Epps Airpark

00AL · Alabama, United States

Climate Epps Airpark 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Huntsville Executive Tom Sharp Jr. Field (KMDQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.8 55 61 71 68 71
February 64.0 78 66 67 58 58
March 76.7 76 85 82 79 60
April 84.9 79 89 90 82
May 85.4 84 82 85 88
June 86.2 88 93 85 85
July 84.6 87 89 69 86
August 81.3 86 81 84 86
September 88.0 91 87 83 86
October 79.9 88 96 76 75
November 81.0 80 80 82 83
December 66.9 73 52 62 72
Average 77.9 69.1 81.3 82.0 77.1 78.3

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 86 86 92 90 92
February 84.6 94 84 86 75 86
March 93.2 92 97 96 93 85
April 95.3 92 96 99 97
May 96.1 95 98 95 97
June 96.0 94 98 96 98
July 94.1 95 97 86 95
August 91.3 95 90 92 97
September 95.7 96 96 95 96
October 94.2 97 100 93 92
November 93.0 94 92 92 93
December 88.6 90 82 87 89
Average 92.5 90.6 93.0 94.3 91.3 93.3

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 11.0 9 14 10 11 13
February 15.0 17 17 14 10 13
March 18.3 19 18 19 20 20
April 22.0 22 22 22 21
May 26.6 26 27 26 25
June 29.9 30 32 29 30
July 31.6 32 33 31 32
August 30.5 31 30 31 31
September 28.6 29 28 28 27
October 23.2 24 22 24 24
November 16.9 18 17 16 19
December 13.5 14 13 18 12
Average 21.3 14.7 22.9 22.6 22.0 22.1

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 1.4 -1 4 -1 1 4
February 4.1 4 6 1 0 3
March 6.8 8 6 6 7 11
April 9.3 10 9 8 9
May 13.9 14 9 13 14
June 17.7 18 12 19 19
July 19.9 21 15 21 21
August 19.6 21 19 21 18
September 16.4 17 16 17 17
October 11.2 11 7 14 12
November 4.1 5 5 2 6
December 3.3 2 6 7 0
Average 9.8 3.6 11.2 8.6 10.9 11.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.7 13 10 11 7 14
February 12.2 7 9 9 16 19
March 7.0 10 6 5 8 11
April 4.4 9 3 4 4
May 3.8 5 4 4 7
June 3.9 3 1 6 3
July 3.0 3 1 6 2
August 4.3 4 6 7 4
September 3.4 2 3 6 6
October 6.3 4 1 6 8
November 5.1 6 7 4 7
December 9.0 7 17 6 5
Average 6.2 9.8 5.2 4.8 6.3 7.2

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 7.1 8 6 8 7 7
February 7.6 8 8 9 8 8
March 6.9 8 2 9 6 8
April 6.0 0 8 5 8
May 5.4 1 7 7 6
June 4.6 6 5 6 6
July 4.3 5 6 5 4
August 4.3 5 4 5 5
September 4.7 5 5 5 6
October 5.7 7 5 6 5
November 5.9 6 5 7 6
December 6.3 6 7 7 5
Average 5.9 7.7 4.5 6.4 5.8 6.1

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 242° 232° 319° 258° 194°
February 223° 221° 187° 315° 259°
March 219° 200° 215° 133° 205°
April 360° 204° 253° 298°
May 029° 194° 168° 187°
June 268° 323° 172° 197°
July 273° 231° 209° 214°
August 311° 207° 155° 224°
September 026° 019° 092° 127°
October 238° 321° 201° 174°
November 226° 043° 271° 134°
December 221° 200° 196° 256°

Prevailing wind direction

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