A Paul Vance Fredericktown Regional Airport

H88 · Missouri, United States

Climate A Paul Vance Fredericktown Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Farmington Regional Airport (KFAM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.3 55 52 81 50 49
February 68.0 91 76 67 58 63
March 69.3 81 65 73 78 61
April 82.3 93 81 88 78
May 78.6 79 71 80 72
June 88.9 90 90 82 92
July 86.3 88 83 84 74
August 86.4 77 87 94 83
September 86.0 86 85 85 82
October 74.9 79 86 67 63
November 73.9 85 68 88 79
December 62.8 32 41 66 72
Average 77.1 76.2 78.8 78.2 78.1 73.1

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 77.4 71 71 88 84 70
February 82.7 98 91 81 85 76
March 87.9 90 89 96 92 80
April 92.6 99 92 94 91
May 91.0 90 90 93 87
June 96.2 95 97 95 97
July 92.0 95 92 93 76
August 93.9 88 95 97 92
September 92.3 93 91 91 91
October 87.1 91 92 85 75
November 88.1 95 87 97 90
December 82.5 68 59 77 97
Average 88.9 86.4 90.5 90.2 90.9 85.4

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 5.9 4 9 5 5 7
February 10.5 16 13 9 5 9
March 14.6 18 13 16 17 15
April 19.4 21 19 19 19
May 24.3 25 24 23 22
June 29.4 31 31 29 29
July 31.2 32 33 29 32
August 29.3 29 29 31 29
September 27.4 27 27 27 26
October 20.3 21 20 22 19
November 13.1 15 13 13 16
December 9.4 8 8 14 9
Average 18.7 12.4 20.7 19.9 19.7 19.2

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 -4.8 -5 0 -6 -2 -1
February -1.1 2 1 -5 -3 -2
March 3.4 5 2 3 4 5
April 7.1 7 7 7 7
May 13.3 13 14 11 12
June 17.6 16 18 19 17
July 20.5 20 22 20 21
August 19.0 20 19 20 18
September 15.6 15 14 16 14
October 8.6 9 6 12 7
November 2.1 3 2 2 5
December 0.0 5 1 3 -2
Average 7.7 0.8 9.4 8.2 9.0 8.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.2 17 12 13 11 15
February 12.0 3 12 19 22 13
March 12.9 8 13 13 11 16
April 10.1 2 16 10 10
May 7.5 4 9 10 11
June 3.5 4 3 6 4
July 3.5 2 4 4 3
August 4.7 4 8 1 5
September 3.0 3 3 3 3
October 8.8 11 6 9 13
November 7.0 4 5 2 6
December 9.8 18 19 10 5
Average 8.0 9.2 6.2 9.0 7.7 8.4

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 7.6 7 8 8 7 7
February 8.1 8 8 9 8 8
March 8.5 9 9 9 9 8
April 8.4 9 9 8 8
May 6.9 6 8 7 7
June 5.8 6 6 6 6
July 5.4 6 6 5 5
August 5.2 5 5 5 5
September 5.4 5 5 6 6
October 7.2 8 7 7 7
November 7.3 6 8 8 8
December 7.3 8 6 8 7
Average 7.0 8.0 6.7 7.0 6.8 6.8

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 257° 244° 295° 281° 226°
February 241° 221° 260° 336° 272°
March 204° 236° 221° 166° 206°
April 208° 204° 225° 246°
May 111° 183° 159° 209°
June 346° 194° 192° 192°
July 242° 176° 154° 183°
August 251° 172° 165° 055°
September 178° 341° 179° 162°
October 236° 236° 204° 223°
November 222° 228° 230° 205°
December 244° 175° 207° 245°

Prevailing wind direction

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