Bird Nest Airport

AL54 · Alabama, United States

Climate Bird Nest Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Walker County-Bevill Field (KJFX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.0 65 59 77 66 71
February 67.0 78 64 68 56 61
March 68.8 77 80 79 68 64
April 73.8 76 82 90 83
May 71.8 82 85 77 84
June 81.8 82 87 74 84
July 83.3 81 83 67 83
August 81.0 88 47 78 81
September 86.3 92 83 78 78
October 81.4 88 88 72 78
November 83.0 83 80 81 82
December 68.4 71 48 56 69
Average 76.6 73.5 79.5 77.0 72.4 76.9

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 87.4 85 80 93 86 88
February 80.2 91 84 81 78 81
March 78.7 90 93 91 84 83
April 79.7 90 90 98 92
May 77.8 94 93 86 92
June 88.6 92 93 83 94
July 89.3 88 87 80 92
August 86.0 94 53 86 89
September 93.4 96 91 93 89
October 91.1 98 94 86 89
November 91.6 96 89 89 93
December 83.9 87 75 78 91
Average 85.9 88.6 91.1 86.1 85.7 89.5

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 13.8 11 16 14 14 16
February 17.6 18 18 18 14 16
March 21.3 21 21 22 24 23
April 24.9 22 25 25 24
May 29.5 27 31 29 29
June 32.6 31 35 31 33
July 34.5 32 36 34 35
August 31.8 33 18 34 35
September 31.8 30 29 31 31
October 25.8 25 23 27 27
November 18.9 19 18 19 22
December 15.5 15 15 19 15
Average 23.9 16.5 24.2 24.0 25.1 25.5

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 1.5 -1 4 -1 2 4
February 4.2 3 6 1 1 4
March 6.9 7 6 4 11 11
April 8.9 10 9 8 8
May 14.5 14 16 14 13
June 18.2 18 17 18 19
July 20.8 21 21 21 21
August 18.4 17 11 21 21
September 16.8 17 14 18 16
October 10.7 9 7 13 11
November 3.6 4 5 1 5
December 3.1 1 7 7 -1
Average 9.8 3.1 10.6 9.4 11.1 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 4.3 12 7 0 0 16
February 3.4 8 11 0 0 11
March 1.7 9 5 0 0 0
April 1.1 8 0 0 0
May 0.5 3 0 0 0
June 0.6 3 0 0 0
July 0.5 2 0 0 0
August 1.5 3 4 0 0
September 0.7 2 3 0 0
October 2.1 2 1 0 0
November 2.5 5 8 0 0
December 4.0 4 17 0 0
Average 2.6 9.5 4.4 2.0 1.9

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 3.3 5 4 4 3 3
February 3.2 5 5 3 4 5
March 3.7 4 5 4 4 4
April 3.4 5 3 3 4
May 2.2 4 2 2 3
June 1.7 3 2 2 2
July 1.2 2 1 1 1
August 1.2 3 1 1 2
September 2.0 3 3 1 4
October 2.5 4 4 2 2
November 2.5 4 4 3 3
December 2.4 4 4 2 3
Average 2.6 4.4 3.7 2.7 2.3 3.0

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 318° 277° 333° 301° 003°
February 348° 301° 338° 342° 306°
March 340° 318° 252° 007° 315°
April 345° 261° 287° 321°
May 011° 229° 085° 323°
June 315° 350° 053° 046°
July 304° 264° 240° 289°
August 337° 300° 048° 012°
September 033° 019° 017° 041°
October 337° 360° 284° 354°
November 005° 350° 342° 351°
December 315° 295° 318° 283°

Prevailing wind direction

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