Keystone Farms Airport

LA17 · Louisiana, United States

Climate Keystone Farms Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alexandria International Airport (KAEX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 64.7 62 53 79 65 53
February 59.5 73 56 59 57 61
March 73.8 64 67 75 79 66
April 76.5 70 77 76 74
May 81.4 80 81 78 79
June 84.9 88 87 81 83
July 88.9 93 91 91 82
August 85.8 94 73 89 93
September 85.3 93 87 80 78
October 80.1 78 90 80 78
November 75.7 68 71 81 81
December 68.2 79 56 72 70
Average 76.3 65.8 76.9 78.0 78.0 75.4

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 81.2 80 71 97 87 71
February 78.6 86 78 76 76 77
March 87.7 81 87 86 86 84
April 89.6 87 92 89 89
May 92.7 95 92 91 91
June 93.1 96 95 92 90
July 93.9 96 95 97 93
August 91.7 99 83 94 98
September 91.4 96 91 86 91
October 88.3 89 94 85 88
November 85.4 80 79 90 87
December 83.2 89 77 83 86
Average 87.7 81.8 88.8 88.3 88.2 87.3

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 15.9 14 19 17 15 16
February 18.8 20 21 17 13 18
March 22.5 22 23 22 23 24
April 24.9 24 27 24 25
May 29.4 30 32 28 28
June 32.6 34 35 33 32
July 33.7 36 36 33 33
August 34.3 40 34 34 34
September 32.1 35 32 31 30
October 27.3 29 28 28 26
November 20.8 21 21 20 22
December 17.9 18 20 23 16
Average 25.0 18.5 27.4 27.0 25.4 25.2

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 5.2 3 9 3 5 7
February 8.1 9 10 5 4 7
March 11.3 12 11 9 11 14
April 13.0 13 15 14 11
May 18.6 19 21 18 17
June 22.0 23 24 23 21
July 23.6 25 25 23 24
August 23.0 26 24 24 22
September 20.6 22 20 20 21
October 14.9 15 13 17 14
November 8.4 9 10 8 10
December 7.2 6 10 13 5
Average 13.9 7.6 15.6 14.9 15.0 14.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.0 11 14 3 7 12
February 9.8 9 18 9 6 11
March 7.7 9 6 4 6 6
April 5.6 10 7 7 2
May 4.8 3 4 8 5
June 4.3 1 2 5 5
July 3.5 1 2 1 6
August 5.2 0 7 5 2
September 4.9 2 3 8 6
October 5.6 10 2 2 6
November 6.9 9 8 4 6
December 7.3 6 8 6 7
Average 6.5 9.7 6.4 4.8 5.2 5.8

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 7.8 8 8 8 8 7
February 7.8 8 8 8 8 8
March 7.7 7 8 8 8 8
April 7.9 8 9 7 7
May 6.9 6 8 7 7
June 5.9 6 5 7 6
July 4.8 5 6 4 6
August 4.9 6 5 5 5
September 5.0 5 4 5 6
October 6.2 7 6 6 6
November 6.1 6 6 5 6
December 6.7 7 6 7 7
Average 6.6 7.5 6.4 6.6 6.4 6.4

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 358° 194° 315° 289° 129°
February 226° 206° 027° 058° 262°
March 139° 158° 208° 139° 155°
April 114° 173° 130° 069°
May 134° 181° 131° 148°
June 239° 151° 149° 151°
July 237° 198° 213° 180°
August 270° 156° 100° 026°
September 065° 041° 086° 043°
October 117° 167° 177° 024°
November 040° 074° 109° 056°
December 206° 182° 194° 210°

Prevailing wind direction

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