Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport

KBHM · Alabama, United States

Climate Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.3 69 58 73 70 74
February 63.2 77 61 68 62 64
March 77.6 74 79 75 82 69
April 86.0 75 86 94 86
May 86.9 80 91 85 89
June 85.9 87 90 82 88
July 88.8 82 86 85 89
August 86.1 88 83 87 85
September 89.5 90 86 87 85
October 80.4 83 89 81 82
November 79.5 79 80 90 79
December 64.3 71 52 62 73
Average 79.8 73.0 78.2 81.4 81.1 81.0

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 89.3 91 80 91 88 91
February 84.5 95 83 81 81 85
March 93.0 90 94 90 93 90
April 95.3 89 94 99 96
May 96.4 95 99 97 97
June 95.3 97 95 93 97
July 95.2 91 95 94 96
August 94.8 94 95 96 93
September 96.8 98 93 97 98
October 93.8 98 95 94 94
November 91.3 91 90 97 91
December 83.2 88 76 85 90
Average 92.7 91.7 91.6 91.9 93.1 93.6

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 13.4 12 16 13 13 15
February 17.6 19 19 17 14 16
March 20.9 21 21 21 22 22
April 23.9 23 24 23 23
May 27.9 27 29 27 27
June 30.8 31 33 30 30
July 32.3 33 33 31 32
August 31.7 33 31 31 32
September 30.3 30 31 28 29
October 24.8 25 24 25 25
November 18.4 19 19 18 21
December 15.3 15 16 20 14
Average 23.1 16.9 24.4 24.4 23.3 23.8

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 3.7 2 7 1 4 6
February 6.9 6 9 5 3 6
March 9.2 10 8 9 10 13
April 11.7 12 12 11 11
May 17.3 17 19 16 15
June 21.0 20 22 21 21
July 22.9 23 24 22 23
August 22.5 23 23 22 23
September 19.1 20 18 15 20
October 14.0 14 10 16 14
November 6.9 8 8 6 10
December 5.8 5 9 9 3
Average 12.6 5.8 13.7 13.4 12.9 13.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.2 11 7 9 9 9
February 10.5 7 16 10 9 16
March 6.8 8 8 6 9 11
April 4.2 7 4 2 5
May 3.3 5 3 1 4
June 4.2 2 1 8 4
July 2.0 1 1 4 4
August 4.3 4 6 6 5
September 4.0 3 3 6 4
October 5.3 3 4 6 5
November 5.6 6 6 4 5
December 8.3 2 13 5 4
Average 5.7 8.6 5.0 4.8 5.7 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 7.2 7 7 8 7 7
February 7.3 8 8 7 7 8
March 7.8 7 8 8 7 8
April 7.5 8 8 7 8
May 6.4 6 7 7 7
June 5.8 6 5 6 6
July 5.2 5 6 5 5
August 4.9 5 4 5 5
September 5.3 5 6 4 7
October 6.1 7 6 6 6
November 6.1 6 6 6 6
December 6.4 6 7 7 6
Average 6.4 7.3 6.3 6.4 6.1 6.4

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 272° 238° 305° 269° 232°
February 218° 221° 238° 323° 259°
March 340° 259° 233° 162° 221°
April 218° 206° 256° 304°
May 061° 202° 146° 216°
June 290° 011° 158° 221°
July 294° 229° 219° 267°
August 321° 228° 107° 279°
September 046° 022° 041° 063°
October 318° 335° 200° 096°
November 355° 007° 324° 022°
December 261° 215° 213° 263°

Prevailing wind direction

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