Columbus Air Force Base

KCBM · Mississippi, United States

Climate Columbus Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.5 54 56 73 70 74
February 60.6 74 59 56 57 58
March 76.3 66 75 80 80 68
April 81.7 70 79 93 83
May 81.6 77 77 83 85
June 86.0 87 93 78 88
July 86.1 74 90 83 89
August 85.9 93 76 84 92
September 89.0 90 89 86 87
October 80.5 81 85 80 76
November 76.3 77 66 85 87
December 66.0 76 53 66 79
Average 77.3 64.3 75.9 77.4 79.6 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 85.7 85 77 88 93 87
February 79.3 87 84 75 74 76
March 91.2 85 90 93 94 89
April 93.8 89 96 96 93
May 92.4 92 92 94 95
June 93.7 95 96 90 97
July 92.6 86 94 91 94
August 93.6 96 91 91 98
September 95.6 98 95 96 93
October 92.1 96 94 90 88
November 90.5 91 84 95 95
December 82.8 85 72 87 94
Average 90.2 85.8 89.8 89.8 91.1 91.8

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 13.1 11 16 12 12 15
February 17.3 20 19 16 12 16
March 20.6 21 20 21 22 23
April 23.1 21 24 23 22
May 27.0 24 29 27 27
June 30.0 26 33 30 31
July 31.3 26 34 32 32
August 31.7 31 32 32 32
September 30.2 30 30 29 29
October 24.8 26 24 25 25
November 18.0 20 19 18 20
December 15.4 16 16 20 14
Average 22.9 17.1 23.0 24.5 23.5 23.6

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 2.6 0 5 0 2 5
February 5.2 5 7 2 2 4
March 7.5 9 3 6 8 12
April 9.0 4 10 9 8
May 13.7 5 17 15 15
June 17.1 6 21 18 19
July 18.4 3 23 21 20
August 19.3 6 22 22 21
September 18.2 19 17 18 17
October 12.3 12 9 14 12
November 5.0 6 6 3 6
December 4.2 3 8 8 1
Average 10.4 4.8 6.5 11.8 11.8 11.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.7 12 13 9 7 9
February 10.4 9 12 12 8 16
March 7.6 12 9 7 5 10
April 6.3 11 7 2 4
May 3.9 6 3 3 4
June 4.6 4 1 10 4
July 3.8 6 4 4 4
August 4.3 1 8 7 1
September 3.9 5 5 2 6
October 5.3 7 5 3 5
November 6.0 5 12 5 4
December 7.0 6 15 3 2
Average 6.4 11.0 7.1 6.8 4.7 5.5

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 7.0 8 7 7 7 6
February 7.3 8 7 8 6 8
March 7.5 7 8 8 7 7
April 7.1 8 8 5 7
May 5.6 6 7 5 6
June 4.9 5 5 4 6
July 4.1 4 5 3 4
August 4.0 5 4 4 4
September 4.3 5 5 3 6
October 5.6 7 7 4 5
November 5.3 5 6 4 5
December 5.8 6 6 5 6
Average 5.9 7.7 6.1 6.2 4.5 5.6

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 254° 243° 313° 270° 221°
February 215° 229° 250° 309° 280°
March 132° 269° 226° 170° 227°
April 254° 192° 227° 301°
May 300° 188° 136° 229°
June 268° 345° 168° 183°
July 270° 226° 186° 185°
August 297° 185° 134° 280°
September 029° 007° 121° 052°
October 332° 205° 182° 124°
November 321° 296° 252° 060°
December 229° 174° 191° 256°

Prevailing wind direction

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