Barham Airport

01LA · Louisiana, United States

Climate Barham Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Morehouse Memorial Airport (KBQP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.2 63 70 62 53
February 61.0 77 64 52 57
March 75.7 63 83 85 61
April 77.2 74 65 85 78
May 74.5 38 75 83
June 78.4 62 82 83
July 82.0 87 87 86
August 90.5 96 90
September 88.7 95 98 81
October 83.0 85 91 70
November 76.0 77 73 87
December 70.1 84 61 67
Average 76.4 69.1 78.9 78.8 76.2 75.7

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 82.4 79 84 85 78
February 80.2 89 86 78 75
March 90.1 78 97 95 82
April 91.7 90 88 96 91
May 86.0 47 92 95
June 89.1 66 92 93
July 89.2 95 94 95
August 95.7 99 96
September 93.9 96 98 89
October 91.5 95 94 85
November 87.2 87 85 91
December 83.6 91 83 87
Average 88.3 82.9 87.6 90.0 90.7 88.7

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 13.9 12 16 13 15
February 17.3 19 19 12 16
March 21.5 20 22 22 23
April 23.6 23 24 23 23
May 28.2 28 26 28
June 31.4 32 31 31
July 32.8 33 32 33
August 33.6 36 33
September 31.3 32 30 30
October 25.3 27 26 24
November 18.6 19 18 21
December 15.0 17 17 15
Average 23.2 17.0 25.2 22.5 22.7 24.2

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 3.7 1 7 4 6
February 6.4 8 8 1 4
March 9.6 10 10 10 13
April 11.6 12 14 11 12
May 17.1 17 16 16
June 19.9 19 21 20
July 21.6 21 22 23
August 22.0 24 21
September 18.8 19 14 19
October 12.8 14 11 13
November 6.5 8 5 9
December 4.3 5 4 4
Average 11.6 5.9 13.5 9.5 12.1 13.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.3 11 6 4 10
February 7.6 6 7 7 11
March 5.0 5 1 5 11
April 3.7 6 4 3 4
May 3.5 1 6 3
June 3.4 1 3 7
July 2.9 3 2 5
August 2.5 1 3
September 3.6 3 0 9
October 4.1 5 0 7
November 4.8 6 5 3
December 6.5 3 6 6
Average 4.6 7.0 3.3 2.6 4.1 6.4

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 4.8 5 6 5 4
February 5.0 5 6 4 5
March 4.9 4 5 5 5
April 4.6 4 5 4 4
May 3.9 3 4 4
June 3.5 3 3 4
July 3.2 3 3 3
August 3.3 4 3
September 2.7 3 2 3
October 3.7 4 4 3
November 3.5 3 3 3
December 4.2 4 5 5
Average 4.0 4.7 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.0

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 298° 236° 265° 230°
February 221° 213° 051° 230°
March 153° 184° 162° 178°
April 003° 179° 177° 320°
May 203° 130° 180°
June 222° 166° 202°
July 244° 225° 214°
August 315° 243°
September 039° 006° 016°
October 238° 218° 343°
November 242° 051° 031°
December 253° 234° 249°

Prevailing wind direction

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