Bass Field

02AL · Alabama, United States

Climate Bass Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gulf Shores International/Jack Edwards Field (KJKA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.9 72 83 78 76 60
February 63.5 76 65 70 58 68
March 71.5 66 69 75 70 60
April 76.6 75 83 80 82
May 79.1 80 85 77 76
June 79.2 87 89 65 70
July 86.5 92 84 84 81
August 86.4 93 83 85 85
September 88.1 91 95 87 76
October 77.2 80 86 85
November 81.1 73 80 92
December 63.1 81 54 51
Average 76.8 70.8 81.3 81.4 76.2 73.0

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 87.1 83 91 89 84 82
February 78.0 88 75 84 74 80
March 86.5 74 85 88 85 88
April 90.7 89 91 89 95
May 95.8 92 96 93 97
June 96.5 97 96 96 94
July 97.4 98 94 98 98
August 97.7 98 94 97 99
September 97.4 97 98 98 94
October 94.3 95 94 97
November 90.8 86 87 99
December 81.2 94 71 68
Average 90.5 81.4 91.8 91.1 90.9 92.2

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 17.2 17 20 16 18 18
February 18.7 20 21 19 17 19
March 21.9 22 22 22 22 24
April 24.0 23 25 23 25
May 27.7 27 28 27 27
June 30.4 31 32 30 30
July 31.4 33 31 31 31
August 31.4 35 30 31 31
September 30.5 32 30 29 30
October 26.5 26 26 27
November 20.8 21 22 19
December 18.6 18 21 21
Average 24.4 19.4 25.9 25.2 24.8 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 6.9 6 10 5 8 9
February 9.4 9 11 8 7 9
March 11.7 13 12 10 13 14
April 13.8 15 14 14 14
May 17.6 14 19 18 18
June 21.9 20 21 23 22
July 21.0 24 20 23 10
August 20.8 23 21 24 8
September 20.6 22 18 21 17
October 15.8 16 14 18
November 9.3 10 11 8
December 9.4 9 12 14
Average 14.3 9.3 15.5 14.5 16.3 13.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.9 8 5 3 4 10
February 4.7 3 7 6 5 7
March 3.0 4 2 3 5 2
April 2.6 2 3 4 3
May 2.2 2 3 3 2
June 4.7 2 3 6 5
July 4.1 3 6 7 7
August 5.4 0 9 7 7
September 4.2 3 2 10 9
October 4.6 4 5 1
November 4.3 9 3 1
December 5.7 2 4 4
Average 4.3 5.1 3.2 4.0 5.0 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 7.6 9 7 7 7 8
February 7.7 7 8 8 7 8
March 8.0 8 8 9 8 8
April 8.2 8 9 7 8
May 7.5 7 8 8 8
June 6.9 9 6 7 8
July 5.8 6 6 5 7
August 5.8 8 5 6 7
September 5.8 6 6 5 6
October 7.2 7 7 6
November 6.4 6 7 5
December 6.8 7 6 6
Average 7.1 7.8 7.3 6.8 6.4 7.4

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 052° 208° 344° 228° 065°
February 181° 178° 086° 044° 186°
March 098° 157° 177° 115° 176°
April 124° 124° 103° 197°
May 143° 162° 119° 158°
June 225° 220° 148° 157°
July 239° 199° 205° 216°
August 232° 171° 161° 197°
September 100° 064° 122° 083°
October 067° 075° 104°
November 057° 044° 071°
December 039° 080° 171°

Prevailing wind direction

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