Williamsburg-Whitley County Airport

KBYL · Kentucky, United States

Climate Williamsburg-Whitley County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Williamsburg-Whitley County Airport (KBYL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 64.9 73 64 64 58 68
February 66.4 67 72 73 52 65
March 79.4 77 81 91 87 64
April 84.4 89 88 90 78
May 85.2 84 81 79 90
June 84.1 84 96 63 86
July 81.7 81 79 81 86
August 81.2 75 82 85 78
September 80.7 79 85 79 80
October 79.5 85 85 74 76
November 77.8 83 76 87 86
December 68.2 70 66 72 65
Average 77.8 72.6 79.4 81.8 76.1 77.8

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 87.4 87 89 86 91 92
February 84.1 77 86 90 69 82
March 91.1 83 92 97 94 85
April 94.0 96 96 96 92
May 92.2 94 90 90 95
June 89.3 91 96 66 93
July 88.6 89 88 90 90
August 88.8 87 89 92 84
September 87.1 87 92 84 90
October 89.2 92 96 87 83
November 90.9 94 89 96 91
December 86.8 88 83 92 87
Average 88.6 82.4 90.4 91.4 87.1 88.8

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 8.2 6 12 6 7 10
February 12.5 14 14 12 7 11
March 15.9 18 16 18 18 17
April 20.0 21 20 19 19
May 24.4 24 25 23 23
June 27.6 26 30 28 28
July 29.5 29 30 29 31
August 28.4 28 29 29 29
September 26.3 26 25 26 25
October 20.6 21 18 22 21
November 14.2 16 15 13 17
December 10.8 12 10 15 9
Average 19.0 12.6 20.3 20.0 19.6 19.9

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 -1.3 -2 2 -4 -1 2
February 1.9 2 4 -1 -1 2
March 3.9 5 3 4 3 7
April 6.8 7 7 4 6
May 12.8 11 14 11 11
June 16.0 15 16 17 15
July 18.5 19 20 18 17
August 18.0 18 18 19 17
September 14.8 14 14 15 14
October 8.8 9 6 11 10
November 2.2 2 3 0 4
December 1.3 1 3 4 -1
Average 7.8 1.3 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 4.8 5 5 5 5 5
February 5.2 5 5 6 4 6
March 5.7 5 5 7 6 6
April 5.3 5 6 5 5
May 4.0 4 5 4 4
June 3.4 3 4 4 3
July 2.8 3 3 4 2
August 2.6 3 3 3 2
September 3.0 3 4 3 3
October 3.6 3 5 4 3
November 4.2 3 4 4 4
December 4.3 4 5 5 4
Average 4.1 4.9 3.8 4.5 4.0 3.8

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 217° 203° 251° 218° 199°
February 222° 211° 203° 243° 202°
March 234° 243° 224° 174° 219°
April 235° 218° 246° 253°
May 342° 182° 306° 211°
June 267° 266° 181° 240°
July 235° 213° 231° 227°
August 324° 193° 127° 220°
September 019° 033° 219° 102°
October 244° 189° 179° 144°
November 186° 209° 211° 203°
December 193° 178° 181° 167°

Prevailing wind direction

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