Lakeland Linder International Airport

KLAL · Florida, United States

Climate Lakeland Linder International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lakeland Linder International Airport (KLAL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.6 73 85 82 79 85
February 80.9 87 84 79 72 87
March 85.0 76 88 85 75 92
April 87.5 93 87 85 86 82
May 87.4 91 84 96 86
June 85.8 84 85 87 88
July 92.2 94 94 91 93
August 89.6 91 94 87 91
September 87.2 89 83 87 81
October 87.2 85 96 90 86
November 77.2 75 62 85 76
December 79.6 81 83 77 90
Average 85.2 82.4 86.6 84.7 84.9 86.5

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 92.0 91 95 88 91 93
February 91.6 94 92 89 91 96
March 94.0 91 94 92 93 96
April 96.1 99 98 93 96 94
May 95.6 97 93 98 96
June 96.5 96 96 98 97
July 98.3 100 99 98 99
August 97.7 99 100 97 99
September 95.6 95 92 94 96
October 96.8 96 98 98 95
November 91.1 89 84 93 95
December 90.8 92 89 88 97
Average 94.8 93.6 95.3 93.0 94.7 96.2

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 21.7 22 24 21 21 23
February 25.3 23 27 25 25 25
March 26.3 27 28 27 26 29
April 28.4 28 30 28 28 29
May 30.7 31 31 31 30
June 31.6 32 32 32 32
July 32.2 33 33 32 32
August 32.2 34 33 32 32
September 31.4 32 31 31 31
October 29.4 29 28 30 30
November 25.4 25 26 23 27
December 23.3 22 24 26 22
Average 27.8 24.7 28.8 28.4 28.0 28.4

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 10.9 9 12 10 11 13
February 14.0 11 14 13 15 14
March 14.8 16 15 15 16 16
April 16.0 16 17 8 17 19
May 17.0 19 0 20 19
June 22.2 23 18 23 23
July 23.6 24 23 24 24
August 23.8 25 23 24 24
September 22.8 22 22 23 23
October 20.5 19 18 21 22
November 16.2 16 18 14 19
December 13.3 13 14 15 11
Average 17.4 13.0 18.1 15.1 18.4 18.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.8 4 1 5 1 1
February 2.1 4 1 2 4 2
March 1.2 1 1 3 0 0
April 2.1 1 3 1 3 5
May 2.2 2 1 0 3
June 4.9 2 3 6 9
July 4.8 4 3 4 7
August 4.6 4 1 5 7
September 3.0 0 6 6 5
October 1.8 1 0 1 2
November 4.5 7 6 6 7
December 3.1 6 0 2 2
Average 3.1 2.4 2.6 2.6 3.1 4.1

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 7.2 8 7 7 7 7
February 7.3 7 7 7 8 9
March 7.3 7 8 9 8 6
April 7.5 7 8 8 7 8
May 6.8 6 6 8 8
June 5.4 7 6 7 5
July 4.8 4 5 6 6
August 5.1 6 5 6 5
September 5.5 5 5 5 6
October 6.9 8 5 6 7
November 6.8 6 7 7 9
December 6.5 8 6 5 6
Average 6.5 7.3 6.5 6.2 6.5 6.7

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 050° 246° 338° 255° 056°
February 231° 203° 088° 242° 183°
March 130° 253° 175° 110° 138°
April 096° 084° 089° 171° 243°
May 044° 102° 086° 063°
June 275° 079° 167° 103°
July 276° 156° 189° 168°
August 110° 142° 139° 136°
September 048° 046° 062° 091°
October 043° 044° 081° 072°
November 046° 044° 033° 065°
December 038° 050° 048° 051°

Prevailing wind direction

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