Oktibbeha Airport

M51 · Mississippi, United States

Climate Oktibbeha Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Golden Triangle Regional Airport (KGTR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.0 64 61 78 70 71
February 62.5 81 62 63 61 61
March 76.7 75 82 77 80 66
April 82.7 73 82 94 83
May 83.1 79 81 82 84
June 87.2 87 88 82 85
July 85.5 80 90 81 86
August 84.9 92 73 85 87
September 87.2 87 89 84 87
October 80.4 85 89 79 77
November 77.2 76 78 84 84
December 66.3 82 60 67 78
Average 77.9 73.0 79.1 80.1 79.6 79.5

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 85.0 85 80 92 88 85
February 79.7 90 85 77 78 76
March 91.3 87 94 88 94 89
April 93.5 87 94 98 93
May 94.3 93 95 95 95
June 95.1 94 93 93 96
July 92.6 89 94 92 92
August 92.5 96 86 94 95
September 94.3 93 96 92 95
October 91.4 96 95 92 84
November 90.3 90 89 94 92
December 82.5 89 78 89 94
Average 89.9 87.0 90.5 90.4 91.8 90.8

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 12.5 11 16 13 12 15
February 16.3 19 19 16 12 15
March 19.7 20 21 21 21 22
April 22.5 23 24 23 23
May 27.0 28 29 26 27
June 30.3 31 33 31 31
July 32.1 33 34 32 33
August 31.2 34 32 32 32
September 30.0 31 30 29 29
October 24.9 25 24 25 25
November 18.2 19 19 18 20
December 15.4 16 17 20 14
Average 22.5 16.5 24.6 24.5 23.5 23.8

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 3.2 0 6 0 3 6
February 5.8 6 8 2 1 5
March 8.8 9 9 7 9 13
April 10.9 9 11 10 11
May 17.0 16 18 16 16
June 20.5 20 21 20 20
July 22.3 22 23 22 23
August 22.1 22 22 22 21
September 19.3 19 17 19 19
October 13.1 13 10 15 13
November 6.0 7 7 4 8
December 5.3 4 9 9 2
Average 11.9 4.9 12.9 12.5 12.6 12.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.0 10 6 7 9 10
February 9.4 7 8 7 7 15
March 7.0 10 5 6 7 10
April 4.6 6 4 1 5
May 2.9 2 1 4 3
June 3.6 2 2 7 2
July 3.5 3 2 3 3
August 3.4 1 7 3 4
September 2.9 1 2 3 4
October 6.2 4 3 1 5
November 3.8 5 5 4 3
December 5.9 5 8 2 1
Average 5.5 9.3 3.7 4.0 4.0 5.3

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 7.4 8 8 8 7 7
February 8.0 8 8 8 8 8
March 7.8 7 8 8 8 8
April 7.8 8 9 7 7
May 6.7 6 7 7 7
June 5.6 5 5 7 6
July 4.9 4 6 5 4
August 4.7 5 4 5 5
September 5.4 5 5 5 7
October 6.6 7 7 6 7
November 6.3 6 6 6 6
December 6.8 7 7 7 7
Average 6.6 7.7 6.3 6.6 6.4 6.6

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 237° 205° 310° 265° 178°
February 192° 205° 197° 333° 238°
March 147° 184° 188° 146° 199°
April 106° 172° 204° 314°
May 079° 176° 128° 158°
June 276° 022° 153° 165°
July 246° 202° 199° 190°
August 324° 154° 121° 358°
September 062° 025° 086° 051°
October 144° 154° 182° 070°
November 038° 071° 348° 073°
December 199° 179° 188° 210°

Prevailing wind direction

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