Cairns Army Air Field (Fort Novosel)

KOZR · Alabama, United States

Climate Cairns Army Air Field (Fort Novosel) 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cairns Army Air Field (Fort Novosel) (KOZR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.3 79 72 76 68 77
February 67.0 74 69 71 54 71
March 77.5 69 79 71 81 73
April 86.2 91 74 89 92 87
May 87.0 80 82 92 91
June 88.0 87 94 84 86
July 89.3 89 92 90 86
August 89.0 94 86 88 92
September 87.8 87 88 83 81
October 85.8 87 93 92 82
November 77.0 67 70 94 74
December 68.2 77 63 63 76
Average 81.9 78.2 80.4 82.2 82.8 82.0

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 89.1 89 82 94 88 89
February 81.5 83 85 85 67 80
March 88.2 85 90 83 90 85
April 92.4 94 83 95 96 95
May 92.1 88 87 97 96
June 92.5 91 96 89 94
July 93.2 92 95 93 93
August 93.4 96 92 96 93
September 93.3 93 91 91 92
October 92.5 93 95 97 93
November 86.1 80 78 96 90
December 80.4 90 69 72 89
Average 89.8 87.9 88.5 88.9 90.1 91.0

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 16.8 17 19 16 15 18
February 20.6 20 22 19 18 19
March 23.1 23 23 24 24 25
April 25.7 26 26 26 24 26
May 29.4 28 30 28 29
June 31.6 31 34 31 32
July 32.4 33 32 31 33
August 32.5 35 32 32 33
September 30.8 31 30 29 29
October 26.7 26 26 26 27
November 20.9 20 21 20 24
December 18.0 17 20 21 17
Average 25.2 21.5 25.9 25.9 25.0 25.9

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 5.0 4 7 2 6 6
February 8.8 7 11 6 8 8
March 10.7 11 11 10 12 15
April 12.6 14 14 12 11 13
May 17.3 17 18 16 16
June 20.5 21 22 21 21
July 22.3 23 22 22 23
August 22.3 23 22 22 23
September 19.9 19 18 20 20
October 14.5 13 11 15 16
November 8.5 8 10 6 12
December 7.2 6 10 11 4
Average 13.6 8.9 14.2 13.7 14.2 14.6

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 14 11 7 7
February 7.9 12 8 9 8 11
March 5.7 6 6 9 7 4
April 4.2 3 10 3 4 2
May 4.0 4 6 1 2
June 5.7 5 4 7 6
July 4.7 6 6 6 3
August 4.8 4 7 4 4
September 4.2 1 5 3 9
October 4.4 3 3 3 3
November 5.0 8 6 2 3
December 7.8 10 5 5 5
Average 5.6 7.4 6.5 6.1 4.6 4.9

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 6.5 7 6 7 6 6
February 7.0 8 8 7 6 7
March 7.1 6 7 7 7 7
April 6.6 7 7 7 6 7
May 5.5 6 6 6 5
June 5.2 6 5 5 5
July 4.1 4 4 4 4
August 4.5 5 4 5 5
September 5.2 5 5 4 7
October 6.0 6 5 5 6
November 5.9 6 7 5 7
December 5.9 7 4 6 6
Average 5.9 6.9 6.1 5.6 5.3 5.9

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 305° 239° 301° 290° 030°
February 317° 225° 276° 347° 234°
March 018° 218° 241° 159° 204°
April 228° 097° 188° 266° 287°
May 023° 186° 124° 185°
June 244° 343° 166° 160°
July 263° 215° 206° 234°
August 306° 170° 094° 197°
September 043° 024° 067° 056°
October 018° 017° 020° 048°
November 025° 010° 006° 028°
December 024° 038° 199° 325°

Prevailing wind direction

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