McDonnell Airport

03MU · Missouri, United States

Climate McDonnell Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lawrence Smith Memorial Airport (KLRY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 64.4 58 69 87 53 51
February 66.5 93 79 82 1 77
March 61.6 78 65 76 0 63
April 70.7 94 90 0 76
May 75.9 85 75 50 68
June 92.8 96 95 87 91
July 91.0 92 89 89 88
August 88.9 87 93 94 91
September 88.0 95 92 93 77
October 76.7 79 98 71 69
November 80.2 87 78 97 77
December 69.7 62 49 81 78
Average 77.4 76.4 83.0 85.0 60.3 76.2

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 81.1 70 88 93 79 75
February 77.4 97 92 90 3 90
March 78.8 96 87 95 0 82
April 81.1 100 97 0 92
May 90.5 94 92 70 90
June 98.0 100 99 94 98
July 96.9 97 95 97 96
August 95.4 95 97 98 97
September 94.0 98 94 98 86
October 91.9 96 99 92 88
November 92.9 96 97 99 91
December 89.4 86 79 97 92
Average 88.9 88.0 94.2 94.6 69.6 90.0

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 5.9 2 9 6 6 6
February 9.2 16 12 9 1 9
March 15.1 18 13 16 16 16
April 20.1 22 20 20 19
May 23.8 27 25 22 23
June 28.7 31 31 31 32
July 32.4 33 33 31 33
August 31.2 33 32 32 31
September 29.1 30 30 29 26
October 20.6 22 22 22 19
November 13.6 15 13 15 17
December 9.9 10 8 15 10
Average 19.0 12.0 21.3 20.7 20.0 20.0

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 -4.5 -6 -1 -6 -2 -2
February -3.5 1 -1 -5 -8 -2
March 3.5 4 2 2 5 6
April 7.2 7 7 7 7
May 12.8 13 15 13 13
June 15.9 18 19 11 19
July 20.7 20 21 20 22
August 19.3 21 20 19 19
September 15.9 16 15 17 14
October 8.5 9 8 11 7
November 1.9 3 1 3 4
December -1.6 2 0 2 -2
Average 7.3 -1.8 9.1 8.3 8.2 8.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 13 5 6 4 8
February 4.8 3 7 11 0 6
March 5.2 2 12 10 0 4
April 3.4 1 6 0 4
May 5.0 6 8 9 3
June 2.4 3 3 5 2
July 2.6 1 6 3 4
August 2.2 0 3 3 1
September 3.5 0 1 2 14
October 6.1 1 5 9 1
November 4.5 4 2 1 0
December 4.5 11 7 1 0
Average 4.3 5.9 4.0 5.5 3.2 3.8

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 6 7 8 7 7
February 7.5 8 8 8 8 7
March 8.3 9 9 9 9 7
April 8.7 9 10 8 7
May 6.5 6 7 6 6
June 5.7 5 6 5 6
July 4.8 5 5 4 5
August 4.9 5 4 5 5
September 5.4 5 6 5 6
October 6.8 7 7 6 7
November 6.8 6 8 7 8
December 6.5 7 7 7 6
Average 6.7 7.8 6.5 7.0 6.2 6.2

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 302° 296° 328° 319° 302°
February 259° 233° 295° 024° 345°
March 225° 322° 267° 166° 201°
April 250° 234° 254° 301°
May 163° 172° 154° 062°
June 125° 202° 193° 198°
July 229° 168° 187° 145°
August 282° 151° 175° 131°
September 153° 161° 200° 146°
October 303° 276° 280° 267°
November 209° 265° 238° 229°
December 265° 237° 220° 285°

Prevailing wind direction

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