Griffin-Spalding County Airport

6A2 · Georgia, United States

Climate Griffin-Spalding County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Griffin-Spalding County Airport (K6A2) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.8 79 66 82 74 63
February 69.4 89 70 80 64 60
March 78.7 75 81 80 81 65
April 84.4 75 90 94 86
May 84.1 77 83 90 86
June 77.2 86 92 81 83
July 81.9 94 85 86 49
August 82.3 91 78 79 80
September 85.6 87 87 82 75
October 78.4 88 87 69 71
November 76.6 81 75 94 74
December 68.3 81 53 64 75
Average 79.0 80.3 81.7 82.5 80.2 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 84.1 85 79 90 87 72
February 82.3 95 86 89 73 77
March 88.5 84 89 88 90 77
April 91.3 86 95 97 91
May 91.5 87 92 95 90
June 83.1 92 97 89 89
July 86.9 97 93 89 52
August 90.0 93 88 88 88
September 91.8 93 92 89 85
October 87.9 92 92 80 85
November 85.6 91 87 96 85
December 80.0 87 72 80 85
Average 87.2 87.5 89.6 90.3 88.1 81.1

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 12.1 12 15 12 12 13
February 17.0 17 19 17 14 14
March 19.6 19 20 20 20 20
April 21.8 22 22 22 18
May 26.5 24 27 26 25
June 29.2 28 31 29 28
July 31.0 31 31 30 31
August 30.1 32 30 30 30
September 27.2 28 27 27 26
October 23.0 23 22 23 23
November 16.1 17 18 17 20
December 14.0 14 14 17 13
Average 21.6 15.8 22.7 22.8 22.0 21.8

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 2.8 2 4 1 3 5
February 6.6 5 8 5 4 5
March 8.0 9 6 7 9 11
April 9.0 7 9 10 7
May 12.4 8 14 13 13
June 16.6 10 18 19 19
July 17.3 13 12 17 21
August 19.7 21 17 21 20
September 15.5 17 16 17 18
October 11.0 11 9 13 14
November 6.0 6 8 4 9
December 4.7 4 7 6 2
Average 10.1 5.1 9.5 10.2 11.4 11.9

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 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 5.2 5 5 5 5 5
February 5.2 5 5 5 5 5
March 5.4 5 5 6 4 5
April 5.1 5 5 4 6
May 4.3 4 4 4 5
June 3.6 4 3 3 4
July 3.0 3 3 3 3
August 2.9 3 2 2 3
September 3.1 3 3 2 4
October 3.7 4 4 3 3
November 4.0 4 4 4 4
December 4.6 5 4 4 5
Average 4.2 5.1 4.0 4.0 3.5 4.1

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 288° 265° 288° 282° 312°
February 269° 247° 274° 323° 272°
March 291° 245° 253° 132° 236°
April 290° 243° 275° 288°
May 342° 239° 232° 266°
June 282° 300° 215° 264°
July 287° 251° 251° 254°
August 292° 227° 201° 221°
September 001° 024° 305° 045°
October 299° 318° 275° 023°
November 355° 352° 319° 347°
December 277° 264° 243° 292°

Prevailing wind direction

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