Climate River Oak Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Okeechobee County Airport (KOBE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	78.1	87	89	80	93	51
February	82.7	91	91	84	84	88
March	80.0	89	90	87	18	92
April	78.5	95	89	94	0	86
May	74.9		91	94	0	90
June	71.5		92	88	0	90
July	90.1		94	94	74	95
August	85.9		92	96	68	95
September	64.2		92	89	71	87
October	77.0		90	94	93	89
November	80.4		78	78	92	83
December	74.7		88	90	72	87
Average	79.5	90.5	89.8	89.0	52.6	86.5

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	84.3	95	94	88	97	56
February	88.6	96	94	91	94	96
March	84.5	97	94	92	22	95
April	83.0	99	95	97	0	96
May	79.1		95	96	0	96
June	76.1		95	95	0	95
July	93.5		97	99	76	98
August	90.1		97	97	73	99
September	68.1		95	95	76	95
October	82.4		95	97	96	97
November	89.2		91	89	96	94
December	80.6		97	92	77	95
Average	84.6	96.7	94.8	94.0	56.0	93.0

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	22.8	23	25	23	21	24
February	26.2	25	28	26	26	25
March	24.2	28	29	29	27	29
April	26.6	30	30	29	28	30
May	30.3		31	32	30	30
June	31.4		32	32	31	31
July	30.8		34	33	22	32
August	27.9		34	34	0	32
September	30.6		32	32	26	31
October	29.3		29	29	29	30
November	26.5		27	28	25	27
December	24.2		24	26	26	22
Average	27.4	26.4	29.5	29.2	24.0	28.4

66th highest temperature of United States

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	10.7	13	12	11	7	12
February	13.6	12	15	14	13	13
March	12.5	17	15	16	15	14
April	14.9	15	19	16	15	18
May	18.6		19	20	18	18
June	21.9		22	22	22	22
July	21.6		24	24	15	23
August	19.5		24	23	0	23
September	21.3		23	22	17	22
October	18.7		12	19	18	22
November	16.1		16	19	14	18
December	12.9		15	15	12	10
Average	16.5	14.2	17.8	18.3	13.7	17.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.4	7	3	5	2	1
February	3.0	6	3	3	3	4
March	1.6	4	1	2	2	0
April	3.3	1	9	3	3	4
May	4.9		4	5	0	8
June	5.8		4	4	7	6
July	3.0		2	2	4	3
August	3.6		3	2	4	3
September	4.1		5	6	4	5
October	3.5		5	2	3	6
November	5.0		4	8	6	8
December	3.5		8	3	5	2
Average	3.8	4.4	4.1	3.5	3.5	4.2

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	6.1	7	6	7	4	6
February	6.1	7	7	6	6	7
March	6.3	7	7	8	5	6
April	6.7	7	7	7	5	7
May	5.5		5	6	5	5
June	4.4		6	5	4	4
July	3.6		4	5	1	4
August	3.7		5	4	0	4
September	4.3		4	4	2	3
October	5.4		7	6	5	3
November	5.6		7	7	6	5
December	5.5		7	5	4	4
Average	5.4	6.9	5.9	5.9	3.8	4.8

66th highest wind speed of United States

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	313°	217°	340°	257°	063°
February	302°	215°	079°	193°	159°
March	204°	193°	165°	145°	150°
April	154°	139°	109°	129°	217°
May		041°	146°	097°	106°
June		225°	165°	152°	117°
July		238°	164°	182°	189°
August		172°	163°	360°	124°
September		048°	110°	049°	119°
October		021°	028°	359°	081°
November		029°	031°	011°	063°
December		010°	032°	218°	006°

Prevailing wind direction

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