Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field

KHSV · Alabama, United States

Climate Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Huntsville International-Carl T Jones Field (KHSV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.4 64 62 71 71 71
February 63.4 78 66 63 59 65
March 78.5 74 84 84 83 67
April 86.0 78 87 93 85
May 87.3 86 85 88 88
June 88.2 87 95 85 88
July 87.3 86 88 77 91
August 87.3 89 85 89 89
September 88.9 91 85 85 88
October 81.3 85 90 78 79
November 79.5 79 78 87 86
December 67.0 74 44 67 74
Average 80.1 72.1 81.2 81.5 80.7 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 90.2 91 86 91 90 95
February 84.9 95 86 79 76 86
March 93.5 92 97 93 95 87
April 96.2 94 97 100 96
May 97.0 98 98 97 96
June 96.9 95 99 97 98
July 96.0 94 97 93 97
August 95.9 95 94 96 96
September 96.0 95 97 95 98
October 94.9 95 99 95 92
November 93.3 95 90 95 95
December 86.3 89 74 85 92
Average 93.6 92.4 93.4 93.3 93.2 94.2

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 11.8 9 15 10 11 13
February 15.8 17 18 15 11 14
March 18.9 20 19 20 20 20
April 22.7 22 22 22 21
May 27.5 27 28 26 25
June 30.9 31 33 30 30
July 32.3 32 34 31 32
August 31.5 32 31 30 32
September 29.7 30 29 28 28
October 24.0 25 23 24 24
November 17.3 19 18 17 19
December 14.0 15 14 18 13
Average 22.2 15.4 23.6 23.3 22.3 22.5

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 2.3 0 5 -1 2 5
February 5.2 5 7 2 1 4
March 7.8 9 8 7 9 11
April 10.5 11 10 9 10
May 16.3 16 17 14 14
June 20.2 19 21 20 20
July 22.2 22 24 21 22
August 21.4 22 22 22 22
September 18.2 18 17 18 18
October 12.4 12 9 14 12
November 5.4 7 7 3 7
December 4.4 4 7 8 1
Average 11.3 4.7 12.4 12.0 11.7 12.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.2 15 9 14 8 15
February 14.4 8 11 17 17 23
March 7.8 10 8 7 7 13
April 6.2 8 5 3 4
May 4.9 5 4 4 8
June 4.2 4 1 7 4
July 3.3 2 3 8 2
August 4.1 3 5 7 5
September 5.4 4 4 7 6
October 7.0 8 1 8 8
November 5.7 5 8 4 5
December 11.9 7 27 7 7
Average 7.4 11.1 5.8 6.9 7.0 8.0

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 7.7 8 8 8 7 7
February 7.9 8 8 8 8 8
March 8.2 8 8 9 8 8
April 7.7 8 9 7 8
May 6.9 7 8 7 7
June 6.3 6 6 7 7
July 5.0 5 6 5 4
August 5.0 5 5 5 5
September 5.5 5 6 5 7
October 6.5 7 7 6 6
November 6.5 7 7 6 7
December 6.9 7 7 7 7
Average 6.8 7.8 6.5 7.0 6.3 6.6

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 183° 226° 328° 265° 165°
February 212° 221° 176° 330° 267°
March 149° 233° 200° 118° 214°
April 178° 195° 247° 303°
May 125° 190° 147° 161°
June 259° 110° 163° 189°
July 250° 227° 192° 215°
August 310° 189° 140° 223°
September 070° 068° 106° 090°
October 215° 121° 194° 109°
November 120° 072° 282° 109°
December 203° 175° 199° 232°

Prevailing wind direction

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