Donalsonville Municipal Airport

17J · Georgia, United States

Climate Donalsonville Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Donalsonville Municipal Airport (K17J) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.5 79 79 67
February 73.4 83 76 78 100 84
March 80.9 75 83 78 100 74
April 86.6 78 91 88 92
May 86.9 84 91 90 87
June 88.6 91 93 82 88
July 87.3 87 93 85 86
August 86.8 97 89 50 83
September 85.2 87 91 100 73
October 86.4 89 87 0 82
November 74.2 71 75 92 75
December 70.7 83 72 54 76
Average 81.9 78.2 82.9 85.3 79.5 82.0

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 91.8 93 93 90
February 87.6 94 89 92 100 88
March 91.2 87 93 89 100 86
April 94.3 88 97 95 96
May 94.7 96 95 96 95
June 95.6 94 97 92 96
July 94.0 94 97 93 93
August 95.2 99 97 100 93
September 93.6 96 95 100 88
October 93.5 94 93 0 93
November 86.2 85 86 97 87
December 84.2 93 82 70 90
Average 91.9 89.7 92.5 92.8 90.4 91.7

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 17.3 20 16 16
February 21.3 21 23 20 17 19
March 23.3 23 24 24 27 26
April 25.5 26 26 24 26
May 29.5 28 30 29 29
June 32.2 32 34 31 31
July 32.4 33 32 32 33
August 32.6 35 32 27 33
September 30.7 31 30 30 29
October 26.8 27 27 23 28
November 21.5 21 23 19 24
December 18.4 17 21 22 17
Average 25.7 21.6 26.3 26.3 25.1 26.9

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 6.3 8 4 7
February 10.5 8 11 7 13 9
March 11.5 12 12 11 27 14
April 13.4 15 14 13 14
May 17.7 17 19 16 16
June 22.1 21 23 22 22
July 22.8 23 23 23 23
August 22.8 23 23 26 23
September 21.0 20 20 30 21
October 15.2 14 12 23 17
November 9.9 9 12 6 12
December 8.4 7 11 11 4
Average 14.9 10.2 14.8 14.9 15.0 16.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 5.0 3 6 10
February 5.6 6 7 4 0 6
March 3.6 7 2 6 0 2
April 3.2 6 1 6 3
May 2.4 1 4 1 3
June 2.8 0 1 5 6
July 3.7 2 5 5 4
August 4.4 2 5 0 6
September 3.9 3 3 0 10
October 2.0 2 1 0 2
November 5.9 9 4 5 4
December 4.5 6 0 4 6
Average 4.1 6.4 3.7 3.1 4.7 4.5

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 6.5 7 7 7
February 7.5 7 8 7 10 8
March 7.1 7 8 7 6 7
April 6.8 7 7 6 7
May 5.7 5 6 7 6
June 5.3 6 5 6 6
July 4.4 4 4 4 5
August 4.7 5 4 9 5
September 6.0 5 6 5 7
October 6.2 6 6 7 7
November 7.2 7 8 6 8
December 6.2 7 6 6 6
Average 6.1 6.7 6.2 6.0 5.8 6.4

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 254° 356° 305°
February 233° 241° 135° 198° 002°
March 056° 237° 203° 233° 225°
April 107° 174° 243° 312°
May 074° 203° 155° 136°
June 102° 059° 180° 155°
July 279° 231° 221° 232°
August 338° 129° 091° 211°
September 087° 062° 021° 089°
October 064° 049° 099° 087°
November 056° 061° 041° 065°
December 069° 083° 219° 013°

Prevailing wind direction

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