
April 027° 233° 258° 302°
May 056° 215° 127° 355°
June 267° 010° 080° 228°
July 249° 230° 230° 198°
August 292° 220° 094° 241°
September 062° 048° 041° 061°
October 355° 006° 030° 062°
November 049° 038° 347° 037°
December 287° 246° 233° 286°

Prevailing wind direction

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