Anson County/Jeff Cloud Field

KAFP · North Carolina, United States

Climate Anson County/Jeff Cloud Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Anson County/Jeff Cloud Field (KAFP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.4 81 77 89 74 86
February 77.8 96 74 82 60 77
March 83.1 77 89 82 82 80
April 86.7 81 94 98 91
May 85.0 84 84 95 73
June 87.8 85 96 85 85
July 89.1 92 83 92 90
August 85.0 91 87 82 73
September 82.5 82 89 85 74
October 86.1 90 86 82 78
November 90.4 97 84 95 80
December 84.6 86 78 81 81
Average 84.1 84.5 86.3 86.4 85.1 80.9

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 88.4 89 87 96 83 91
February 87.5 99 84 89 72 92
March 90.9 87 93 93 90 93
April 93.4 90 98 99 99
May 94.2 93 96 99 85
June 95.7 95 98 94 97
July 94.8 96 92 95 96
August 92.7 95 92 93 90
September 92.3 93 95 92 87
October 92.9 94 95 94 84
November 94.2 98 93 98 87
December 91.4 93 88 92 86
Average 92.0 91.7 93.1 93.9 92.5 90.7

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 13 15 11 11 14
February 16.2 16 18 17 12 15
March 18.8 20 19 20 20 20
April 23.2 23 24 24 23
May 27.0 25 28 27 25
June 30.4 29 32 30 29
July 32.5 33 32 32 33
August 31.7 33 32 32 31
September 28.7 28 28 29 27
October 24.3 24 23 25 24
November 18.0 19 19 17 20
December 14.9 16 12 18 13
Average 22.6 16.4 23.5 23.5 23.1 22.3

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 1.3 1 4 -1 1 5
February 4.3 2 6 3 2 6
March 6.3 7 6 6 7 10
April 9.9 10 9 8 9
May 14.7 13 16 13 14
June 18.9 17 19 19 19
July 21.3 21 22 21 22
August 21.0 21 21 21 23
September 16.6 16 16 15 17
October 11.1 10 8 13 12
November 4.3 3 7 2 7
December 2.6 2 3 5 1
Average 10.7 3.4 10.6 10.9 10.6 11.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.3 10 7 7 12 10
February 9.2 7 6 7 17 13
March 7.6 10 8 7 6 7
April 6.8 11 4 2 6
May 4.5 5 4 4 9
June 4.5 6 3 6 6
July 3.8 3 4 6 4
August 7.1 5 5 8 20
September 4.6 3 7 3 9
October 3.4 3 0 4 6
November 6.2 5 5 4 7
December 7.9 8 5 6 8
Average 6.6 9.2 5.6 4.7 6.0 8.0

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 3.9 5 4 5 3 3
February 4.2 5 4 5 4 4
March 4.6 4 5 5 5 5
April 4.4 4 4 5 5
May 4.1 5 4 3 4
June 3.6 3 4 4 4
July 3.2 3 3 3 3
August 2.9 3 3 3 4
September 2.9 3 5 4 4
October 2.7 3 4 3 3
November 2.6 2 4 4 3
December 2.3 3 2 3 3
Average 3.7 4.2 3.3 4.0 3.7 3.7

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 259° 242° 324° 311° 360°
February 260° 233° 221° 329° 238°
March 349° 283° 224° 009° 222°
April 202° 236° 277° 272°
May 003° 253° 309° 355°
June 353° 334° 177° 206°
July 210° 195° 184° 198°
August 243° 165° 143° 194°
September 008° 012° 343° 023°
October 316° 359° 307° 014°
November 354° 038° 332° 335°
December 286° 006° 216° 296°

Prevailing wind direction

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