Asheville Regional Airport

KAVL · North Carolina, United States

Climate Asheville Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Asheville Regional Airport (KAVL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.7 62 71 80 75 78
February 76.7 89 79 72 68 73
March 78.9 71 87 74 79 74
April 84.6 77 90 93 89
May 81.9 81 73 90 75
June 87.1 78 93 82 86
July 86.7 92 81 84 91
August 80.3 85 78 82 75
September 79.8 75 77 83 72
October 76.0 84 73 80 76
November 80.1 84 70 87 82
December 73.9 65 48 90 83
Average 79.7 73.3 80.0 77.0 83.1 79.7

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 84.4 73 83 91 83 92
February 87.1 96 94 88 77 82
March 88.8 81 92 88 87 87
April 93.1 90 96 96 95
May 90.9 97 84 95 89
June 93.4 92 96 90 94
July 91.7 93 89 90 94
August 87.4 94 87 89 81
September 88.5 85 86 91 86
October 86.8 91 91 90 84
November 90.7 94 83 96 92
December 85.0 79 69 96 93
Average 88.5 82.6 90.3 87.9 90.1 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 9.3 8 12 8 9 10
February 13.6 15 15 12 10 12
March 15.9 18 16 17 17 17
April 20.2 21 19 20 19
May 23.9 23 25 23 22
June 27.0 26 28 27 27
July 29.3 30 30 29 30
August 27.9 29 27 28 28
September 25.9 26 24 25 24
October 21.0 21 19 21 22
November 14.7 16 15 14 17
December 11.5 12 10 16 10
Average 19.3 13.6 20.5 19.7 19.8 19.9

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 -1.7 -1 2 -3 0 2
February 2.4 2 4 0 0 3
March 4.5 5 3 4 5 8
April 7.8 8 7 6 8
May 13.0 12 13 11 11
June 16.6 15 16 17 17
July 18.9 19 19 18 20
August 18.4 19 18 18 19
September 15.5 15 14 15 16
October 9.6 9 6 11 9
November 3.2 3 4 1 5
December 1.4 1 3 3 -1
Average 8.4 1.9 9.2 8.8 8.8 9.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.4 18 17 12 10 16
February 12.5 6 15 13 14 19
March 9.9 18 9 14 9 8
April 10.0 18 5 9 6
May 8.6 5 12 5 10
June 5.9 11 2 7 7
July 4.3 4 6 4 5
August 7.6 7 7 8 10
September 7.7 2 14 6 12
October 7.2 2 4 14 8
November 7.9 9 18 4 3
December 12.5 20 18 5 7
Average 9.2 14.2 9.5 9.9 7.6 8.9

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 7.9 8 7 8 8 8
February 7.7 7 8 8 8 6
March 8.0 7 8 9 7 7
April 7.6 6 8 8 9
May 6.1 6 6 6 6
June 5.7 5 6 5 6
July 4.9 6 5 5 5
August 4.5 5 4 4 5
September 5.0 5 5 5 5
October 5.8 6 6 5 5
November 6.6 6 6 6 7
December 6.4 5 5 6 8
Average 6.4 7.1 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.3

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 337° 321° 334° 338° 348°
February 301° 297° 331° 338° 338°
March 342° 329° 251° 340° 225°
April 283° 272° 325° 336°
May 329° 191° 312° 330°
June 336° 333° 230° 328°
July 320° 263° 292° 315°
August 334° 230° 287° 284°
September 332° 335° 335° 335°
October 331° 334° 337° 308°
November 347° 359° 338° 350°
December 336° 158° 217° 346°

Prevailing wind direction

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