Ware Island Airport

01AL · Alabama, United States

Climate Ware Island Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal (KSCD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.1 76 65 74 72 74
February 66.1 83 65 76 62 66
March 78.9 73 86 76 83 70
April 85.5 79 86 91 86
May 83.6 77 85 83 89
June 79.3 59 91 77 85
July 82.7 70 83 80 85
August 83.1 92 79 85 82
September 86.0 88 84 80 79
October 79.2 85 91 76 78
November 78.8 80 80 91 72
December 64.7 75 58 57 71
Average 78.7 77.2 76.8 81.3 78.5 79.0

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 90.1 92 83 93 86 92
February 86.5 99 86 90 83 86
March 93.8 90 97 93 94 88
April 95.5 93 94 98 97
May 95.2 95 96 96 98
June 90.3 66 97 93 97
July 90.0 76 92 89 93
August 93.6 98 92 94 95
September 96.0 98 98 93 97
October 92.9 97 95 90 93
November 91.0 92 90 98 89
December 84.2 91 81 82 86
Average 92.0 93.3 89.0 93.0 91.4 92.9

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 13.9 13 16 13 13 15
February 18.1 18 20 17 15 15
March 20.5 20 21 21 21 22
April 23.6 23 23 23 22
May 27.6 26 29 26 27
June 29.9 30 32 30 30
July 32.0 33 32 30 32
August 31.4 34 31 31 29
September 27.2 30 29 28 20
October 24.5 25 24 24 25
November 18.3 19 19 18 20
December 15.3 15 17 19 14
Average 22.8 17.0 24.3 24.0 23.2 22.6

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 2.5 1 5 0 3 5
February 6.4 5 8 4 3 5
March 8.2 8 8 6 8 13
April 10.2 11 10 9 10
May 15.4 15 17 14 13
June 18.7 19 20 20 18
July 21.0 21 22 19 22
August 20.0 21 20 22 14
September 15.7 18 17 18 9
October 12.1 12 9 13 14
November 5.1 6 7 4 8
December 3.9 3 9 8 1
Average 10.8 4.6 12.2 11.8 11.6 11.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.3 6 6 6 10 10
February 8.6 6 8 8 8 17
March 6.7 7 6 4 10 14
April 3.3 4 4 2 5
May 3.8 4 3 1 5
June 5.0 1 2 8 5
July 2.5 2 1 6 2
August 5.0 3 6 5 4
September 3.5 1 2 8 6
October 5.2 2 2 6 6
November 5.6 7 5 1 5
December 8.3 4 5 4 5
Average 5.4 6.4 3.8 3.8 5.6 6.4

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 4.7 5 5 5 4 4
February 4.9 5 5 5 5 4
March 4.8 5 3 6 4 5
April 4.8 4 6 5 4
May 4.0 3 5 4 4
June 3.2 2 3 3 4
July 2.6 1 3 3 3
August 2.2 1 3 2 3
September 3.0 3 4 3 4
October 3.7 4 4 4 4
November 3.8 4 4 4 4
December 4.3 5 5 4 4
Average 3.9 5.0 3.1 4.3 3.6 3.7

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 236° 243° 280° 268° 188°
February 208° 222° 202° 278° 270°
March 270° 222° 226° 188° 227°
April 261° 215° 254° 281°
May 325° 211° 171° 191°
June 255° 044° 173° 198°
July 275° 239° 231° 212°
August 321° 221° 139° 231°
September 086° 073° 119° 099°
October 250° 189° 215° 127°
November 086° 055° 318° 076°
December 235° 206° 223° 253°

Prevailing wind direction

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