Monroe County Airport

M40 · Mississippi, United States

Climate Monroe County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Monroe County Airport (KM40) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.0 67 66 79 67 69
February 64.6 81 75 65 58 62
March 78.2 76 85 83 77 68
April 83.9 82 76 86 93 80
May 83.0 84 81 79 84
June 85.5 90 92 76 83
July 84.7 83 93 75 82
August 82.4 82 80 82 81
September 86.3 90 89 83 83
October 80.3 87 91 77 74
November 78.2 82 81 86 80
December 68.5 83 58 65 76
Average 79.1 76.7 82.2 82.9 76.9 77.3

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 88.2 89 84 92 89 86
February 80.8 92 87 80 78 77
March 93.0 91 96 94 93 88
April 92.0 93 87 94 96 91
May 93.4 95 94 92 96
June 92.2 95 97 86 93
July 93.0 91 96 90 91
August 90.9 86 92 90 94
September 93.2 95 94 91 90
October 91.0 96 96 90 83
November 91.5 94 92 95 93
December 85.1 92 75 85 92
Average 90.6 91.5 91.4 92.4 89.6 89.8

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 12.4 10 16 12 12 14
February 16.7 19 19 16 12 16
March 20.6 21 21 21 22 23
April 23.3 24 23 24 23 24
May 28.4 28 29 26 27
June 31.8 31 33 30 32
July 33.3 33 34 32 34
August 32.0 31 32 32 32
September 30.3 31 30 29 28
October 25.2 26 24 26 26
November 19.3 19 19 18 20
December 15.2 16 16 20 14
Average 22.5 18.2 24.4 24.4 23.5 24.1

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 1.6 0 5 0 2 5
February 4.7 5 7 2 1 5
March 7.9 8 8 6 9 12
April 10.1 12 10 10 9 10
May 15.9 15 17 15 15
June 19.3 18 20 20 20
July 22.1 22 23 22 23
August 20.4 18 22 21 20
September 17.8 17 16 18 18
October 12.1 11 8 14 13
November 5.8 5 6 3 6
December 4.3 3 8 8 1
Average 10.2 6.1 11.8 11.7 11.8 12.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.6 10 5 6 7 11
February 10.2 6 6 8 9 18
March 6.4 7 6 4 6 11
April 7.0 7 10 6 2 7
May 3.8 4 3 4 4
June 5.6 3 2 11 6
July 5.8 4 4 4 5
August 4.1 2 6 10 3
September 3.6 3 2 4 7
October 4.7 4 3 2 5
November 4.7 3 5 6 4
December 6.5 2 10 5 3
Average 5.7 7.3 4.2 4.4 5.9 6.7

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 6.3 7 6 7 6 6
February 6.7 7 7 7 6 7
March 6.8 6 7 7 7 7
April 6.3 7 6 7 6 6
May 4.9 5 6 5 5
June 4.1 4 4 4 5
July 3.5 3 4 3 3
August 3.4 3 3 4 4
September 3.6 4 4 3 4
October 4.9 6 6 4 4
November 5.1 5 5 5 5
December 5.6 5 5 6 6
Average 5.3 6.5 5.0 5.2 4.9 4.9

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 280° 219° 323° 271° 195°
February 211° 207° 226° 320° 266°
March 220° 242° 213° 155° 204°
April 192° 235° 185° 222° 305°
May 173° 183° 129° 179°
June 235° 336° 166° 194°
July 248° 213° 208° 198°
August 337° 189° 155° 284°
September 020° 009° 061° 023°
October 234° 214° 196° 357°
November 302° 344° 277° 357°
December 223° 206° 182° 247°

Prevailing wind direction

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