Cochran Airport

48A · Georgia, United States

Climate Cochran Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cochran Airport (K48A) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.2 82 69 79 68 70
February 74.7 84 74 88 63 73
March 79.8 75 81 76 84 72
April 86.4 78 92 91 88
May 86.0 77 87 91 84
June 86.4 87 93 79 89
July 86.1 88 81 80 89
August 82.3 88 81 76 81
September 85.2 89 86 84 72
October 81.2 89 84 82 81
November 78.7 80 70 96 70
December 72.4 85 67 60 76
Average 81.4 80.0 82.3 82.7 80.0 79.5

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 88.3 93 80 93 87 84
February 86.4 94 94 93 73 83
March 91.2 87 94 88 95 84
April 93.2 91 96 95 93
May 94.2 93 93 96 91
June 94.2 95 96 90 98
July 93.5 93 91 92 96
August 92.0 95 92 89 91
September 93.6 97 93 92 89
October 89.5 91 93 90 91
November 89.8 89 87 99 84
December 82.4 90 73 76 87
Average 91.1 91.4 92.0 91.5 89.7 89.7

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 15.6 15 17 15 15 17
February 18.5 18 21 19 16 17
March 22.0 21 22 23 23 23
April 24.6 25 25 24 24
May 28.7 27 30 28 28
June 31.6 30 34 31 31
July 32.7 33 33 31 33
August 32.1 33 31 31 32
September 30.0 29 29 29 29
October 25.9 25 25 26 27
November 19.9 20 21 19 23
December 17.1 17 18 20 15
Average 24.0 18.2 24.8 25.3 24.4 25.0

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 4.1 3 5 3 4 7
February 6.7 6 9 6 5 7
March 9.5 10 9 9 10 13
April 11.2 12 10 10 12
May 16.0 16 17 14 15
June 20.3 19 21 20 20
July 22.2 23 23 22 22
August 22.2 22 22 22 22
September 18.6 18 18 18 19
October 13.5 12 10 15 16
November 7.5 7 10 5 11
December 6.0 5 8 8 3
Average 12.2 6.1 13.1 13.1 12.9 13.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.5 4 8 5 13 8
February 7.3 6 4 6 15 10
March 5.8 9 4 7 5 8
April 3.2 4 2 4 3
May 2.2 4 2 2 3
June 2.7 2 1 5 2
July 2.0 3 3 3 1
August 3.5 4 4 5 3
September 3.5 3 3 6 6
October 4.2 7 1 3 2
November 5.4 9 6 0 7
December 7.7 7 2 6 8
Average 4.6 6.4 4.5 3.4 5.3 4.6

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 7.3 8 7 8 7 8
February 7.5 8 8 7 8 8
March 7.3 7 7 8 7 7
April 6.9 7 7 7 7
May 6.6 7 6 7 7
June 6.2 6 6 6 6
July 5.3 5 6 5 5
August 5.0 5 5 5 5
September 6.0 6 6 5 7
October 6.1 7 6 5 7
November 6.8 7 8 6 7
December 6.7 7 6 6 7
Average 6.6 7.5 6.5 6.5 6.1 6.5

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 277° 252° 292° 268° 315°
February 258° 240° 249° 310° 256°
March 300° 235° 236° 070° 227°
April 171° 227° 246° 270°
May 010° 241° 180° 276°
June 268° 019° 186° 270°
July 268° 226° 239° 239°
August 290° 270° 126° 216°
September 047° 027° 029° 043°
October 011° 003° 302° 053°
November 016° 032° 346° 030°
December 310° 004° 232° 280°

Prevailing wind direction

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