Colonial Air Park Airport

01TN · Tennessee, United States

Climate Colonial Air Park Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Olive Branch/Taylor Field (KOLV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.2 60 59 77 64 58
February 61.5 75 64 65 48 59
March 76.6 77 76 80 83 61
April 80.3 73 83 91 82
May 84.1 86 79 86 85
June 85.5 89 95 77 83
July 87.3 88 88 79 92
August 86.8 89 83 91 85
September 86.3 94 91 82 77
October 80.8 85 94 82 72
November 79.2 82 79 91 89
December 66.2 80 47 58 71
Average 78.2 70.9 81.1 81.8 78.7 76.8

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 79 81 87 91 75
February 80.4 87 83 83 75 78
March 93.1 93 97 95 95 85
April 93.0 89 97 96 93
May 95.2 95 96 98 97
June 95.1 95 99 92 95
July 95.4 93 95 91 99
August 95.2 96 94 98 94
September 94.2 99 97 92 94
October 91.6 96 98 94 86
November 90.4 94 87 95 98
December 82.7 95 64 86 88
Average 90.8 86.8 93.1 92.5 92.3 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 8.8 7 14 10 11 13
February 11.7 17 16 13 7 13
March 16.0 19 18 19 21 19
April 18.2 22 22 22 21
May 23.2 27 28 26 26
June 26.3 31 32 30 31
July 27.7 32 34 32 33
August 27.2 32 31 32 32
September 25.5 30 30 29 28
October 20.1 25 23 24 23
November 14.1 18 17 17 20
December 13.2 14 12 18 13
Average 18.7 14.5 23.2 23.0 22.4 22.3

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 0.9 -1 5 -1 3 5
February 3.0 6 6 1 -1 4
March 6.8 9 8 7 9 11
April 8.8 11 11 11 11
May 14.6 16 17 16 16
June 17.1 16 21 21 21
July 19.6 22 23 23 24
August 18.7 22 22 23 22
September 16.1 18 17 18 19
October 10.7 13 11 15 12
November 4.6 6 6 5 8
December 4.1 4 6 9 2
Average 9.7 4.3 12.3 11.9 12.5 12.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.0 11 4 7 6 10
February 9.7 6 6 10 14 12
March 4.9 3 7 5 5 8
April 5.2 5 3 2 4
May 2.6 1 2 4 2
June 3.2 3 1 6 3
July 2.8 2 3 4 1
August 2.4 1 3 5 2
September 2.8 1 1 5 5
October 5.3 3 2 4 5
November 3.6 3 2 2 2
December 6.2 1 9 3 8
Average 4.7 6.5 3.0 3.4 4.7 4.9

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 7.8 8 9 8 8 7
February 8.3 10 10 8 8 8
March 8.5 9 9 9 8 8
April 8.2 9 9 8 7
May 7.2 7 8 8 7
June 6.6 7 6 7 7
July 5.7 7 6 6 6
August 5.6 7 6 6 6
September 5.5 6 6 5 6
October 6.8 8 8 7 7
November 6.6 7 6 6 7
December 7.4 8 7 9 8
Average 7.2 8.9 7.6 7.2 7.0 6.8

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 284° 232° 327° 252° 216°
February 223° 224° 219° 339° 274°
March 208° 227° 222° 166° 205°
April 198° 207° 231° 279°
May 160° 182° 149° 183°
June 264° 144° 176° 183°
July 223° 206° 208° 200°
August 067° 196° 139° 037°
September 075° 359° 117° 067°
October 230° 202° 208° 090°
November 288° 338° 203° 192°
December 232° 225° 206° 224°

Prevailing wind direction

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