Jimmy Carter Regional Airport

KACJ · Georgia, United States

Climate Jimmy Carter Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Jimmy Carter Regional Airport (KACJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.4 81 72 80 65 69
February 67.2 79 73 82 57 56
March 78.0 71 72 82 80 0
April 84.0 61 93 89
May 86.1 77 86 90
June 85.8 85 92 80
July 86.2 90 83 81 89
August 75.3 91 96 10 88
September 63.6 85 0 75
October 65.8 87 97 0 76
November 62.3 77 70 0 71
December 66.6 82 65 42 72
Average 76.5 76.8 79.5 85.2 52.8 75.9

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 86.1 91 80 94 88 81
February 80.9 88 88 92 69 72
March 88.1 82 82 90 91 100
April 89.6 68 96 93
May 93.6 90 93 95
June 93.2 91 96 89
July 92.6 94 93 89 92
August 79.7 95 97 10 94
September 70.7 91 0 89
October 73.9 90 98 0 90
November 71.4 84 84 0 82
December 76.4 88 76 52 83
Average 84.9 86.7 86.8 92.6 59.8 86.4

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 16.6 15 17 16 16 18
February 19.7 19 21 21 18 20
March 22.2 21 22 24 24 24
April 24.0 19 26 25
May 29.6 27 31 29
June 32.6 30 35 32
July 33.5 33 34 32 34
August 33.5 34 35 33 34
September 31.1 30 31 30
October 26.3 25 23 27 28
November 20.3 19 20 20 24
December 17.7 16 18 22 17
Average 23.2 18.2 24.4 25.4 25.5 25.6

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 5.9 3 6 5 7 8
February 8.4 6 9 8 7 9
March 10.5 11 10 11 12 23
April 11.8 8 13 13
May 17.8 16 19 17
June 21.9 20 23 22
July 23.6 23 24 23 24
August 23.1 23 23 23 24
September 19.7 18 19 20
October 14.5 12 9 15 17
November 9.1 8 10 7 13
December 7.7 5 9 11 5
Average 12.8 6.7 13.1 13.5 14.3 15.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.5 6 8 5 13 12
February 8.8 6 6 6 14 13
March 5.5 9 4 5 6 0
April 4.2 4 4 6
May 3.2 5 3 3
June 4.2 3 3 8
July 3.7 3 5 5 3
August 2.4 5 1 0 3
September 4.6 5 0 9
October 4.2 7 0 0 4
November 4.6 5 7 0 5
December 7.0 7 3 4 8
Average 5.2 7.3 4.9 4.0 4.9 6.6

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 5.8 6 5 6 6 6
February 6.2 7 7 6 6 7
March 6.2 6 6 7 6 9
April 5.6 4 6 5
May 5.2 6 5 5
June 5.0 5 5 5
July 3.8 4 4 3 4
August 3.9 5 4 4 3
September 4.9 5 3 6
October 5.1 6 4 4 5
November 5.5 6 7 5 6
December 5.7 6 6 5 5
Average 5.2 6.3 5.3 5.4 4.8 5.1

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 293° 253° 299° 283° 353°
February 322° 244° 264° 344° 228°
March 030° 240° 240° 098° 236°
April 265° 229° 264°
May 015° 238° 172°
June 256° 035° 198°
July 257° 242° 252° 219°
August 289° 202° 164° 231°
September 049° 057° 059°
October 006° 003° 333° 057°
November 021° 025° 014° 040°
December 328° 337° 250° 294°

Prevailing wind direction

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