Addington Field

KEKX · Kentucky, United States

Climate Addington Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Addington Field (KEKX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.2 41 49 75 48 55
February 65.1 76 80 68 49 61
March 78.4 76 77 82 87 68
April 82.7 79 89 82 87 83
May 82.5 83 81 85 80
June 86.1 85 95 84 86
July 84.4 86 82 80 86
August 87.4 81 88 89 84
September 86.0 92 91 80 84
October 76.5 75 92 73 66
November 76.9 86 79 91 83
December 67.0 65 57 65 72
Average 77.4 69.3 79.9 82.5 77.7 76.4

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 83.9 77 82 89 87 88
February 84.4 94 97 88 79 74
March 91.9 89 93 99 97 86
April 94.6 94 97 94 94 94
May 93.3 95 97 94 91
June 94.6 96 97 93 94
July 93.6 95 93 91 95
August 94.2 93 96 95 93
September 93.8 98 97 94 94
October 90.5 89 97 89 84
November 89.9 95 92 96 95
December 86.9 90 70 89 88
Average 91.1 88.7 93.6 93.5 91.7 90.0

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 6.1 4 10 4 5 8
February 10.3 13 13 9 4 8
March 14.2 16 14 16 16 15
April 19.1 21 20 18 18 17
May 24.4 23 25 23 22
June 28.5 27 30 29 29
July 30.0 30 31 29 31
August 28.8 28 29 30 28
September 26.8 27 26 26 25
October 20.5 20 20 22 19
November 12.8 15 14 12 16
December 9.5 10 9 14 8
Average 18.5 13.4 19.8 19.6 19.0 18.9

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 -2.1 -3 2 -6 -2 1
February 0.3 1 2 -2 -4 0
March 3.3 5 3 3 4 6
April 7.5 10 7 7 7 6
May 13.3 12 14 11 12
June 17.0 16 17 18 17
July 19.8 20 21 20 19
August 18.5 18 19 19 19
September 15.1 14 14 15 15
October 9.0 10 6 12 9
November 2.0 3 3 0 4
December 0.5 2 1 3 -2
Average 8.0 3.0 9.1 8.4 8.6 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 9.8 13 5 10 8 13
February 8.1 3 2 10 9 13
March 5.6 5 4 2 5 9
April 5.8 4 5 7 9 8
May 5.3 3 3 4 6
June 4.2 6 1 5 3
July 2.7 3 2 4 2
August 3.0 2 2 7 3
September 4.0 3 1 5 2
October 5.2 4 4 6 6
November 5.5 2 4 6 6
December 5.9 4 6 3 4
Average 5.4 5.7 3.4 3.9 5.7 5.8

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 6.6 7 7 5 6 7
February 7.0 7 9 6 6 7
March 7.7 8 8 7 8 8
April 7.0 8 7 6 7 6
May 6.0 6 6 6 6
June 5.5 5 5 6 6
July 4.5 5 5 4 4
August 4.3 5 4 4 4
September 4.3 4 5 4 5
October 5.5 6 6 5 5
November 6.1 6 6 6 6
December 6.1 6 6 8 6
Average 6.0 7.6 6.0 5.5 5.7 5.7

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 252° 230° 267° 241° 218°
February 240° 221° 219° 290° 248°
March 237° 223° 227° 199° 224°
April 232° 226° 216° 233° 249°
May 057° 196° 189° 224°
June 294° 251° 209° 227°
July 235° 241° 241° 238°
August 254° 216° 200° 256°
September 109° 288° 221° 233°
October 233° 221° 218° 214°
November 230° 228° 223° 227°
December 231° 213° 211° 229°

Prevailing wind direction

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