Gilmer County Airport

49A · Georgia, United States

Climate Gilmer County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gilmer County Airport (K49A) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.4 86 53 71 69 71
February 65.2 98 60 73 58 61
March 76.4 89 81 82 63 63
April 86.9 95 79 87 94 87
May 84.1 86 82 84 78
June 66.1 75 79 49 7
July 64.2 85 14 0 90
August 80.7 79 69 77 85
September 88.6 88 88 87 84
October 81.2 90 88 73 81
November 74.1 77 67 85 82
December 65.8 67 47 60 68
Average 77.4 92.1 77.6 71.1 65.7 73.1

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 87.6 90 74 91 86 88
February 81.5 98 80 87 74 81
March 88.0 91 90 95 71 78
April 95.4 95 90 95 100 98
May 93.6 95 94 92 88
June 73.3 87 84 55 7
July 68.8 92 16 0 95
August 89.1 90 76 87 93
September 96.1 96 95 98 95
October 94.3 97 98 93 93
November 90.6 94 80 99 94
December 84.0 82 62 78 91
Average 87.7 93.5 89.2 81.1 76.5 84.5

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 9.0 9 13 9 10 12
February 14.4 16 16 14 12 12
March 17.4 18 17 19 19 18
April 21.1 22 21 21 21 21
May 25.4 24 26 24 23
June 28.4 27 30 28 28
July 30.0 31 29 29 31
August 25.8 30 2 29 30
September 27.8 27 26 26 27
October 22.5 23 21 22 23
November 16.3 17 17 15 19
December 12.7 13 12 16 12
Average 20.2 16.2 21.5 19.1 21.1 21.3

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 0.5 -1 2 -1 2 3
February 3.8 3 3 3 2 3
March 6.3 7 3 6 10 10
April 8.3 10 6 9 8 8
May 14.3 13 15 13 13
June 17.8 16 19 18 17
July 17.1 18 19 19 20
August 14.3 20 1 20 20
September 14.5 15 15 16 17
October 9.7 10 7 12 13
November 4.2 5 7 3 7
December 3.1 2 6 7 1
Average 8.4 4.6 9.3 8.7 10.7 11.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.0 11 18 6 11 15
February 14.3 3 16 9 12 26
March 10.4 11 10 5 14 19
April 7.3 7 10 5 5 8
May 5.5 5 5 7 6
June 5.5 6 3 6 1
July 2.8 2 1 0 5
August 4.8 4 6 0 8
September 4.1 3 6 1 9
October 5.1 3 1 1 5
November 5.9 6 9 0 5
December 13.2 13 26 9 9
Average 7.2 8.0 7.5 5.6 5.0 9.0

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 5.0 6 5 4 5 5
February 4.9 6 5 5 5 5
March 5.5 6 6 6 5 5
April 5.4 6 5 5 5 6
May 4.0 5 4 4 4
June 3.1 4 3 3 3
July 2.4 3 2 2 2
August 2.6 3 2 3 2
September 3.2 3 3 3 4
October 3.9 4 4 4 3
November 4.3 5 5 4 5
December 4.4 5 4 4 5
Average 4.1 5.7 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.8

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 320° 245° 294° 286° 168°
February 228° 211° 215° 255° 264°
March 262° 249° 236° 165° 221°
April 215° 198° 219° 283° 299°
May 099° 215° 208° 222°
June 233° 050° 186° 189°
July 299° 227° 245° 298°
August 275° 210° 164° 228°
September 071° 022° 360° 094°
October 229° 349° 232° 142°
November 093° 131° 303° 135°
December 207° 200° 205° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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