Julian Carroll Airport

KJKL · Kentucky, United States

Climate Julian Carroll Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Julian Carroll Airport (KJKL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.3 43 46 48 56 56
February 61.8 61 64 64 44 57
March 73.9 75 67 72 90 63
April 81.6 85 81 90 76
May 78.4 73 71 85 79
June 81.7 77 91 88 76
July 77.8 72 59 87 84
August 77.8 63 75 82 79
September 79.8 71 81 83 80
October 76.2 78 82 72 74
November 74.0 73 64 90 84
December 63.0 57 46 73 63
Average 72.5 59.8 68.9 70.1 79.4 73.3

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 77.1 69 73 66 87 87
February 77.5 77 80 78 57 74
March 84.5 82 84 78 94 82
April 91.4 93 91 95 87
May 86.0 82 80 92 89
June 89.5 86 97 93 88
July 86.0 81 71 95 89
August 85.8 76 85 86 88
September 88.1 84 90 90 90
October 86.4 87 93 86 80
November 86.6 88 76 97 92
December 79.8 76 57 91 82
Average 84.4 76.3 82.3 80.8 88.9 85.8

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 7.5 6 11 5 6 10
February 11.9 14 14 11 5 11
March 15.3 17 15 17 17 17
April 20.2 21 20 20 18
May 24.2 23 25 23 22
June 27.3 26 29 28 27
July 29.3 29 29 29 31
August 28.2 28 28 29 28
September 26.2 26 25 26 25
October 20.7 21 19 22 20
November 13.9 15 15 13 17
December 10.2 12 10 15 8
Average 18.7 12.1 20.0 19.8 19.5 19.6

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 -1.4 -1 3 -4 -1 2
February 2.3 3 5 0 -2 2
March 4.7 7 4 5 6 8
April 8.9 10 9 9 7
May 14.2 13 15 13 12
June 17.7 16 18 19 18
July 20.0 20 20 20 21
August 19.4 19 20 21 20
September 16.5 16 16 16 16
October 10.7 11 9 13 11
November 4.1 5 5 3 7
December 2.2 4 3 6 0
Average 9.1 2.6 10.4 9.9 10.2 10.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.8 32 25 26 11 12
February 15.3 10 12 16 17 25
March 11.3 16 11 6 7 17
April 9.4 6 10 8 12
May 9.3 8 12 6 11
June 7.3 11 3 6 7
July 5.5 3 13 4 4
August 6.8 10 7 10 6
September 6.3 4 6 8 5
October 9.8 12 6 11 9
November 10.2 9 15 5 9
December 16.0 19 28 7 16
Average 11.1 19.4 10.5 11.5 8.0 10.7

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 4.0 4 4 4 3 4
February 4.1 4 5 5 3 4
March 4.4 4 5 5 4 4
April 3.8 4 5 4 4
May 2.0 2 2 2 3
June 1.5 2 1 2 2
July 1.3 2 1 2 1
August 1.2 1 1 1 1
September 1.3 1 2 2 1
October 2.0 3 2 2 2
November 3.1 3 4 3 4
December 3.5 3 3 4 4
Average 2.8 4.0 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.6

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 241° 230° 255° 246° 240°
February 231° 218° 227° 268° 249°
March 255° 242° 236° 224° 238°
April 247° 247° 262° 271°
May 280° 233° 266° 269°
June 275° 281° 227° 260°
July 254° 270° 262° 277°
August 251° 247° 219° 297°
September 277° 282° 246° 192°
October 267° 221° 254° 266°
November 230° 239° 225° 245°
December 224° 242° 215° 230°

Prevailing wind direction

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