Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field)

KMGM · Alabama, United States

Climate Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Montgomery Regional (Dannelly Field) (KMGM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.2 76 70 76 75 70
February 67.0 79 73 67 55 59
March 78.9 72 79 72 85 73
April 86.6 90 80 82 94 90
May 87.6 79 87 92 90
June 87.0 84 97 86 89
July 86.2 85 86 85 83
August 86.4 95 78 89 86
September 86.9 84 82 82 78
October 83.2 88 93 85 75
November 77.5 79 76 91 71
December 66.6 77 58 62 76
Average 81.1 79.3 81.3 80.7 82.5 79.2

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 90.6 94 88 93 90 85
February 84.0 91 91 81 70 81
March 92.4 88 94 87 95 87
April 95.1 97 94 90 98 97
May 95.8 96 95 97 95
June 94.5 92 98 95 98
July 91.7 90 91 90 89
August 93.0 99 83 95 95
September 94.5 94 91 91 94
October 93.7 95 96 95 94
November 88.8 89 84 96 92
December 85.2 92 74 87 90
Average 92.0 92.7 92.9 89.4 92.0 91.6

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 15.9 15 19 15 15 17
February 20.0 19 22 19 17 18
March 22.6 22 23 23 23 25
April 25.6 26 26 25 25 25
May 29.4 28 30 28 29
June 32.2 32 34 32 32
July 33.4 34 34 32 33
August 33.2 36 32 33 33
September 31.6 31 30 30 30
October 26.5 26 25 27 27
November 20.2 20 21 20 23
December 17.3 17 19 22 16
Average 25.1 20.3 26.1 25.8 25.2 25.7

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 4.4 2 6 2 6 7
February 8.2 6 11 4 6 7
March 10.4 10 11 9 11 14
April 12.4 13 13 12 12 12
May 17.4 17 19 16 16
June 21.5 21 23 21 21
July 22.8 24 24 23 24
August 23.1 24 23 23 23
September 20.5 20 19 20 21
October 14.7 13 10 16 16
November 7.5 8 9 6 11
December 6.4 5 10 10 3
Average 13.4 7.8 14.3 13.7 14.0 14.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.0 7 5 6 10 9
February 7.4 9 6 7 6 14
March 5.7 11 5 5 9 6
April 3.2 2 4 7 2 4
May 2.8 3 4 2 3
June 3.5 1 1 4 3
July 2.5 3 1 4 4
August 4.9 1 11 6 3
September 3.7 4 2 8 8
October 4.4 2 3 2 6
November 4.9 7 5 1 4
December 6.5 5 3 5 4
Average 4.9 7.3 3.7 4.4 4.6 5.4

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 6.9 8 7 7 7 7
February 6.8 7 8 6 7 7
March 7.0 7 7 7 7 6
April 6.8 7 7 7 6 7
May 5.6 6 6 7 6
June 5.3 6 5 6 6
July 4.6 4 5 4 5
August 4.6 5 4 5 5
September 5.3 5 6 5 7
October 6.1 6 6 5 6
November 5.9 6 7 5 7
December 6.3 7 6 6 6
Average 6.0 7.2 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.1

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 294° 250° 300° 276° 035°
February 249° 220° 128° 324° 261°
March 016° 242° 244° 113° 218°
April 227° 059° 188° 285° 295°
May 058° 175° 136° 098°
June 250° 005° 142° 121°
July 264° 197° 234° 215°
August 268° 194° 104° 203°
September 078° 043° 048° 058°
October 029° 017° 073° 054°
November 036° 022° 007° 030°
December 344° 204° 213° 309°

Prevailing wind direction

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