Athens/Ben Epps Airport

KAHN · Georgia, United States

Climate Athens/Ben Epps Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Athens/Ben Epps Airport (KAHN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.8 69 58 75 73 78
February 70.4 88 75 71 63 62
March 77.1 74 73 71 83 66
April 83.6 88 70 84 95 87
May 82.3 78 78 91 83
June 84.1 70 93 84 89
July 88.1 95 85 85 93
August 83.8 83 81 88 81
September 85.6 89 83 82 79
October 81.6 90 77 77 81
November 77.7 78 72 89 75
December 67.9 71 40 65 79
Average 80.2 79.4 77.4 77.4 82.1 79.9

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 82.7 81 68 86 81 88
February 80.8 95 87 79 69 74
March 87.0 82 84 80 89 84
April 91.2 95 84 88 97 94
May 91.9 92 92 97 91
June 92.5 86 97 92 95
July 94.1 97 93 92 98
August 91.8 91 91 95 89
September 92.4 96 90 91 86
October 91.3 98 88 88 90
November 86.5 91 82 95 87
December 78.1 79 54 76 89
Average 88.8 88.2 87.8 86.3 89.3 89.0

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 13.3 12 15 12 13 14
February 17.2 17 19 17 15 15
March 20.0 20 20 20 22 21
April 23.6 24 23 23 24 24
May 27.7 25 29 27 26
June 30.7 29 33 31 31
July 32.6 32 32 32 34
August 31.5 32 31 32 32
September 29.6 29 28 29 28
October 24.6 24 23 25 25
November 18.0 18 18 18 21
December 14.4 15 13 18 14
Average 23.0 18.0 23.3 23.6 23.9 23.8

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 1 4 1 3 5
February 6.1 5 8 5 4 5
March 7.8 8 8 8 9 11
April 10.8 12 11 10 11 11
May 15.8 15 17 15 14
June 19.5 18 21 20 20
July 21.6 21 22 22 22
August 21.1 21 21 22 22
September 18.1 17 17 18 19
October 12.5 11 9 13 14
November 6.4 6 8 5 9
December 4.7 4 6 8 3
Average 11.6 6.3 11.9 12.2 12.5 13.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.9 10 9 12 8 12
February 8.1 5 7 9 8 16
March 7.4 12 8 9 4 11
April 5.6 5 11 5 3 4
May 3.7 3 3 3 4
June 4.1 8 0 4 2
July 2.3 2 4 3 1
August 4.2 5 2 7 5
September 3.5 2 4 5 8
October 4.3 2 4 8 2
November 6.4 7 12 1 2
December 10.4 8 15 8 5
Average 5.8 8.1 5.9 5.8 5.0 5.6

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 5.6 6 5 6 5 6
February 5.6 6 5 6 6 6
March 5.7 6 5 6 6 5
April 5.1 5 6 5 5 6
May 4.6 6 5 5 5
June 4.1 5 5 4 5
July 3.3 4 3 3 4
August 3.4 4 3 4 3
September 4.3 4 5 4 6
October 4.7 5 5 4 5
November 5.0 6 6 4 5
December 5.3 5 5 5 5
Average 4.8 5.8 4.9 4.7 4.4 5.0

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 297° 280° 317° 295° 335°
February 314° 273° 351° 348° 281°
March 357° 308° 283° 072° 328°
April 284° 020° 288° 284° 284°
May 055° 354° 010° 003°
June 345° 039° 063° 327°
July 309° 268° 307° 329°
August 004° 062° 080° 041°
September 045° 050° 025° 056°
October 358° 026° 360° 062°
November 048° 039° 329° 046°
December 351° 058° 257° 292°

Prevailing wind direction

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