Hancock County/Ron Lewis Field

KY8 · Kentucky, United States

Climate Hancock County/Ron Lewis Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hancock County/Ron Lewis Field (KKY8) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.3 52 55 77 57 54
February 69.3 88 87 68 65 68
March 80.9 83 78 84 88 77
April 87.5 86 90 87 91 87
May 85.8 86 86 86 84
June 89.1 86 95 87 89
July 89.3 90 86 88 85
August 90.0 87 91 88 88
September 88.3 89 91 87 86
October 80.1 87 90 77 72
November 77.5 86 80 86 84
December 73.3 68 63 75 75
Average 81.9 78.2 83.1 84.5 82.3 80.2

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 89.6 92 88 91 93 92
February 89.2 98 98 92 90 88
March 94.8 97 97 98 98 94
April 97.0 97 98 98 97 97
May 96.2 97 97 97 94
June 97.2 96 99 97 99
July 96.0 97 96 95 94
August 97.3 97 99 97 97
September 95.7 97 96 96 97
October 92.9 96 95 95 88
November 93.4 97 93 94 96
December 92.5 96 84 95 93
Average 94.8 96.0 96.2 95.5 95.3 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 6.4 5 10 5 6 9
February 10.2 15 13 9 4 9
March 15.0 17 15 16 18 16
April 20.1 22 21 19 20 18
May 24.8 25 26 24 23
June 29.3 29 30 30 30
July 30.7 30 32 30 32
August 29.7 29 30 31 29
September 28.0 28 27 28 26
October 21.3 22 21 23 20
November 13.6 16 15 13 17
December 10.4 11 9 15 9
Average 19.6 14.4 20.9 20.3 20.1 19.9

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 -2.1 -2 2 -5 -1 1
February -1.8 1 3 -2 -4 1
March 4.2 6 4 4 5 6
April 8.6 11 8 9 8 7
May 14.4 13 16 12 13
June 18.2 16 18 19 18
July 20.4 21 22 20 21
August 19.2 19 20 20 19
September 15.8 15 15 17 15
October 10.0 10 8 14 9
November 2.8 4 3 2 5
December 1.3 2 2 4 -1
Average 9.1 4.1 9.8 9.3 9.7 9.8

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 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 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 6.4 6 7 7 6 6
February 6.6 7 8 7 5 7
March 7.7 8 8 8 8 8
April 7.0 8 7 7 7 6
May 5.8 5 6 5 6
June 5.0 5 5 5 5
July 3.9 4 4 4 3
August 4.0 4 4 4 4
September 4.4 4 5 5 5
October 5.5 5 6 6 5
November 6.1 6 6 6 6
December 6.3 6 6 7 6
Average 5.8 7.3 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.4

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 227° 224° 274° 228° 220°
February 220° 205° 215° 305° 241°
March 217° 209° 219° 184° 233°
April 210° 213° 200° 221° 247°
May 039° 171° 165° 206°
June 019° 209° 189° 181°
July 203° 207° 208° 202°
August 210° 202° 182° 027°
September 128° 017° 197° 143°
October 222° 203° 197° 190°
November 214° 215° 211° 215°
December 206° 197° 200° 221°

Prevailing wind direction

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