Triple W Airport

5W5 · North Carolina, United States

Climate Triple W Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Harnett Regional Jetport Airport (KHRJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.1 83 75 85 73 84
February 77.7 93 78 83 59 76
March 79.2 78 85 79 79 76
April 84.9 79 94 96 87
May 79.9 81 75 94 75
June 83.9 84 95 77 80
July 82.2 88 81 85 91
August 82.8 86 86 86 76
September 80.2 78 89 88 71
October 80.2 91 85 77 78
November 81.7 92 83 95 80
December 79.0 84 82 71 77
Average 80.4 84.3 83.7 84.7 82.3 79.3

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 87.3 92 82 95 79 93
February 87.8 97 88 92 69 92
March 89.1 87 92 92 90 92
April 94.3 91 97 99 97
May 90.5 91 95 99 87
June 93.4 95 98 91 92
July 88.5 94 93 91 96
August 91.6 94 96 92 88
September 91.5 94 94 97 84
October 88.4 94 93 95 84
November 89.7 97 95 99 87
December 88.0 92 91 88 84
Average 89.4 91.8 92.6 94.2 91.2 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 12.6 14 15 11 11 15
February 16.0 16 18 16 12 16
March 18.3 20 19 19 20 20
April 23.3 24 23 24 23
May 26.9 25 28 27 25
June 29.9 29 31 30 30
July 32.4 32 32 31 34
August 31.4 32 31 32 31
September 28.3 28 28 29 27
October 23.5 24 22 25 25
November 17.6 18 19 17 20
December 14.3 16 12 18 13
Average 22.4 16.5 23.3 23.1 23.1 23.1

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 2.2 2 4 -1 2 5
February 5.0 3 7 4 3 6
March 6.5 7 7 5 8 10
April 10.7 11 10 10 10
May 15.9 14 17 14 14
June 19.7 17 20 20 20
July 22.2 22 23 21 23
August 21.8 21 21 22 23
September 18.5 17 17 18 18
October 12.6 11 10 14 14
November 5.8 4 8 4 9
December 3.7 3 4 6 2
Average 11.5 4.1 11.5 11.7 11.8 12.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.7 7 7 9 14 7
February 9.3 5 10 8 19 10
March 7.8 9 8 6 7 8
April 6.8 10 4 2 7
May 5.6 6 3 5 11
June 5.2 5 1 8 8
July 3.8 3 3 7 4
August 4.7 4 6 5 5
September 5.8 5 6 4 9
October 4.0 4 2 2 6
November 5.8 6 5 5 7
December 7.4 5 4 8 10
Average 6.2 7.2 5.8 4.5 6.8 7.5

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 5.2 7 5 5 3 5
February 5.9 7 7 5 5 5
March 6.1 7 7 5 5 6
April 5.6 6 7 5 6
May 5.5 7 7 4 5
June 4.6 5 5 4 4
July 4.0 4 6 3 3
August 3.7 5 4 3 3
September 4.2 5 5 4 4
October 4.2 5 5 4 3
November 4.2 5 6 4 4
December 4.3 5 4 4 3
Average 4.8 6.9 5.5 5.4 4.0 4.2

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 263° 259° 264° 307° 279°
February 290° 241° 180° 340° 229°
March 338° 281° 244° 295° 208°
April 213° 247° 244° 240°
May 009° 298° 227° 063°
June 271° 337° 182° 180°
July 227° 212° 186° 187°
August 249° 196° 170° 183°
September 004° 025° 158° 035°
October 315° 351° 226° 070°
November 008° 021° 327° 167°
December 266° 021° 213° 269°

Prevailing wind direction

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