Cypress Creek Airport

3AR3 · Arkansas, United States

Climate Cypress Creek Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Little Rock Air Force Base (KLRF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.6 47 58 76 73 49
February 60.9 73 66 62 47 67
March 74.3 67 69 78 77 58
April 78.2 75 71 86 79
May 81.4 86 73 82 80
June 88.2 93 86 81 87
July 91.0 86 87 92 93
August 88.7 92 80 95 91
September 87.1 91 88 85 80
October 79.8 73 90 83 66
November 74.8 69 69 87 83
December 66.1 70 38 59 73
Average 76.8 61.7 77.6 76.0 80.0 76.1

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 80.9 72 76 88 93 70
February 80.7 91 80 79 75 82
March 91.9 90 90 94 90 84
April 92.5 90 90 96 92
May 94.3 96 91 97 95
June 94.7 96 93 89 97
July 96.5 92 96 98 98
August 94.4 98 89 97 95
September 94.6 96 94 95 90
October 90.1 85 96 94 84
November 88.6 89 83 97 90
December 82.4 93 56 86 87
Average 89.9 83.8 90.1 88.5 92.5 89.1

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 10.9 8 14 11 11 11
February 14.1 18 16 13 7 13
March 18.9 20 18 19 20 19
April 22.4 23 23 22 22
May 27.6 28 28 26 26
June 31.6 32 32 31 31
July 33.6 33 35 33 34
August 32.7 35 32 34 32
September 30.5 32 31 31 28
October 23.9 24 25 25 21
November 16.9 18 16 17 20
December 13.6 15 12 18 13
Average 22.1 15.3 23.8 23.5 23.0 22.4

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 0.2 -3 3 -3 0 3
February 2.7 4 5 -1 -2 3
March 6.8 8 7 5 7 10
April 9.5 10 10 8 9
May 15.6 15 17 14 14
June 20.0 20 19 21 19
July 22.1 22 24 20 22
August 21.5 22 20 23 21
September 16.4 16 15 17 18
October 10.4 12 8 14 10
November 3.8 4 4 3 5
December 2.6 2 4 7 0
Average 10.1 3.1 11.4 10.4 11.0 11.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.2 24 10 11 5 11
February 13.9 12 20 14 15 11
March 8.0 11 13 9 4 11
April 7.1 8 9 6 6
May 5.7 4 7 6 4
June 4.8 4 7 7 5
July 3.4 7 4 2 2
August 4.0 3 7 2 5
September 3.9 4 5 2 7
October 6.7 12 2 5 7
November 5.8 9 5 3 3
December 8.0 4 19 5 11
Average 7.5 15.9 8.0 7.9 4.8 6.5

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 6.2 6 6 6 7 6
February 6.6 7 7 6 6 7
March 7.1 6 7 7 7 7
April 6.8 7 8 6 6
May 6.0 6 7 6 6
June 5.2 5 5 5 5
July 5.0 5 5 5 5
August 4.9 5 5 6 5
September 4.7 5 5 5 5
October 5.6 6 6 6 5
November 5.2 5 5 5 5
December 5.7 6 5 7 6
Average 5.8 6.4 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.5

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 330° 253° 342° 264° 217°
February 230° 236° 270° 032° 326°
March 180° 115° 209° 126° 160°
April 164° 165° 201° 207°
May 124° 194° 118° 131°
June 001° 179° 159° 181°
July 229° 177° 235° 184°
August 102° 130° 128° 045°
September 093° 051° 097° 046°
October 277° 217° 220° 054°
November 042° 176° 196° 186°
December 249° 078° 207° 243°

Prevailing wind direction

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