Southwest Georgia Regional Airport

KABY · Georgia, United States

Climate Southwest Georgia Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Southwest Georgia Regional Airport (KABY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.4 76 72 80 64 67
February 68.3 80 69 79 58 66
March 78.2 71 78 72 82 73
April 84.1 74 88 88 90
May 83.7 79 83 93 87
June 81.2 79 89 86 86
July 81.5 80 79 84 85
August 81.3 88 82 79 84
September 84.7 83 85 83 75
October 82.9 87 87 84 78
November 76.2 76 67 97 70
December 66.4 79 64 56 74
Average 78.6 75.3 78.9 80.3 80.2 78.7

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 89.8 88 85 94 88 88
February 83.9 91 87 90 71 83
March 90.6 85 93 86 93 87
April 94.1 89 93 95 96
May 95.2 95 92 98 95
June 92.3 86 95 95 95
July 92.4 88 93 92 95
August 93.5 95 92 94 95
September 94.4 94 95 91 93
October 93.8 92 95 93 92
November 88.9 88 87 100 88
December 82.8 89 82 75 86
Average 91.0 87.7 90.1 91.5 90.8 91.4

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 17.5 16 20 18 16 19
February 21.3 20 23 22 19 20
March 23.8 22 23 26 26 26
April 26.6 26 28 26 27
May 30.6 28 33 31 30
June 32.6 31 35 34 32
July 33.3 33 33 34 34
August 33.2 35 32 34 34
September 31.7 31 30 32 30
October 27.8 26 26 28 28
November 21.7 21 22 22 24
December 18.6 17 20 23 17
Average 25.8 19.4 26.0 27.2 27.0 26.6

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 5.7 4 7 5 6 8
February 9.1 6 10 8 7 8
March 10.8 11 11 11 12 14
April 13.3 14 14 12 14
May 17.9 17 20 17 17
June 22.2 21 23 23 22
July 23.4 24 23 24 24
August 23.4 23 23 24 24
September 20.9 20 19 21 21
October 15.9 13 11 17 18
November 9.4 9 11 7 13
December 7.7 6 10 11 4
Average 14.1 6.9 14.4 14.9 15.1 15.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.8 7 9 4 13 9
February 6.6 6 8 3 10 10
March 5.2 8 6 9 5 4
April 3.7 6 2 4 4
May 2.9 2 3 1 3
June 4.5 2 3 6 5
July 3.6 3 5 5 5
August 4.9 3 8 7 3
September 3.6 1 2 6 10
October 3.6 5 1 3 2
November 4.4 7 6 2 3
December 7.4 7 1 6 7
Average 4.9 6.9 4.7 4.0 5.3 5.2

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 6.8 8 7 7 7 7
February 7.2 8 8 7 7 8
March 7.3 7 7 8 7 7
April 7.0 7 7 6 7
May 6.2 7 6 7 6
June 5.6 6 5 6 6
July 4.8 5 5 5 5
August 5.2 6 5 6 5
September 5.8 6 6 4 7
October 6.3 6 6 5 7
November 6.2 7 7 5 7
December 6.4 7 6 6 6
Average 6.3 7.2 6.4 6.2 5.9 6.4

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 270° 242° 286° 264° 355°
February 211° 239° 206° 335° 231°
March 028° 227° 208° 176° 225°
April 138° 201° 258° 281°
May 044° 239° 164° 240°
June 248° 029° 185° 207°
July 251° 227° 225° 215°
August 273° 217° 146° 203°
September 071° 046° 080° 055°
October 034° 008° 360° 060°
November 025° 034° 009° 041°
December 004° 017° 221° 287°

Prevailing wind direction

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