Suwannee County Airport

24J · Florida, United States

Climate Suwannee County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Suwannee County Airport (K24J) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.0 77 78 65 80
February 72.7 83 75 77 61 74
March 81.2 71 82 80 80 80
April 86.2 80 93 87 86
May 87.8 83 89 92 89
June 85.0 89 87 82 87
July 88.9 89 92 83 92
August 87.5 91 94 82 90
September 83.5 82 96 77 77
October 82.9 86 89 84 78
November 76.3 73 73 87 77
December 66.6 75 60 58 83
Average 81.2 76.2 82.2 85.6 78.9 83.3

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 83.9 88 88 88 93
February 86.6 96 86 90 74 89
March 89.7 84 90 88 90 88
April 93.4 90 97 94 95
May 93.5 90 94 94 95
June 92.6 95 91 91 93
July 94.1 94 97 90 97
August 93.3 96 97 90 94
September 89.9 87 97 84 91
October 91.9 93 93 91 89
November 87.9 85 89 92 89
December 81.9 88 72 77 93
Average 90.2 88.9 90.3 92.0 88.3 92.4

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 18.1 21 18 18 20
February 22.8 21 25 22 21 21
March 24.4 24 25 25 24 27
April 26.9 27 27 26 27
May 30.4 29 31 30 29
June 31.7 31 33 31 31
July 32.4 33 32 31 33
August 32.3 33 33 32 32
September 30.8 30 30 30 30
October 28.4 27 27 27 28
November 21.6 22 24 21 25
December 19.7 23 18 23 18
Average 26.2 22.5 27.1 26.8 26.1 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 6.1 8 5 7 8
February 10.1 7 12 9 9 8
March 10.6 11 12 10 11 14
April 13.4 13 14 12 15
May 17.1 17 17 15 17
June 21.1 21 22 20 21
July 22.8 24 23 22 23
August 22.5 23 22 23 23
September 20.1 18 21 20 22
October 16.1 14 12 16 19
November 10.0 10 13 7 14
December 8.5 15 7 12 4
Average 14.3 9.3 15.0 14.7 14.5 15.7

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
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 4.5 5 4 4 4
February 4.6 5 5 4 4 5
March 4.8 4 5 4 5 5
April 4.1 5 2 3 4
May 3.8 3 4 4 4
June 2.9 4 3 3 3
July 2.3 2 3 2 3
August 2.3 2 3 2 2
September 3.2 2 4 2 4
October 4.0 3 4 3 4
November 4.2 4 6 3 5
December 3.8 1 3 3 3
Average 3.7 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.0 3.7

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 251° 308° 258° 360°
February 253° 233° 009° 293° 276°
March 034° 245° 227° 079° 206°
April 033° 224° 299° 248°
May 260° 248° 073° 008°
June 238° 016° 194° 007°
July 248° 192° 190° 250°
August 315° 277° 136° 158°
September 023° 016° 018° 035°
October 012° 001° 338° 031°
November 006° 013° 354° 025°
December 143° 021° 250° 303°

Prevailing wind direction

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