Southern View Aviation Airport

60AR · United States

Climate Southern View Aviation Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Baxter County Airport (KBPK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.1 55 54 74 57 50
February 68.3 84 74 61 54 70
March 72.0 74 68 70 78 63
April 82.0 85 84 79 80
May 81.2 86 72 74 77
June 90.5 93 94 77 94
July 91.9 91 89 94 94
August 88.3 87 87 92 89
September 85.7 88 86 78 84
October 77.8 73 87 79 67
November 79.6 92 77 94 77
December 70.6 75 47 82 65
Average 78.6 70.9 80.7 78.9 78.9 76.8

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 79.0 70 77 87 82 75
February 83.6 91 90 73 77 84
March 88.6 85 88 92 84 83
April 92.5 96 95 87 91
May 91.9 95 86 92 87
June 94.8 96 97 84 99
July 96.2 94 95 99 98
August 93.6 94 90 97 94
September 92.8 93 92 86 94
October 90.2 89 94 95 81
November 92.3 96 92 97 89
December 87.7 98 60 92 85
Average 89.7 81.8 92.1 89.1 89.6 88.8

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 8.1 5 11 8 8 9
February 12.1 17 14 11 5 11
March 17.0 19 16 17 19 18
April 20.7 21 21 20 20
May 24.9 26 25 23 23
June 29.6 30 31 30 30
July 32.1 32 36 31 32
August 30.5 31 31 32 31
September 28.6 28 28 30 27
October 21.6 22 22 23 20
November 15.3 16 15 16 18
December 11.6 12 9 17 11
Average 20.2 13.5 21.7 21.5 21.0 20.7

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 -2.7 -4 2 -4 0 1
February 0.9 4 2 -2 -4 1
March 5.3 6 5 5 7 7
April 8.8 9 9 8 8
May 14.5 14 16 13 13
June 18.8 18 20 19 19
July 21.3 21 23 21 22
August 20.2 21 21 21 19
September 17.1 16 16 17 16
October 10.3 11 10 13 9
November 3.8 4 4 4 6
December 2.0 3 3 6 0
Average 9.2 2.0 10.7 10.1 10.4 10.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.0 22 9 11 8 7
February 10.0 9 9 11 14 8
March 8.5 8 11 13 5 10
April 7.1 2 7 9 7
May 8.1 4 15 10 10
June 3.4 4 2 3 3
July 4.0 2 2 4 3
August 4.1 3 4 4 4
September 2.5 3 1 1 4
October 8.7 11 6 11 10
November 4.7 4 4 1 1
December 6.0 3 9 11 7
Average 7.0 12.9 5.2 6.9 6.5 6.0

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 5.3 5 5 5 5 5
February 5.8 6 6 6 5 6
March 6.3 6 6 6 7 6
April 6.1 6 7 6 5
May 5.0 4 6 5 5
June 4.0 3 4 4 4
July 3.5 3 4 3 4
August 3.7 3 4 4 4
September 3.8 3 4 5 4
October 4.7 4 5 5 4
November 5.0 4 5 5 6
December 5.4 5 6 6 5
Average 4.9 5.6 4.5 5.0 4.9 4.7

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 169° 196° 237° 210° 177°
February 204° 205° 234° 129° 189°
March 211° 176° 202° 189° 189°
April 198° 196° 198° 201°
May 157° 185° 166° 184°
June 168° 189° 194° 199°
July 198° 184° 197° 191°
August 149° 155° 193° 173°
September 165° 158° 189° 157°
October 195° 190° 204° 185°
November 202° 184° 209° 194°
December 202° 160° 205° 204°

Prevailing wind direction

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