Jackson County Airport

24A · North Carolina, United States

Climate Jackson County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Jackson County Airport (K24A) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.6 67 68 79 69 72
February 69.8 84 66 76 63 58
March 80.1 78 86 85 79 75
April 82.6 81 86 94 82
May 80.1 82 81 85 74
June 79.0 77 85 86 78
July 72.1 70 70 79 70
August 68.4 73 68 69 64
September 73.5 75 74 66 68
October 75.3 85 80 65 72
November 83.3 85 82 87 83
December 67.5 64 47 74 69
Average 75.2 76.5 76.8 77.2 76.9 72.4

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 88.5 92 88 89 81 93
February 89.8 96 93 94 84 78
March 91.0 89 94 94 89 91
April 93.2 88 97 99 97
May 89.7 93 90 91 87
June 85.1 83 89 90 85
July 76.5 74 79 81 73
August 75.5 79 74 73 71
September 80.0 78 81 76 78
October 87.6 91 95 82 79
November 95.4 99 94 96 96
December 86.1 90 61 92 90
Average 86.4 91.8 86.0 87.0 86.0 84.4

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 8.4 8 11 8 8 9
February 13.0 14 14 13 11 10
March 15.6 17 16 17 17 17
April 19.2 19 19 19 18
May 22.1 21 24 22 21
June 25.0 24 27 25 25
July 26.9 27 27 26 27
August 26.0 27 26 26 26
September 23.9 24 23 23 23
October 19.9 20 19 19 20
November 15.0 16 14 14 17
December 11.0 11 10 15 9
Average 18.5 13.1 19.4 19.1 18.7 18.6

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 -1.5 -2 2 -2 0 1
February 3.2 2 5 1 1 1
March 4.8 5 4 5 6 8
April 7.7 8 7 7 7
May 12.2 11 13 11 10
June 15.3 14 16 16 15
July 17.6 18 18 17 18
August 17.0 17 17 17 17
September 13.7 14 13 14 14
October 9.2 9 6 9 10
November 4.5 7 5 2 6
December 2.8 4 4 5 -1
Average 8.6 1.6 9.5 8.8 8.6 9.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.4 13 13 10 13 17
February 14.0 7 15 9 13 32
March 10.3 13 11 7 6 13
April 9.0 14 6 5 8
May 6.2 3 7 3 10
June 4.2 6 2 4 5
July 2.1 1 3 4 2
August 5.0 3 5 8 5
September 5.3 3 8 7 10
October 6.4 3 1 13 8
November 4.6 6 11 4 2
December 12.3 14 21 9 9
Average 7.8 11.0 6.4 6.4 7.0 8.9

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 3.9 4 3 3 3 4
February 4.0 3 4 5 5 4
March 4.7 4 4 6 4 4
April 5.0 4 4 5 6
May 3.6 3 3 4 4
June 2.5 2 2 3 3
July 2.0 1 2 2 2
August 1.9 2 1 2 2
September 2.0 2 2 2 2
October 2.8 3 2 3 3
November 2.8 2 3 2 4
December 3.0 3 2 3 4
Average 3.3 3.8 2.7 2.9 3.2 3.5

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 271° 248° 296° 299° 235°
February 257° 242° 226° 268° 287°
March 177° 253° 221° 195° 225°
April 228° 236° 282° 275°
May 231° 198° 241° 258°
June 274° 239° 225° 237°
July 282° 226° 221° 206°
August 265° 189° 172° 201°
September 211° 200° 257° 151°
October 273° 240° 206° 218°
November 193° 200° 299° 211°
December 180° 252° 231° 273°

Prevailing wind direction

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