Barksdale Air Force Base

KBAD · Louisiana, United States

Climate Barksdale Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Barksdale Air Force Base (KBAD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.3 53 63 81 71 52
February 58.4 75 61 58 46 58
March 74.6 69 74 80 83 59
April 77.6 75 73 78 75
May 81.5 82 78 74 83
June 87.9 85 92 86 92
July 91.0 90 92 91 87
August 88.0 97 78 88 94
September 84.5 89 97 85 58
October 79.4 76 86 90 65
November 75.3 69 71 82 83
December 69.3 80 56 60 68
Average 77.0 65.3 78.7 79.1 78.9 73.1

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 84.8 74 79 98 92 72
February 79.6 87 80 79 79 80
March 91.0 88 89 94 90 83
April 92.6 90 93 93 89
May 94.2 95 95 92 93
June 96.9 96 99 97 97
July 96.8 96 96 96 98
August 94.9 100 88 95 98
September 91.7 94 98 94 72
October 89.7 92 91 96 81
November 88.5 85 87 89 90
December 84.9 91 82 87 83
Average 90.0 82.7 90.6 91.7 92.0 86.3

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 14.7 13 17 16 14 15
February 17.2 21 19 16 12 16
March 21.6 22 22 22 22 23
April 23.8 23 26 23 23
May 28.6 29 30 27 27
June 32.5 33 34 32 32
July 34.0 35 36 33 33
August 33.6 38 33 34 31
September 31.3 33 31 31 30
October 26.0 26 26 28 24
November 19.6 20 19 20 22
December 16.9 18 18 22 16
Average 24.3 18.3 26.0 25.9 24.9 24.2

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 3.6 2 6 1 4 5
February 6.1 8 7 2 2 5
March 10.2 11 11 8 10 13
April 12.2 12 14 12 12
May 17.7 18 20 17 17
June 21.8 22 22 22 22
July 23.5 22 25 23 24
August 22.5 24 23 23 19
September 19.8 20 19 19 20
October 13.5 14 12 16 12
November 7.4 9 8 6 9
December 6.0 5 10 11 3
Average 13.0 7.2 14.3 13.7 13.9 13.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.6 23 17 4 6 11
February 12.1 11 18 15 9 13
March 7.1 9 8 10 5 13
April 6.9 15 10 6 6
May 6.3 9 3 7 8
June 4.7 2 5 4 5
July 3.5 5 7 3 5
August 4.6 0 15 4 4
September 3.6 7 4 2 5
October 5.3 7 5 2 7
November 5.6 5 13 3 4
December 7.8 6 17 3 10
Average 7.0 14.1 8.3 8.7 4.4 7.5

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 8 8 8 8 7
February 7.6 9 8 7 7 7
March 8.1 7 9 9 9 8
April 7.8 7 9 7 7
May 7.3 6 9 7 8
June 6.3 6 6 6 7
July 5.6 6 6 5 6
August 5.3 6 5 5 6
September 5.0 5 4 5 6
October 6.5 7 7 7 6
November 6.1 6 5 6 6
December 7.1 7 8 8 7
Average 6.8 7.7 6.6 6.9 6.5 6.6

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 187° 207° 284° 296° 157°
February 158° 211° 259° 117° 278°
March 136° 189° 201° 161° 169°
April 195° 143° 151° 132°
May 161° 162° 150° 150°
June 180° 197° 169° 167°
July 223° 198° 207° 181°
August 264° 144° 152° 021°
September 096° 047° 095° 028°
October 221° 214° 221° 098°
November 267° 106° 186° 113°
December 232° 206° 192° 209°

Prevailing wind direction

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