Slidell Airport

KASD · Louisiana, United States

Climate Slidell Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Slidell Airport (KASD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.0 66 62 78 72 62
February 63.4 79 60 61 58 67
March 70.6 63 67 73 68 68
April 76.1 66 73 76 82 81
May 82.9 84 83 77 83
June 87.5 94 91 82 85
July 89.7 96 91 89 81
August 90.4 97 84 92 87
September 88.0 89 94 82 70
October 82.8 83 90 90 80
November 77.3 65 71 92 76
December 66.7 79 55 60 79
Average 78.1 68.0 79.6 79.8 78.9 77.0

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 86.5 83 78 93 90 83
February 83.2 92 84 82 75 84
March 90.7 80 89 95 90 92
April 94.1 91 93 94 96 96
May 96.2 96 95 95 96
June 97.2 99 98 96 95
July 97.2 99 96 97 96
August 96.1 98 93 95 99
September 95.2 92 97 91 96
October 93.7 93 94 96 93
November 88.7 79 85 98 90
December 83.0 93 77 77 93
Average 91.6 86.4 91.4 92.3 91.5 92.9

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 21 17 17 19
February 21.1 21 23 20 17 20
March 23.7 23 24 24 24 26
April 25.8 27 26 27 25 27
May 29.5 30 31 28 29
June 32.2 34 34 31 31
July 32.8 35 33 32 32
August 33.1 37 32 33 33
September 31.4 33 32 31 30
October 27.5 27 27 28 28
November 22.0 21 22 22 24
December 19.3 19 21 24 18
Average 25.8 21.9 27.4 26.9 25.9 26.4

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 6.4 5 9 4 6 10
February 10.3 9 13 7 6 9
March 12.2 12 14 10 13 16
April 14.0 15 16 14 13 15
May 18.9 19 20 19 18
June 22.7 23 24 23 22
July 23.5 25 23 24 23
August 23.8 26 24 23 24
September 21.0 22 20 20 22
October 15.7 15 12 17 16
November 9.5 10 11 8 12
December 8.9 8 12 13 6
Average 15.0 10.3 16.5 15.1 15.5 16.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.2 8 6 5 4 9
February 6.2 5 3 11 7 7
March 4.1 6 5 2 7 1
April 3.6 6 5 3 5 2
May 3.7 3 6 7 3
June 6.3 2 7 9 9
July 6.6 1 8 5 14
August 6.9 1 13 7 4
September 5.0 8 4 8 9
October 3.8 3 2 2 3
November 5.5 11 10 1 5
December 7.0 9 7 2 4
Average 5.4 6.1 4.5 6.4 5.3 5.8

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 6.2 6 5 7 6 6
February 7.0 7 7 7 7 7
March 7.2 7 7 8 8 8
April 7.0 7 7 7 7 7
May 6.1 5 6 7 6
June 5.3 5 5 6 6
July 4.3 4 4 4 5
August 4.4 5 4 4 4
September 4.7 4 4 5 6
October 5.7 6 5 5 6
November 5.5 5 6 5 6
December 5.5 5 5 6 6
Average 5.8 6.6 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.0

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 047° 168° 009° 358° 059°
February 163° 169° 087° 033° 153°
March 118° 160° 173° 141° 162°
April 142° 115° 148° 110° 122°
May 129° 163° 128° 145°
June 201° 159° 157° 144°
July 211° 185° 173° 138°
August 200° 154° 094° 134°
September 076° 023° 098° 039°
October 064° 111° 110° 054°
November 031° 048° 041° 040°
December 066° 136° 169° 061°

Prevailing wind direction

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