Douglas Hunter Field

1M5 · Tennessee, United States

Climate Douglas Hunter Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Douglas Hunter Field (K1M5) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.9 52 54 71 66 59
February 67.5 86 72 71 54 61
March 78.2 80 80 86 86 63
April 82.5 83 85 94 83
May 85.4 88 79 91 86
June 88.1 80 97 87 91
July 88.9 90 91 82 92
August 85.7 86 88 80 82
September 87.2 95 92 85 83
October 80.0 89 93 82 73
November 78.9 85 85 84 86
December 66.5 70 57 64 71
Average 79.5 72.4 81.8 84.1 80.0 78.8

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 84.1 80 82 85 93 83
February 83.6 94 88 86 73 75
March 93.1 90 95 99 94 87
April 93.8 95 93 99 97
May 94.7 96 95 96 95
June 95.2 88 99 95 98
July 95.2 97 97 93 95
August 93.9 93 94 91 94
September 93.9 97 96 95 94
October 90.5 95 99 93 83
November 91.7 97 94 92 97
December 84.0 87 72 86 88
Average 91.3 87.9 92.5 93.5 91.7 91.2

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 8.5 6 11 7 8 10
February 12.5 15 15 11 6 11
March 16.6 18 16 17 18 17
April 20.4 22 19 20 19
May 25.5 25 26 25 23
June 29.1 28 31 29 29
July 30.8 30 33 30 32
August 29.5 29 29 30 29
September 27.5 27 27 26 26
October 21.6 22 21 23 21
November 14.4 16 15 13 17
December 11.4 12 11 16 10
Average 19.9 12.7 21.2 20.4 20.3 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 -1.9 -2 3 -4 0 3
February 2.3 4 5 0 -2 2
March 6.0 7 5 6 7 8
April 9.1 9 9 8 8
May 15.3 14 16 14 14
June 18.0 13 19 19 18
July 21.0 21 22 21 22
August 19.6 20 20 21 19
September 16.5 16 15 16 16
October 10.5 11 8 14 11
November 3.7 5 5 2 6
December 2.3 3 3 6 0
Average 9.6 2.7 10.4 9.4 10.3 10.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 7.2 7 7 7 7 7
February 7.8 8 8 8 6 8
March 8.1 8 8 8 8 8
April 7.2 8 8 7 6
May 5.9 5 7 5 6
June 5.4 5 6 6 6
July 4.3 5 5 4 4
August 4.1 4 4 4 4
September 4.5 4 5 4 5
October 5.8 6 7 6 5
November 6.5 7 6 7 7
December 6.8 7 6 8 7
Average 6.2 7.7 6.0 6.4 5.9 5.9

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 223° 218° 282° 243° 205°
February 203° 212° 212° 273° 228°
March 208° 222° 216° 170° 210°
April 206° 208° 222° 242°
May 076° 193° 133° 205°
June 288° 227° 197° 190°
July 214° 212° 200° 227°
August 247° 245° 162° 229°
September 098° 026° 196° 114°
October 228° 202° 198° 202°
November 218° 220° 207° 201°
December 205° 194° 200° 216°

Prevailing wind direction

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