Acadiana Regional Airport

KARA · Louisiana, United States

Climate Acadiana Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Acadiana Regional Airport (KARA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.2 68 53 79 70 60
February 59.7 71 56 59 56 65
March 72.3 69 67 72 71 69
April 76.1 68 73 71 77 81
May 86.7 88 85 81 90
June 89.3 89 95 84 89
July 92.6 97 90 94 90
August 91.9 98 85 95 95
September 90.0 94 92 88 79
October 85.2 83 93 89 79
November 76.8 64 70 86 81
December 67.2 72 59 64 76
Average 79.1 68.9 78.3 80.2 80.1 80.1

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 74 92 90 82
February 82.1 90 79 86 76 79
March 90.3 86 89 93 89 89
April 93.8 89 91 96 94 94
May 96.5 95 94 97 98
June 97.1 98 98 96 97
July 96.8 99 93 98 97
August 96.4 99 93 99 99
September 96.2 96 96 97 95
October 92.9 92 97 94 89
November 88.8 81 82 95 90
December 83.6 87 73 85 94
Average 91.6 87.7 90.3 91.6 92.6 92.3

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 17.6 16 20 17 17 19
February 20.5 21 21 20 16 20
March 23.5 23 24 23 23 25
April 25.8 26 26 27 25 27
May 29.5 30 31 28 29
June 32.1 34 33 31 32
July 32.8 35 33 32 32
August 33.1 38 32 33 34
September 31.7 34 32 30 30
October 27.8 28 27 29 28
November 22.4 22 22 22 27
December 19.4 19 22 23 18
Average 25.8 21.5 27.6 26.6 25.7 26.6

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 7.2 5 11 5 7 10
February 10.3 10 12 7 5 10
March 13.3 13 14 10 13 17
April 15.3 16 16 16 15 15
May 19.9 20 21 20 19
June 23.2 24 24 23 22
July 23.5 25 22 24 25
August 24.0 26 24 23 24
September 21.9 23 21 21 22
October 16.6 16 14 18 15
November 10.4 11 10 9 13
December 9.2 8 12 13 7
Average 15.7 11.0 17.2 15.6 15.9 16.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.4 7 9 4 2 7
February 8.0 8 8 3 5 5
March 5.5 5 5 2 5 2
April 5.0 2 4 3 3 2
May 4.2 2 3 10 2
June 5.1 2 2 8 7
July 5.3 1 7 3 8
August 5.1 1 11 2 3
September 5.1 2 8 8 4
October 4.3 5 1 1 5
November 5.4 8 9 1 6
December 9.1 8 6 4 3
Average 5.7 5.3 4.3 4.8 4.3 4.4

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 9.5 10 10 10 9 9
February 10.0 9 10 10 10 10
March 10.0 9 10 10 10 10
April 10.0 10 10 12 9 9
May 8.3 7 8 9 9
June 7.2 7 6 8 8
July 5.7 6 5 5 7
August 5.9 7 5 6 6
September 6.1 6 6 6 8
October 7.7 8 7 7 8
November 7.7 8 9 6 8
December 8.1 7 7 8 9
Average 8.2 9.5 7.9 7.9 7.7 8.3

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 043° 166° 360° 293° 100°
February 198° 190° 088° 039° 187°
March 132° 164° 173° 131° 167°
April 161° 110° 157° 113° 129°
May 143° 180° 127° 158°
June 219° 218° 153° 137°
July 224° 194° 207° 181°
August 212° 159° 196° 019°
September 063° 032° 085° 050°
October 065° 082° 093° 043°
November 039° 050° 043° 050°
December 057° 139° 180° 090°

Prevailing wind direction

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