Robbins Roost Airport

00KY · Kentucky, United States

Climate Robbins Roost Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Stuart Powell Field (KDVK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.1 53 54 64 52 55
February 66.2 76 77 69 43 56
March 78.3 79 78 84 90 60
April 83.5 80 89 84 90 82
May 83.1 84 74 88 83
June 85.2 83 94 89 0
July 84.0 88 73 82 100
August 85.0 80 89 85
September 86.4 89 89 83 67
October 81.7 86 93 73 67
November 76.3 83 76 92 81
December 64.5 60 61 67 60
Average 76.9 72.9 81.3 81.5 79.3 66.6

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 84.7 86 86 82 89 89
February 86.1 95 94 86 67 78
March 92.3 90 93 99 95 88
April 95.1 96 96 96 97 96
May 94.1 95 94 96 92
June 95.1 94 99 98 0
July 94.6 97 90 94 100
August 94.2 93 96 93
September 93.8 95 96 94 100
October 93.9 98 99 93 80
November 90.9 92 90 97 95
December 86.4 85 76 90 84
Average 91.7 92.0 93.9 93.3 92.8 87.8

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 6.3 4 10 4 5 9
February 10.7 13 13 10 4 9
March 14.2 16 14 16 16 16
April 19.1 20 20 18 18 17
May 24.2 23 25 23 20
June 27.8 27 29 29 17
July 29.8 30 30 29 25
August 28.8 29 29 29
September 26.4 27 26 26 19
October 20.1 20 19 22 18
November 12.5 14 13 12 15
December 9.2 10 9 14 8
Average 17.7 13.2 19.7 18.7 19.1 13.3

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 -2.1 -3 2 -5 -2 1
February 0.6 1 2 -1 -2 0
March 2.8 4 2 3 3 6
April 7.0 9 6 7 6 6
May 12.9 10 14 10 13
June 15.9 13 16 17 17
July 18.6 18 19 19 25
August 17.7 17 18 19
September 14.4 12 13 14 19
October 8.6 8 5 12 9
November 1.6 2 2 1 3
December 0.3 1 1 3 -2
Average 6.9 2.6 7.7 7.3 8.4 4.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.0 21 13 12 12 15
February 11.8 5 4 14 14 21
March 8.5 9 7 4 7 14
April 7.9 7 4 9 10 10
May 7.8 5 7 6 13
June 6.4 8 2 6 0
July 4.8 4 8 6 0
August 5.0 5 5 8
September 4.0 2 3 7 33
October 5.1 4 3 4 9
November 8.6 4 6 6 8
December 9.9 6 12 5 9
Average 8.4 9.9 5.1 6.0 7.4 12.5

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 5.8 6 5 5 4 6
February 6.2 7 6 7 4 6
March 6.9 7 6 8 6 7
April 6.0 7 5 6 6 6
May 4.7 4 4 5 5
June 4.4 3 5 5 0
July 3.9 3 4 4 6
August 3.4 3 3 4
September 3.5 2 4 3 3
October 4.3 3 5 4 5
November 4.7 2 4 5 5
December 4.9 3 3 6 5
Average 5.2 7.0 3.7 4.7 4.7 5.6

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 256° 249° 269° 258° 240°
February 248° 239° 238° 273° 252°
March 258° 255° 247° 253° 247°
April 245° 263° 249° 257° 277°
May 288° 224° 243° 290°
June 273° 266° 221° 360°
July 255° 249° 262° 216°
August 259° 253° 201°
September 294° 298° 254° 288°
October 264° 262° 231° 234°
November 236° 246° 237° 241°
December 238° 240° 229° 245°

Prevailing wind direction

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