Macon County Airport

1A5 · North Carolina, United States

Climate Macon County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Macon County Airport (K1A5) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.5 74 74 80 73 81
February 80.0 89 82 84 67 74
March 83.9 80 87 88 86 82
April 88.8 86 91 95 89
May 82.4 84 82 86 79
June 77.5 79 86 84 80
July 74.2 74 75 72 75
August 72.8 75 76 79 73
September 73.5 73 74 66 73
October 76.2 82 84 73 72
November 84.4 79 81 90 87
December 75.5 77 52 83 75
Average 78.1 80.9 79.8 80.6 81.0 78.2

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 88.1 85 87 92 85 92
February 94.1 98 98 95 90 87
March 94.3 93 96 95 94 92
April 95.3 93 96 98 95
May 88.7 88 87 92 89
June 83.0 87 87 89 86
July 77.8 76 79 76 78
August 78.9 77 82 82 78
September 78.6 76 80 71 83
October 84.0 85 92 85 78
November 92.7 92 89 95 93
December 88.3 89 77 90 90
Average 87.1 92.0 87.3 88.1 88.5 86.4

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 10.3 10 12 10 10 11
February 14.4 16 16 14 12 12
March 17.4 19 17 18 18 18
April 20.1 21 21 21 20
May 24.4 24 26 23 23
June 27.3 27 29 28 27
July 29.1 29 30 29 29
August 27.1 28 28 24 29
September 25.2 26 26 17 26
October 20.6 22 21 12 23
November 16.8 18 17 16 19
December 12.9 13 11 16 11
Average 20.0 14.7 20.7 20.7 18.9 20.5

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 -2.6 -3 1 -3 -1 1
February 1.5 -1 4 0 0 1
March 3.8 4 3 3 4 7
April 4.9 7 5 4 6
May 11.6 11 13 10 10
June 15.5 14 16 16 16
July 18.4 18 19 18 19
August 15.1 17 18 9 19
September 13.6 14 13 11 15
October 7.6 8 4 5 10
November 1.4 1 3 -1 3
December 0.3 -1 3 2 -2
Average 7.6 -1.9 7.4 7.4 6.3 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 12.3 16 16 6 7 13
February 11.4 7 10 11 13 19
March 11.1 14 12 9 10 13
April 9.1 13 6 5 9
May 7.3 4 9 7 11
June 6.6 8 3 4 8
July 5.9 5 5 8 6
August 8.9 10 3 6 10
September 5.8 3 7 14 11
October 5.5 3 2 11 8
November 4.1 5 8 1 2
December 11.9 14 20 9 8
Average 8.8 11.9 7.7 7.0 7.4 9.9

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 2.9 3 3 3 3 3
February 3.1 3 3 4 3 3
March 3.7 3 4 5 3 3
April 3.8 3 4 4 4
May 2.4 3 2 2 3
June 2.0 2 2 2 2
July 1.4 2 1 1 1
August 1.2 1 1 1 1
September 1.4 1 2 0 1
October 2.1 2 3 3 2
November 2.2 2 2 2 2
December 2.0 2 1 1 3
Average 2.4 3.0 2.3 2.6 2.1 2.3

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 314° 294° 304° 312° 327°
February 291° 298° 290° 311° 300°
March 304° 297° 273° 291° 272°
April 275° 282° 307° 304°
May 292° 262° 299° 302°
June 319° 303° 291° 310°
July 304° 287° 289° 285°
August 313° 285° 299° 297°
September 297° 320° 225° 294°
October 295° 295° 313° 295°
November 307° 318° 316° 304°
December 300° 273° 290° 313°

Prevailing wind direction

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