Mississippi Canyon 474 Weather Station

KIKT · United States

Climate Mississippi Canyon 474 Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mississippi Canyon 474 Weather Station (KIKT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.9 65 82 69
February 69.4 85 67 74 69
March 73.6 67 74 83 80
April 79.1 64 68 90 82
May 92.1 91 95 86
June 90.5 90 96 89
July 86.6 89 50 87
August 92.3 98 68 92
September 93.3 96 97
October 80.1 80
November 76.5 87 73
December 71.7 88 88 72
Average 79.7 72.2 82.1 83.9 72.2 81.7

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 91.1 84 96 87
February 87.3 96 90 93 83
March 88.4 80 90 92 90
April 89.4 80 83 98 88
May 97.8 98 98 97
June 96.7 97 98 94
July 92.5 96 51 96
August 95.8 99 70 97
September 97.2 98 98
October 94.8 94
November 97.7 100 99
December 90.6 97 99 93
Average 92.2 86.3 93.5 92.3 93.4 91.5

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 20.8 20 22 22
February 22.7 22 22 23 22
March 23.0 22 23 23 25
April 24.7 24 23 25 26
May 27.7 27 28 28
June 30.8 30 29 31
July 31.3 32 20 32
August 32.3 33 24 34
September 30.6 30 28
October 27.5 26
November 23.2 21 23
December 22.6 19 24 23
Average 25.4 21.4 26.0 24.7 22.8 27.1

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 16.3 15 18 17
February 18.3 18 19 16 17
March 19.0 19 19 19 19
April 21.2 21 21 22 22
May 23.8 25 24 23
June 26.4 26 27 27
July 26.3 28 16 27
August 27.0 28 19 28
September 26.8 27 24
October 24.4 24
November 18.5 18 19
December 18.4 16 20 20
Average 21.4 17.7 22.6 21.1 20.1 22.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0
October 0.0 0
November 0.0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0
Average

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 10.0 13 10 10
February 10.3 11 10 9 9
March 9.5 11 11 10 3
April 10.9 12 13 13 7
May 7.6 7 9 0
June 5.8 8 6 0
July 3.7 5 3 0
August 5.4 5 6 0
September 9.1 8 11
October 12.4 12
November 9.6 15 13
December 9.4 11 9 11
Average 8.9 11.6 9.4 9.5 10.8 3.4

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 114° 147° 091°
February 154° 142° 121° 118°
March 118° 142° 131° 155°
April 123° 098° 120° 083°
May 060° 149° 360°
June 218° 255° 360°
July 258° 150° 360°
August 074° 122° 360°
September 082° 036°
October 090°
November 046° 064°
December 093° 109° 130°

Prevailing wind direction

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