Watts Field

02MS · United States

Climate Watts Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fletcher Field (KCKM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.1 79 28 77 93 81
February 65.5 92 70 66 39 89
March 86.7 95 83 81 97 94
April 84.9 79 85 96 91
May 89.8 97 85 84 97
June 91.2 97 95 82 95
July 92.1 93 89 87 96
August 90.8 91 83 89 97
September 84.7 97 60 84 95
October 89.4 94 94 82 86
November 83.8 94 75 87 91
December 71.5 96 24 61 90
Average 84.7 88.8 84.7 78.9 82.8 92.1

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 79.4 81 33 90 95 86
February 78.6 93 86 86 42 91
March 95.2 95 98 91 97 94
April 93.6 95 94 96 92
May 96.1 97 96 96 97
June 95.2 98 96 92 96
July 96.3 97 96 95 96
August 94.6 91 93 95 97
September 88.6 98 65 90 95
October 93.4 96 96 91 88
November 90.0 95 88 91 92
December 79.1 97 35 80 91
Average 90.7 89.9 90.2 87.8 89.3 93.2

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 10.4 8 5 11 11 13
February 14.0 17 17 13 7 13
March 19.3 20 19 19 21 20
April 22.5 23 23 22 22
May 28.4 28 29 27 27
June 31.6 32 33 31 31
July 32.9 33 34 32 33
August 31.9 32 32 32 32
September 29.2 31 22 29 29
October 24.9 26 25 26 23
November 17.3 21 17 17 20
December 13.5 14 8 19 13
Average 22.2 14.8 23.4 22.5 22.9 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 2.3 -1 1 0 3 5
February 4.7 7 7 2 2 4
March 9.0 10 9 7 10 12
April 11.8 12 12 12 12
May 17.9 17 19 16 17
June 20.9 20 21 21 21
July 23.0 23 23 23 24
August 21.6 20 22 23 21
September 17.5 18 11 18 19
October 12.8 14 11 14 12
November 6.1 8 7 5 8
December 4.6 4 4 9 2
Average 12.0 5.2 13.1 11.8 13.0 13.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 6.8 8 3 8 8 5
February 6.6 9 8 8 4 1
March 7.9 8 9 9 8 2
April 7.8 8 10 6 5
May 6.5 7 9 8 4
June 4.9 5 6 5 0
July 4.0 5 5 4 0
August 3.6 5 5 5 0
September 3.7 5 4 3 0
October 5.9 7 8 3 4
November 6.5 7 6 7 7
December 6.7 7 3 9 7
Average 6.1 8.4 6.4 6.8 5.8 2.7

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 324° 245° 333° 282° 183°
February 193° 196° 176° 130° 187°
March 153° 193° 222° 171° 177°
April 089° 166° 228° 275°
May 087° 175° 134° 144°
June 136° 030° 156° 360°
July 214° 185° 203° 360°
August 309° 161° 087° 360°
September 032° 360° 054° 360°
October 219° 205° 202° 077°
November 038° 011° 189° 063°
December 192° 156° 186° 212°

Prevailing wind direction

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