Greenwood Plantation

LS93 · Louisiana, United States

Climate Greenwood Plantation 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Houma-Terrebonne Airport (KHUM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.4 71 69 81 68 75
February 64.2 78 63 61 59 53
March 72.4 72 73 77 68 80
April 75.9 70 86 74 66
May 75.6 85 83 58 60
June 87.5 93 96 71 86
July 92.3 98 94 84 96
August 91.8 97 87 90 100
September 91.8 95 96 75 80
October 87.9 87 94 81 69
November 75.4 65 74 92 75
December 65.2 73 69 58 81
Average 78.5 73.6 81.5 84.1 71.8 79.5

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 88.9 89 86 94 88 86
February 84.7 92 84 84 80 73
March 91.7 89 94 95 88 100
April 94.5 92 100 94 77
May 92.0 98 99 79 72
June 98.6 100 100 97 93
July 98.4 99 98 99 96
August 96.4 98 94 98 100
September 98.0 98 99 98 89
October 95.4 95 97 96 88
November 85.7 78 83 98 83
December 78.9 81 79 80 94
Average 91.6 90.0 92.5 94.2 90.3 88.9

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 17 21 18 18 16
February 19.4 21 22 19 18 16
March 21.8 23 24 23 23 23
April 23.6 25 26 24 24
May 27.8 29 30 27 26
June 30.4 32 33 30 28
July 31.0 34 32 31 29
August 30.8 36 31 32 29
September 29.0 33 31 27 28
October 23.6 27 27 17 24
November 18.4 21 22 21 19
December 17.5 19 22 23 14
Average 23.6 20.2 26.9 26.2 24.1 22.9

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 8.2 7 11 5 8 11
February 11.8 10 13 9 7 11
March 13.8 14 15 12 14 17
April 15.7 17 17 15 17
May 20.9 21 21 19 20
June 23.9 24 24 23 23
July 24.4 25 23 24 24
August 24.6 26 24 24 24
September 21.6 23 21 16 23
October 14.1 17 14 12 18
November 10.0 12 12 11 15
December 10.3 9 13 14 8
Average 15.8 10.2 17.5 16.3 15.6 17.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.2 6 1 1 2 7
February 1.7 2 0 2 2 0
March 2.4 5 2 1 2 0
April 2.2 4 1 3 2
May 1.9 1 2 3 0
June 2.4 1 1 5 9
July 3.3 2 3 3 6
August 2.0 1 2 3 4
September 2.6 2 1 5 13
October 1.3 2 0 0 0
November 3.6 5 6 0 0
December 3.1 3 5 0 0
Average 3.2 3.9 2.0 1.9 2.3 4.3

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 9.0 9 10 9 8 10
February 9.0 8 10 10 9 9
March 9.1 8 9 10 9 8
April 9.2 9 11 9 9
May 7.5 6 8 9 7
June 6.4 6 6 7 7
July 5.0 5 5 4 6
August 4.9 6 4 4 5
September 5.6 5 6 7 7
October 7.4 8 7 7 9
November 7.6 7 9 7 8
December 7.9 8 7 8 11
Average 7.4 8.5 7.3 7.5 7.4 7.5

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 053° 160° 011° 333° 039°
February 196° 173° 092° 044° 168°
March 107° 154° 168° 121° 157°
April 081° 137° 102° 164°
May 134° 170° 117° 149°
June 218° 284° 162° 129°
July 233° 200° 178° 216°
August 223° 161° 191° 083°
September 068° 028° 102° 062°
October 062° 091° 096° 046°
November 039° 048° 058° 044°
December 044° 099° 170° 123°

Prevailing wind direction

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