North Exuma Airport

85FA · Florida, United States

Climate North Exuma Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor Field (KDED) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 84.2 82 92 82 81 82
February 81.5 87 89 78 75 80
March 88.0 81 91 84 78 93
April 89.6 90 93 90 84
May 93.0 91 96 95 100
June 90.5 91 90 91 94
July 93.9 96 95 88 94
August 92.4 94 94 50 93
September 89.2 88 90 86
October 87.7 90 94 0 65
November 76.4 79 67 100 76
December 82.7 88 86 0 88
Average 87.1 83.3 90.1 87.2 85.9 88.3

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 94.4 97 97 93 95 95
February 92.2 95 96 89 91 91
March 95.6 95 97 93 90 97
April 97.1 97 99 97 94
May 98.4 98 99 99 100
June 97.2 98 97 98 98
July 98.3 99 98 97 99
August 97.9 100 97 100 98
September 96.7 96 98 95
October 96.0 97 98 0 75
November 90.8 91 87 100 91
December 92.1 97 92 100 96
Average 95.7 95.6 96.9 94.7 95.4 95.5

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 21.1 21 23 20 21 22
February 24.5 22 27 24 24 24
March 25.7 26 27 27 25 28
April 27.6 29 27 27 28
May 29.9 30 30 30 30
June 31.4 32 32 31 31
July 32.4 33 33 30 33
August 32.7 34 33 30 33
September 31.0 31 31 31
October 28.2 28 27 19 28
November 24.7 24 25 21 26
December 22.1 22 23 21 21
Average 27.0 23.1 28.3 27.8 26.8 27.7

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 9.7 10 10 9 9 11
February 12.4 10 13 11 12 11
March 13.8 16 15 14 14 15
April 16.2 18 17 15 17
May 18.5 19 20 19 13
June 22.1 22 22 23 20
July 23.4 24 23 24 24
August 23.6 25 21 29 24
September 22.7 22 23 23
October 19.4 18 18 19 23
November 15.5 15 17 21 18
December 11.6 13 14 21 9
Average 16.6 12.0 17.7 17.4 16.7 17.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.0 4 1 5 1 1
February 3.7 7 1 7 4 4
March 2.6 3 1 5 5 0
April 2.9 4 1 4 6
May 3.3 2 0 2 4
June 5.2 3 2 11 9
July 3.7 5 2 5 2
August 3.6 4 4 0 4
September 5.4 3 9 7
October 3.7 2 2 0 15
November 5.5 6 8 0 10
December 4.3 3 4 0 3
Average 4.1 4.3 2.9 3.9 4.6 4.6

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 7.4 8 7 7 7 8
February 7.4 8 8 7 7 8
March 7.8 7 8 8 8 7
April 8.0 8 8 7 8
May 6.5 7 7 8 0
June 6.2 7 7 7 4
July 5.6 5 6 6 6
August 5.4 6 3 10 6
September 6.4 6 6 7
October 7.4 8 6 0 6
November 7.4 7 8 3 8
December 6.7 8 6 10 6
Average 6.9 7.4 7.0 6.4 7.1 6.0

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 247° 226° 320° 247° 025°
February 307° 206° 080° 216° 268°
March 123° 213° 172° 046° 160°
April 071° 093° 057° 188°
May 041° 107° 083° 360°
June 244° 087° 152° 142°
July 220° 163° 144° 147°
August 104° 112° 207° 148°
September 040° 038° 080°
October 014° 008° 360° 030°
November 009° 017° 270° 064°
December 346° 007° 006° 322°

Prevailing wind direction

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