Gastonia Municipal Airport

KAKH · North Carolina, United States

Climate Gastonia Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gastonia Municipal Airport (KAKH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.8 70 60 81 74 73
February 70.7 87 66 65 58 71
March 77.0 61 79 70 83 78
April 83.0 70 88 94 89
May 79.7 77 80 92 74
June 84.5 72 96 82 81
July 87.8 92 76 91 91
August 83.5 83 84 88 77
September 84.3 85 80 86 76
October 79.4 91 78 78 75
November 81.5 90 70 97 80
December 73.7 78 55 74 78
Average 79.4 71.7 78.5 78.2 83.7 78.8

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 81.2 81 70 94 78 80
February 81.0 95 75 72 70 86
March 85.7 72 87 84 88 85
April 90.7 82 94 96 97
May 89.8 91 91 97 81
June 92.6 85 98 93 91
July 93.6 96 83 96 96
August 91.2 89 90 95 88
September 91.4 96 89 91 87
October 89.1 98 86 92 83
November 87.7 94 81 99 85
December 82.3 84 68 86 86
Average 87.7 81.6 87.3 86.7 90.5 87.2

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 11 14 10 12 14
February 16.2 16 18 15 13 15
March 18.4 18 18 20 20 21
April 22.8 22 22 22 23
May 26.3 24 27 25 25
June 29.6 28 31 29 29
July 32.0 31 32 31 33
August 30.9 31 30 31 32
September 28.6 27 27 27 27
October 23.7 23 21 24 24
November 17.1 17 18 16 20
December 13.9 14 11 17 14
Average 21.7 14.9 22.2 22.2 22.4 23.0

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 2.1 1 4 -1 2 5
February 5.0 4 6 3 3 5
March 6.9 6 7 6 9 11
April 10.3 10 9 9 11
May 15.1 13 15 13 14
June 19.1 17 19 19 20
July 21.3 21 21 20 23
August 20.8 20 20 20 23
September 17.9 17 16 16 18
October 12.0 10 9 13 12
November 5.4 5 7 3 8
December 3.6 3 4 6 2
Average 10.7 3.6 11.0 10.9 11.0 12.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.3 16 11 7 11 16
February 10.4 7 10 11 11 15
March 8.9 10 13 12 8 7
April 8.3 19 5 3 6
May 5.6 7 3 3 11
June 4.3 9 2 3 3
July 2.1 1 3 5 2
August 4.0 5 3 4 4
September 5.3 2 9 6 7
October 4.7 2 3 3 6
November 7.3 7 13 3 4
December 10.8 14 10 6 7
Average 7.0 10.9 8.3 6.3 5.2 7.0

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 4.7 5 4 5 4 5
February 5.2 6 5 5 5 5
March 5.3 4 5 6 5 5
April 5.2 5 5 5 5
May 4.6 6 5 4 5
June 4.1 4 4 4 5
July 3.5 3 4 4 3
August 3.3 3 3 3 3
September 4.4 4 5 4 6
October 3.9 4 4 4 4
November 4.4 4 5 5 4
December 4.3 4 4 5 4
Average 4.4 4.9 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.4

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 271° 228° 011° 355° 003°
February 226° 217° 040° 035° 226°
March 034° 247° 223° 034° 215°
April 041° 218° 263° 252°
May 042° 080° 035° 037°
June 037° 047° 156° 183°
July 116° 207° 198° 110°
August 055° 072° 080° 163°
September 040° 032° 049° 036°
October 022° 027° 054° 032°
November 035° 042° 009° 047°
December 343° 042° 215° 303°

Prevailing wind direction

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