Woosley Field

96KY · Kentucky, United States

Climate Woosley Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Owensboro/Daviess County Regional Airport (KOWB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.9 42 46 71 56 53
February 67.4 84 82 65 60 62
March 77.8 80 75 78 88 75
April 83.6 79 89 79 90 84
May 81.8 81 80 84 78
June 86.0 82 93 84 86
July 85.7 81 83 85 87
August 85.7 79 83 86 83
September 85.9 87 87 83 83
October 78.5 79 90 75 68
November 75.6 85 75 89 82
December 68.7 59 54 71 74
Average 78.0 72.3 77.7 79.5 80.1 77.0

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 82.8 79 80 84 90 84
February 85.6 97 99 84 87 75
March 92.6 94 95 95 98 91
April 94.9 94 95 95 96 93
May 93.8 94 96 96 90
June 95.5 93 98 95 97
July 95.8 97 95 95 97
August 94.6 92 95 96 92
September 93.4 95 93 94 93
October 91.4 93 96 96 83
November 91.3 94 92 95 93
December 87.9 92 70 86 95
Average 91.9 91.3 93.1 92.4 94.0 90.6

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 6.6 4 10 5 6 9
February 11.0 15 13 9 4 9
March 15.1 18 15 16 17 17
April 20.3 22 21 18 20 19
May 25.5 25 26 24 23
June 29.6 29 31 30 30
July 30.8 30 32 30 32
August 29.8 29 30 31 29
September 28.3 28 27 28 27
October 21.6 22 21 24 20
November 13.5 16 14 13 17
December 10.2 11 9 15 9
Average 19.5 14.4 20.7 20.2 20.1 19.9

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 -3 2 -5 -1 1
February 0.6 2 3 -2 -4 0
March 4.4 6 4 4 6 7
April 9.1 11 9 9 9 8
May 15.3 15 16 13 14
June 19.3 18 19 20 20
July 21.4 21 22 21 22
August 20.1 20 21 21 20
September 17.0 17 16 17 16
October 10.5 11 8 14 10
November 3.0 4 3 1 6
December 1.2 2 2 4 -1
Average 9.3 4.1 10.3 9.7 10.0 10.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.3 18 14 18 11 21
February 12.7 4 6 18 15 20
March 8.5 3 8 9 5 12
April 9.1 8 7 13 7 11
May 6.7 3 5 6 11
June 3.9 3 3 4 5
July 3.0 2 7 3 3
August 3.2 3 2 2 5
September 3.9 2 2 2 3
October 7.3 8 4 7 7
November 6.9 6 6 6 6
December 9.8 10 10 7 9
Average 7.5 8.0 5.6 7.4 5.9 8.9

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 8.4 9 9 8 8 7
February 8.8 9 10 9 8 9
March 9.7 10 10 10 9 9
April 9.2 10 9 9 9 8
May 8.2 7 9 8 8
June 7.1 7 7 7 7
July 5.6 6 6 5 5
August 5.7 6 6 6 5
September 6.2 6 6 6 6
October 7.6 8 8 8 7
November 8.0 8 8 8 9
December 8.3 8 7 9 8
Average 7.9 9.5 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.3

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 259° 256° 301° 263° 240°
February 235° 231° 239° 330° 278°
March 225° 244° 239° 174° 244°
April 230° 234° 217° 241° 274°
May 085° 189° 179° 226°
June 356° 249° 208° 213°
July 231° 250° 243° 227°
August 261° 241° 169° 320°
September 185° 335° 217° 278°
October 245° 219° 221° 225°
November 238° 232° 226° 226°
December 220° 209° 211° 246°

Prevailing wind direction

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