Richmond Plantation Airport

07LA · Louisiana, United States

Climate Richmond Plantation Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fullerton/Polk Weather Station (KBKB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.5 64 57 75 64 49
February 56.3 67 54 61 52 59
March 71.5 63 70 73 77 61
April 75.5 67 72 75 79
May 77.5 76 77 70 80
June 78.9 66 87 78 87
July 85.1 89 86 87 78
August 84.2 90 75 88 89
September 83.6 94 90 78 66
October 79.2 76 90 84 73
November 73.3 66 65 81 83
December 65.3 65 54 64 72
Average 73.5 64.8 72.1 75.3 75.5 73.3

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 79.7 78 74 95 82 65
February 76.1 84 74 76 72 76
March 87.5 82 88 85 89 81
April 90.7 87 92 88 92
May 89.7 89 90 89 92
June 88.0 73 93 89 93
July 91.4 94 91 93 89
August 90.1 93 83 94 95
September 90.4 96 95 85 86
October 87.2 88 96 89 83
November 83.7 78 78 89 89
December 79.0 76 73 80 87
Average 85.7 81.2 84.1 87.0 86.9 85.7

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 16.8 15 19 17 16 16
February 19.6 20 21 17 15 18
March 22.7 22 23 22 23 25
April 25.0 24 27 25 25
May 29.3 29 31 27 28
June 32.4 34 35 32 32
July 33.6 36 35 33 33
August 33.6 38 33 34 34
September 31.5 34 31 31 29
October 26.9 28 26 28 26
November 20.5 19 21 20 23
December 18.6 18 20 23 17
Average 25.0 19.0 26.7 26.3 25.6 25.3

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 5.8 4 9 4 6 8
February 7.7 9 10 5 5 7
March 11.3 11 12 9 12 15
April 13.5 14 14 13 14
May 18.5 17 20 18 18
June 21.8 21 23 21 22
July 23.6 25 25 23 24
August 22.7 25 24 23 19
September 20.0 21 18 20 19
October 15.0 15 12 16 15
November 8.8 9 10 8 11
December 7.9 7 12 13 6
Average 13.8 8.0 15.1 14.5 14.7 14.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.4 15 25 3 34 18
February 13.5 16 23 6 12 20
March 6.3 15 6 7 4 10
April 4.7 6 6 5 8
May 7.5 22 4 7 10
June 4.4 3 2 4 7
July 6.1 5 9 5 7
August 5.4 0 11 2 3
September 8.6 3 3 8 11
October 8.3 11 6 4 8
November 15.8 8 16 16 42
December 14.6 13 18 9 22
Average 9.6 15.3 10.5 7.3 8.6 13.2

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 2.6 2 2 3 2 2
February 2.8 2 2 3 3 3
March 2.8 2 3 3 3 3
April 2.8 2 3 3 2
May 2.3 2 3 2 2
June 2.2 2 2 2 2
July 1.9 2 2 1 2
August 1.8 2 2 2 2
September 1.8 2 2 2 2
October 2.1 2 2 2 2
November 2.0 2 2 2 2
December 2.0 2 2 2 2
Average 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.0 2.2

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 132° 198° 318° 274° 055°
February 202° 218° 072° 012° 324°
March 129° 201° 171° 063° 125°
April 058° 169° 116° 077°
May 081° 189° 126° 104°
June 200° 084° 153° 075°
July 208° 210° 182° 148°
August 176° 157° 059° 270°
September 057° 045° 069° 004°
October 040° 195° 130° 030°
November 018° 059° 045° 040°
December 138° 113° 199° 270°

Prevailing wind direction

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