West Memphis Municipal Airport

KAWM · Arkansas, United States

Climate West Memphis Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of West Memphis Municipal Airport (KAWM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.9 51 54 76 69 54
February 58.1 28 72 69 47 66
March 79.7 80 74 81 89 63
April 83.9 83 79 86 93 85
May 86.6 88 82 88 85
June 88.3 91 93 83 87
July 90.8 91 87 88 95
August 86.9 90 80 90 87
September 88.5 95 87 86 76
October 81.5 86 90 85 67
November 79.5 84 81 90 92
December 66.9 77 45 60 77
Average 78.9 61.9 82.4 81.5 81.8 78.6

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 81.7 70 77 91 85 79
February 76.7 40 88 87 75 84
March 93.9 93 95 94 96 86
April 94.6 97 93 96 97 95
May 97.3 98 97 99 97
June 95.5 95 97 96 96
July 96.3 95 94 96 100
August 94.9 97 92 97 94
September 95.8 100 93 97 93
October 91.5 93 94 97 81
November 91.0 96 91 95 95
December 82.6 94 65 83 92
Average 90.4 76.4 93.5 92.2 93.3 91.3

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 10.1 6 13 10 10 12
February 13.2 16 15 13 6 12
March 18.0 19 17 18 20 18
April 21.8 23 22 22 21 21
May 27.4 28 28 26 26
June 31.0 31 32 31 31
July 32.5 32 34 32 33
August 31.2 32 31 30 31
September 30.3 29 32 30 28
October 23.4 24 24 25 22
November 16.2 17 16 16 19
December 12.9 13 12 18 12
Average 21.7 15.7 22.6 23.2 22.2 22.1

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 5 -1 2 4
February 3.7 5 6 1 -2 4
March 8.1 8 8 7 9 10
April 11.6 13 12 11 11 12
May 17.1 16 18 16 16
June 21.0 20 21 22 21
July 23.0 22 24 23 24
August 21.2 21 23 20 22
September 18.6 18 18 18 17
October 12.5 13 10 15 11
November 5.4 6 6 4 8
December 3.8 3 6 8 2
Average 11.7 5.9 12.3 12.3 12.1 12.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.2 18 14 13 8 17
February 10.9 12 14 11 15 12
March 9.1 6 12 21 4 10
April 7.0 7 9 6 4 5
May 5.3 3 6 6 6
June 4.0 4 5 6 3
July 3.0 3 4 4 1
August 3.5 1 5 4 4
September 5.5 3 2 15 9
October 9.8 9 5 11 8
November 6.8 3 7 5 6
December 11.2 4 28 9 12
Average 7.3 10.4 6.4 8.4 7.2 7.4

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 7.8 7 8 9 8 7
February 8.7 9 9 9 9 9
March 8.6 8 9 8 8 8
April 8.4 9 8 9 7 8
May 7.6 7 8 8 8
June 6.3 5 6 7 7
July 5.2 5 6 5 5
August 5.1 5 5 6 5
September 5.4 5 5 6 6
October 6.9 7 8 6 7
November 7.0 7 6 7 7
December 6.8 7 4 8 7
Average 7.1 8.3 6.7 7.0 6.9 6.8

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 028° 213° 019° 287° 145°
February 175° 205° 195° 027° 299°
March 179° 163° 190° 152° 171°
April 182° 145° 177° 198° 165°
May 123° 169° 145° 155°
June 078° 097° 173° 166°
July 205° 193° 182° 196°
August 062° 141° 142° 050°
September 096° 041° 135° 067°
October 159° 158° 187° 083°
November 102° 120° 180° 170°
December 196° 135° 188° 180°

Prevailing wind direction

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