Bessemer Airport

KEKY · Alabama, United States

Climate Bessemer Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bessemer Airport (KEKY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.5 68 58 73 67 76
February 61.6 75 61 66 61 66
March 74.0 72 75 73 77 61
April 83.1 76 82 91 82
May 82.6 76 82 81 87
June 83.0 83 89 76 85
July 78.2 81 45 74 86
August 83.5 90 75 81 95
September 88.2 90 81 77 99
October 79.4 83 87 77 87
November 76.5 78 76 89 71
December 61.5 73 49 51 72
Average 76.7 71.3 77.5 73.8 75.7 81.5

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 84.4 88 74 88 83 89
February 78.3 92 81 78 79 79
March 87.4 86 88 82 87 79
April 92.4 87 92 96 94
May 91.7 91 90 92 93
June 91.8 94 95 87 92
July 84.4 88 48 87 91
August 90.8 97 84 91 96
September 94.1 98 91 87 99
October 90.5 95 90 88 94
November 87.9 88 86 95 88
December 77.0 86 68 76 87
Average 87.9 88.4 89.1 82.8 87.6 90.4

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 13.2 12 16 13 12 14
February 17.3 18 19 17 14 14
March 20.2 20 21 21 21 22
April 22.9 21 23 23 22
May 25.1 13 28 26 26
June 30.0 30 32 29 30
July 31.5 32 33 30 32
August 31.2 33 31 31 31
September 29.4 30 29 28 28
October 24.0 24 24 24 23
November 17.6 19 19 18 18
December 14.8 15 16 19 14
Average 22.4 16.5 22.7 23.8 22.7 23.0

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 3.6 2 7 1 4 6
February 6.8 7 8 4 3 5
March 9.3 10 9 8 10 13
April 10.9 11 11 10 11
May 14.9 7 17 15 15
June 19.8 19 21 19 20
July 21.5 22 22 21 22
August 21.3 22 22 22 21
September 19.0 19 17 19 19
October 13.2 14 10 14 13
November 6.9 8 8 5 9
December 5.7 5 9 9 3
Average 12.0 6.0 12.4 12.7 12.6 13.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.1 9 12 8 8 10
February 10.4 7 12 12 9 17
March 7.4 10 9 5 9 13
April 4.2 6 4 2 6
May 4.0 6 5 1 5
June 4.5 4 1 10 4
July 2.6 3 2 4 3
August 5.9 3 9 9 6
September 3.4 2 2 6 4
October 5.3 2 4 6 7
November 5.6 5 8 2 6
December 9.0 3 11 6 6
Average 6.1 8.8 5.3 5.3 5.9 6.7

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 6.4 6 6 7 6 6
February 6.6 7 6 7 7 7
March 6.6 6 6 6 6 6
April 6.3 6 7 6 7
May 5.2 5 5 6 6
June 4.7 4 4 5 5
July 4.0 4 4 4 4
August 4.0 4 3 4 4
September 4.6 4 5 4 6
October 5.3 6 5 5 5
November 5.5 5 6 5 6
December 5.8 5 5 5 6
Average 5.5 6.2 5.1 5.2 5.1 5.4

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 296° 239° 320° 274° 077°
February 353° 241° 311° 340° 269°
March 358° 274° 220° 118° 219°
April 042° 186° 273° 313°
May 057° 183° 125° 214°
June 283° 016° 151° 193°
July 296° 217° 211° 233°
August 331° 204° 108° 270°
September 047° 026° 061° 065°
October 010° 002° 164° 070°
November 023° 021° 348° 035°
December 316° 209° 206° 267°

Prevailing wind direction

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