Cooper Flying Service Airport

00MO · Missouri, United States

Climate Cooper Flying Service Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Joplin Regional Airport (KJLN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.1 56 70 82 58 58
February 70.4 88 78 76 57 72
March 70.9 79 65 67 79 66
April 80.4 90 83 84 77
May 80.2 84 72 77 75
June 93.1 93 95 89 96
July 92.6 96 93 89 92
August 88.9 90 96 95 95
September 89.3 92 91 98 79
October 76.3 77 90 67 67
November 80.4 86 82 95 80
December 71.1 63 53 84 79
Average 79.7 74.3 82.4 82.8 81.6 78.6

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 82.3 71 87 87 83 81
February 84.1 93 89 85 80 87
March 89.9 94 86 90 89 87
April 92.2 99 96 94 90
May 92.9 92 87 96 92
June 98.2 97 99 97 100
July 97.0 99 97 97 96
August 95.8 96 98 98 96
September 95.2 97 94 99 89
October 88.3 89 93 89 80
November 92.7 94 95 100 92
December 88.6 84 77 96 93
Average 91.1 86.4 92.6 92.2 93.3 90.5

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 8.1 5 11 8 7 9
February 11.0 17 13 10 3 10
March 16.3 19 14 16 18 18
April 20.3 21 21 20 20
May 24.8 26 25 22 22
June 30.6 31 31 30 31
July 33.0 34 36 31 33
August 31.4 33 34 32 31
September 29.0 30 30 31 27
October 21.5 21 24 22 21
November 15.1 17 14 16 18
December 11.3 12 10 17 10
Average 20.1 13.3 21.9 22.0 20.8 20.8

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 -5 0 -5 -1 0
February -1.6 4 1 -3 -6 0
March 5.1 7 4 4 6 7
April 8.5 8 9 9 8
May 14.6 14 16 13 13
June 19.5 19 20 20 20
July 21.5 22 21 21 22
August 20.7 22 21 22 19
September 17.3 17 17 18 16
October 9.9 11 9 12 8
November 3.8 5 4 5 6
December 1.2 3 2 5 -1
Average 9.0 1.9 10.4 9.8 10.4 9.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.5 15 6 7 13 7
February 10.2 8 7 12 20 9
March 6.8 4 9 12 9 7
April 6.0 4 6 6 6
May 6.7 7 12 9 9
June 2.5 3 2 3 1
July 3.0 2 5 2 4
August 3.5 3 1 3 3
September 2.4 1 3 0 3
October 8.9 9 8 8 13
November 4.3 4 4 2 5
December 4.0 7 3 3 5
Average 5.8 8.4 4.8 6.1 6.1 5.7

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 9.3 8 9 10 9 9
February 10.0 11 9 11 10 9
March 10.7 12 11 11 11 10
April 10.8 11 12 11 9
May 8.4 7 10 8 8
June 8.0 6 8 7 9
July 7.2 9 8 6 7
August 7.0 7 8 7 7
September 7.5 7 8 8 7
October 9.3 9 10 9 10
November 9.4 9 10 10 11
December 9.3 10 9 11 9
Average 9.0 10.0 8.6 9.5 8.8 8.7

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 268° 246° 272° 265° 223°
February 210° 210° 254° 003° 255°
March 200° 212° 231° 194° 195°
April 215° 199° 224° 234°
May 180° 178° 156° 143°
June 194° 184° 192° 197°
July 222° 205° 211° 199°
August 243° 177° 185° 209°
September 180° 174° 193° 204°
October 225° 230° 218° 237°
November 201° 220° 214° 202°
December 228° 215° 206° 233°

Prevailing wind direction

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