Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

KMSY · Louisiana, United States

Climate Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (KMSY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.3 68 64 82 73 71
February 68.2 81 68 65 59 70
March 78.9 71 78 81 74 80
April 84.8 80 88 86 86
May 90.7 92 90 85 94
June 92.5 96 95 88 90
July 94.4 97 95 94 90
August 94.8 98 94 94 94
September 92.7 97 97 90 77
October 87.2 87 94 94 81
November 79.0 67 71 92 78
December 69.5 82 60 65 81
Average 83.2 72.9 84.5 85.5 83.4 83.0

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 88.8 83 83 92 93 86
February 85.6 95 87 84 76 87
March 92.5 83 90 98 92 94
April 96.3 96 99 97 94
May 98.9 99 99 98 100
June 98.3 100 98 98 97
July 98.3 99 98 99 97
August 98.4 99 99 97 100
September 98.6 100 99 98 95
October 96.5 97 99 99 96
November 89.9 82 84 99 89
December 85.5 96 76 84 97
Average 93.5 86.6 94.2 94.4 94.6 94.4

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 18.3 19 21 17 18 20
February 21.3 21 22 20 17 21
March 23.8 23 24 24 24 27
April 25.8 26 26 25 27
May 29.8 30 31 29 30
June 32.3 34 33 32 32
July 33.0 35 32 33 33
August 33.0 36 31 33 33
September 31.4 33 31 30 30
October 27.5 27 26 28 28
November 21.7 21 21 21 24
December 19.6 19 21 23 19
Average 25.8 21.1 27.2 26.2 26.0 26.9

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 9.1 8 12 7 9 12
February 12.4 12 14 10 8 12
March 15.1 15 16 13 15 19
April 17.2 18 18 17 18
May 21.5 22 23 22 22
June 24.8 25 26 25 25
July 25.5 26 25 26 26
August 25.4 27 25 26 25
September 23.8 25 23 23 24
October 19.5 19 17 21 20
November 12.9 14 13 12 16
December 11.4 11 14 15 9
Average 17.5 11.4 19.0 17.8 18.2 19.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.1 11 8 10 4 8
February 5.8 7 5 7 5 7
March 3.6 5 5 2 5 2
April 2.8 3 3 4 2
May 3.0 2 4 5 3
June 5.1 1 1 10 9
July 6.2 2 6 7 11
August 5.7 1 10 7 3
September 5.3 2 3 10 12
October 4.5 3 2 2 3
November 5.4 8 10 2 5
December 8.2 11 8 5 4
Average 5.4 7.4 3.9 5.2 5.5 5.5

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 8.4 9 8 9 8 8
February 8.8 9 9 9 8 9
March 8.9 9 9 9 9 9
April 9.1 9 10 9 9
May 7.7 7 8 9 8
June 7.1 8 6 8 7
July 5.9 6 5 5 7
August 6.1 7 6 6 7
September 6.6 6 6 6 8
October 7.9 8 7 8 9
November 7.2 7 8 6 8
December 7.4 7 7 7 8
Average 7.7 8.7 7.5 7.4 7.5 8.0

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 058° 166° 331° 304° 082°
February 171° 179° 088° 024° 180°
March 108° 152° 168° 123° 161°
April 090° 139° 104° 114°
May 098° 169° 122° 133°
June 227° 274° 149° 123°
July 242° 194° 195° 168°
August 285° 159° 096° 091°
September 059° 021° 087° 047°
October 050° 068° 109° 055°
November 034° 037° 034° 050°
December 032° 091° 165° 056°

Prevailing wind direction

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