Mobile International Airport

KBFM · Alabama, United States

Climate Mobile International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mobile International Airport (KBFM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.4 74 70 76 74 60
February 64.7 78 59 66 58 67
March 75.2 65 73 74 69 74
April 80.7 77 71 84 84 85
May 87.7 84 89 86 90
June 91.2 93 98 88 86
July 92.8 94 91 94 86
August 92.1 97 89 92 93
September 91.8 91 97 89 82
October 85.6 88 90 90 84
November 81.0 68 78 94 79
December 64.4 84 49 54 77
Average 81.3 73.2 81.5 83.5 81.7 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 87.3 88 89 86 87 80
February 79.7 91 76 88 73 78
March 88.9 81 88 91 83 87
April 93.3 92 86 96 94 98
May 96.7 92 98 95 98
June 98.0 98 99 97 98
July 97.4 98 95 97 98
August 96.9 98 96 98 98
September 96.5 99 98 96 93
October 93.9 97 97 95 96
November 89.7 81 86 99 93
December 80.9 95 68 76 91
Average 91.6 88.0 91.5 92.5 91.2 92.6

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 17.0 17 20 16 16 18
February 20.0 20 21 19 16 19
March 22.8 22 23 23 23 25
April 25.2 26 25 26 24 27
May 29.1 29 30 28 29
June 31.7 32 33 31 32
July 32.5 34 31 32 33
August 32.9 36 31 33 33
September 31.4 32 32 29 30
October 27.3 27 26 27 28
November 21.6 21 22 21 25
December 18.5 18 20 22 17
Average 25.3 21.0 26.4 25.9 25.0 26.2

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 7.0 5 9 4 7 10
February 10.6 9 12 8 7 10
March 12.8 13 11 11 14 17
April 15.4 16 16 16 14 16
May 19.8 20 21 19 19
June 23.7 23 25 24 24
July 24.1 24 21 24 25
August 24.6 26 24 24 25
September 22.4 23 21 22 21
October 17.5 16 14 17 18
November 10.6 11 12 9 13
December 9.4 9 13 13 6
Average 15.9 10.8 16.6 15.7 16.1 16.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.4 8 6 7 5 12
February 7.0 6 5 7 8 12
March 5.0 7 8 4 7 4
April 3.6 1 6 3 6 4
May 3.3 4 4 4 4
June 5.8 4 3 9 5
July 5.8 3 6 8 7
August 7.0 1 13 8 4
September 5.4 4 2 11 14
October 4.4 4 4 2 4
November 4.6 11 5 1 3
December 7.0 5 3 4 3
Average 5.4 5.2 4.7 5.1 6.0 6.1

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 7.5 8 7 8 7 7
February 7.6 7 8 9 8 7
March 8.0 8 8 8 8 7
April 8.0 9 7 8 8 7
May 7.0 6 7 8 7
June 6.0 6 6 7 7
July 5.3 5 5 5 6
August 5.5 6 5 6 6
September 6.4 6 6 6 8
October 7.1 7 7 6 7
November 6.9 7 7 7 7
December 6.6 7 6 6 7
Average 6.9 8.1 6.6 6.7 6.7 6.9

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 010° 241° 348° 337° 025°
February 104° 164° 063° 003° 355°
March 081° 136° 144° 117° 140°
April 140° 107° 124° 081° 048°
May 104° 145° 122° 118°
June 178° 102° 143° 120°
July 192° 154° 150° 125°
August 133° 137° 115° 129°
September 081° 031° 081° 052°
October 038° 051° 081° 041°
November 031° 008° 017° 018°
December 006° 059° 144° 003°

Prevailing wind direction

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