Franklin-Hart Airport

18A · Georgia, United States

Climate Franklin-Hart Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Franklin-Hart Airport (K18A) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.3 73 62 78 76 75
February 70.8 90 77 76 60 66
March 79.3 78 82 75 81 66
April 83.2 80 87 94 88
May 80.1 78 84 86 79
June 72.1 74 92 78 80
July 87.0 91 83 88 91
August 81.8 85 80 75 76
September 85.1 88 86 73
October 80.8 91 83 78
November 79.3 88 80 100 77
December 73.8 77 43 0 83
Average 79.2 80.6 81.2 80.5 80.8 78.3

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 83.7 80 75 89 82 85
February 82.8 96 92 83 71 79
March 89.0 86 91 86 87 84
April 90.7 88 94 95 94
May 91.1 91 95 95 90
June 80.9 87 97 91 91
July 94.1 95 92 95 95
August 91.4 94 91 75 88
September 92.6 96 90 84
October 90.8 97 92 85
November 87.6 95 85 100 89
December 81.3 82 57 0 90
Average 88.0 87.7 90.4 89.1 88.5 88.2

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 12.5 11 14 11 12 13
February 16.8 16 19 16 14 13
March 19.5 20 20 20 19 20
April 23.3 22 22 23 23
May 27.1 24 28 26 25
June 30.1 28 32 29 29
July 31.8 32 32 30 33
August 30.5 31 31 24 31
September 29.0 29 28 26
October 23.6 24 22 24
November 17.7 18 18 13 20
December 13.4 14 12 16 13
Average 22.2 15.7 22.8 22.9 21.3 22.6

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 2.5 1 4 1 2 4
February 5.5 4 7 4 3 4
March 7.2 8 7 8 8 10
April 9.8 10 9 9 9
May 14.4 15 16 14 13
June 18.7 17 20 19 19
July 21.0 21 22 21 21
August 20.6 21 21 24 21
September 17.6 17 16 18
October 10.6 11 9 13
November 6.8 6 8 13 8
December 3.7 4 5 16 1
Average 10.8 4.6 11.6 11.6 10.9 11.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.6 14 7 9 9 14
February 10.0 5 8 8 14 18
March 7.6 9 7 5 9 15
April 6.0 10 2 4 6
May 4.8 2 2 3 9
June 3.5 4 1 4 3
July 2.1 2 1 3 4
August 5.1 5 4 25 6
September 3.4 0 2 8
October 4.5 1 3 3
November 7.0 5 7 0 2
December 10.1 10 16 0 5
Average 6.3 8.9 5.1 4.5 6.3 7.2

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 4.3 4 5 5 4 4
February 4.8 6 6 5 4 5
March 5.1 6 5 6 5 4
April 4.9 6 5 5 4
May 4.0 5 5 5 4
June 3.5 5 4 4 4
July 3.0 4 4 3 2
August 2.8 4 4 4 2
September 3.4 4 5 3
October 3.6 5 5 2
November 3.5 5 5 3 3
December 4.1 5 4 8 3
Average 4.0 5.2 4.7 4.9 4.5 3.4

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 262° 254° 251° 261° 289°
February 225° 242° 235° 283° 263°
March 265° 235° 249° 159° 242°
April 229° 234° 253° 254°
May 094° 225° 210° 245°
June 257° 052° 188° 243°
July 264° 240° 236° 225°
August 249° 191° 080° 205°
September 047° 051° 067°
October 274° 358° 069°
November 061° 066° 306° 068°
December 261° 168° 188° 256°

Prevailing wind direction

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