Moore Field

1AL8 · Alabama, United States

Climate Moore Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of St. Clair County Airport (KPLR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.8 74 61 73 67 73
February 65.6 82 67 74 61 68
March 78.5 76 86 78 80 65
April 84.9 78 86 90 83
May 74.0 76 85 27 86
June 78.0 82 87 40 86
July 81.2 81 81 73 81
August 82.8 88 84 84 80
September 84.4 89 84 80 76
October 78.1 87 91 73 76
November 75.9 76 79 85 70
December 65.3 71 54 63 67
Average 76.9 76.9 78.9 80.9 67.5 76.7

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 87.7 92 81 94 84 87
February 85.2 96 88 90 84 81
March 91.0 89 95 90 89 84
April 93.7 91 93 95 94
May 82.8 90 94 31 93
June 86.0 93 94 45 96
July 90.6 91 93 85 91
August 91.9 95 93 94 91
September 92.8 98 95 90 93
October 91.4 96 95 87 89
November 87.2 86 90 94 84
December 82.5 89 79 81 85
Average 89.0 92.0 91.3 92.3 78.3 89.6

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 13.4 12 16 13 13 15
February 17.6 18 20 17 15 15
March 20.5 21 21 21 21 22
April 23.6 24 24 23 22
May 26.8 26 29 22 26
June 30.2 30 32 29 30
July 31.8 32 33 31 32
August 31.6 33 31 31 32
September 29.9 30 29 28 28
October 24.6 25 24 24 25
November 17.2 19 19 18 12
December 15.0 15 16 19 14
Average 22.7 16.9 24.2 24.2 22.8 23.0

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 1.9 0 5 0 2 5
February 5.0 4 7 2 2 5
March 6.9 8 7 6 7 11
April 9.1 10 9 8 9
May 14.2 15 16 11 13
June 18.7 18 19 18 19
July 21.1 21 22 21 22
August 20.8 21 21 21 21
September 17.7 17 16 18 18
October 11.8 11 8 13 13
November 3.7 5 6 3 -1
December 3.5 2 8 7 1
Average 10.4 3.8 11.6 11.1 10.9 11.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 4.2 4 4 5 5 4
February 4.7 5 5 5 5 5
March 5.0 4 4 5 5 5
April 4.4 4 4 4 5
May 3.4 3 4 4 4
June 2.8 3 2 3 3
July 2.6 2 3 3 2
August 2.6 2 2 3 2
September 3.1 2 3 3 4
October 3.4 4 3 3 3
November 3.7 4 3 4 4
December 3.8 4 3 4 4
Average 3.7 4.4 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.6

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 285° 254° 324° 259° 313°
February 258° 235° 269° 315° 268°
March 343° 259° 249° 245° 227°
April 335° 234° 239° 301°
May 313° 216° 223° 252°
June 250° 360° 207° 214°
July 283° 212° 217° 226°
August 308° 226° 290° 220°
September 010° 020° 004° 039°
October 293° 343° 251° 292°
November 357° 341° 359° 333°
December 289° 242° 216° 255°

Prevailing wind direction

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