Hurlburt Field

KHRT · Florida, United States

Climate Hurlburt Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hurlburt Field (KHRT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.4 75 73 72 69 67
February 64.2 73 66 70 54 69
March 75.2 70 66 72 68 80
April 80.1 78 71 88 83 86
May 88.2 87 85 89 88
June 86.6 86 92 79 85
July 92.5 92 91 91 93
August 93.3 98 92 88 94
September 89.6 83 94 88 82
October 87.1 91 87 93 80
November 84.1 80 75 93 85
December 67.8 69 68 57 80
Average 81.6 73.9 80.4 83.1 80.4 83.2

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 87.7 86 82 88 88 82
February 78.7 87 81 78 67 82
March 84.5 82 78 83 74 89
April 91.1 91 86 97 93 94
May 96.6 95 94 96 98
June 96.8 97 96 95 96
July 98.4 98 98 98 100
August 98.8 100 98 98 100
September 96.6 94 97 96 94
October 94.1 95 93 98 90
November 92.2 90 86 97 95
December 81.2 85 77 71 90
Average 91.3 86.4 90.2 91.4 90.2 93.0

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 17.0 16 19 16 17 18
February 19.6 19 21 18 18 19
March 21.9 22 22 22 22 24
April 24.1 24 24 24 24 25
May 27.9 27 28 27 28
June 30.4 30 32 30 31
July 31.2 32 31 31 31
August 31.3 34 31 31 32
September 30.2 30 30 29 30
October 26.7 26 25 26 28
November 21.5 21 22 20 25
December 18.5 18 21 21 18
Average 24.5 20.1 25.3 25.0 24.7 25.6

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 7.0 6 9 5 7 9
February 10.6 9 11 7 9 10
March 12.7 13 13 11 13 17
April 14.7 16 15 15 13 15
May 18.7 18 20 18 18
June 22.7 22 23 22 23
July 23.8 23 24 24 24
August 23.8 24 23 24 24
September 21.6 21 21 20 22
October 16.8 15 13 18 18
November 10.4 11 12 8 14
December 9.2 9 12 12 6
Average 15.4 10.7 16.0 15.6 15.6 16.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.5 12 10 14 7 11
February 8.9 11 13 12 6 10
March 6.4 5 8 10 9 2
April 5.1 3 9 3 5 4
May 4.4 6 9 3 3
June 7.8 7 5 6 6
July 6.7 6 11 8 6
August 7.9 1 17 7 11
September 7.8 10 8 10 11
October 5.4 6 3 4 4
November 6.9 19 5 3 5
December 8.3 14 7 3 6
Average 6.9 7.4 8.7 8.6 5.8 6.4

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 8.6 10 8 9 8 9
February 8.3 8 9 9 9 9
March 8.9 9 9 10 9 8
April 8.7 10 8 9 8 8
May 7.4 7 8 9 8
June 7.0 8 7 8 8
July 6.3 7 6 6 7
August 6.3 8 6 7 7
September 6.7 6 7 6 9
October 7.8 7 7 7 8
November 7.8 8 9 7 9
December 7.6 8 6 7 8
Average 7.7 8.9 7.5 7.7 7.5 8.0

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 048° 214° 025° 332° 060°
February 125° 155° 073° 029° 105°
March 068° 147° 163° 122° 173°
April 139° 137° 147° 118° 202°
May 169° 177° 149° 165°
June 218° 207° 167° 166°
July 242° 201° 208° 201°
August 206° 188° 169° 196°
September 106° 076° 138° 095°
October 052° 084° 100° 075°
November 043° 057° 042° 054°
December 063° 089° 154° 032°

Prevailing wind direction

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