Tri-L Acres Airpark

1AL2 · Alabama, United States

Climate Tri-L Acres Airpark 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Shelby County Airport (KEET) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.1 69 59 71 68 76
February 61.0 74 57 68 63 58
March 74.9 73 75 67 81 66
April 84.3 74 82 91 85
May 84.2 77 81 85 88
June 83.5 84 90 77 86
July 83.7 85 78 76 83
August 83.0 91 76 84 83
September 85.8 89 79 80 82
October 79.3 83 88 78 78
November 77.4 72 76 90 77
December 63.6 71 50 57 72
Average 77.4 72.0 77.0 76.5 78.0 78.4

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 86.8 88 76 91 85 90
February 80.9 92 79 81 83 79
March 88.5 86 88 80 90 85
April 93.7 90 92 97 94
May 93.4 93 90 96 96
June 92.1 93 94 89 95
July 90.1 90 84 87 90
August 90.7 96 85 92 90
September 94.3 98 90 91 94
October 91.6 94 90 91 91
November 88.1 82 84 97 90
December 80.3 88 70 78 89
Average 89.4 88.3 89.0 86.6 89.8 90.5

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 13.7 12 16 14 13 15
February 18.0 18 20 18 14 16
March 20.7 20 21 22 21 22
April 23.7 24 24 23 23
May 27.7 27 29 26 27
June 30.4 31 32 30 30
July 31.8 33 32 30 32
August 31.6 34 31 31 32
September 30.0 31 29 28 28
October 24.6 25 24 24 25
November 18.3 18 19 18 20
December 15.3 15 17 20 14
Average 23.0 16.7 24.4 24.5 23.2 23.5

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 3.7 2 7 2 4 6
February 7.2 6 9 5 4 6
March 9.5 10 9 8 10 14
April 12.0 13 13 11 11
May 16.7 16 18 15 15
June 20.3 19 22 21 20
July 21.9 22 21 22 23
August 22.1 23 22 23 22
September 19.6 19 19 19 19
October 13.8 13 11 15 14
November 6.6 6 9 5 10
December 5.6 4 10 9 2
Average 12.4 6.0 13.4 13.3 13.2 13.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.6 12 9 10 5 9
February 10.2 10 14 11 7 15
March 7.5 10 9 8 10 11
April 3.9 8 5 1 3
May 3.7 4 5 1 4
June 4.4 3 1 7 5
July 2.5 2 3 5 4
August 5.1 3 8 8 4
September 3.1 1 4 6 4
October 5.1 2 3 3 7
November 5.4 6 7 1 6
December 8.0 2 10 6 6
Average 6.0 10.7 5.1 5.7 4.9 6.2

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 5.2 5 5 5 5 5
February 5.4 6 5 6 6 6
March 5.5 5 5 5 5 5
April 5.2 5 6 5 5
May 4.2 4 4 5 5
June 3.7 4 3 4 4
July 3.4 3 4 3 3
August 3.3 4 3 3 4
September 3.6 3 3 3 4
October 4.2 5 4 4 4
November 4.2 4 4 4 5
December 4.6 5 4 4 4
Average 4.4 5.1 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.4

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 286° 245° 308° 278° 276°
February 226° 210° 205° 309° 269°
March 327° 260° 229° 178° 207°
April 233° 192° 248° 298°
May 257° 195° 171° 215°
June 254° 274° 169° 198°
July 283° 210° 211° 233°
August 300° 197° 193° 234°
September 358° 013° 002° 103°
October 290° 298° 208° 092°
November 334° 339° 323° 001°
December 270° 207° 199° 287°

Prevailing wind direction

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