Waycross-Ware County Airport

KAYS · Georgia, United States

Climate Waycross-Ware County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Waycross-Ware County Airport (KAYS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.6 80 79 81 67 81
February 75.0 88 77 83 61 73
March 83.7 76 87 79 80 80
April 88.8 93 81 92 93 88
May 87.1 80 90 93 87
June 87.2 87 91 84 87
July 88.5 90 88 83 93
August 85.6 89 86 84 88
September 86.2 87 90 84 73
October 81.7 84 81 83 75
November 75.2 78 65 92 73
December 71.8 86 71 71 82
Average 83.2 84.5 84.0 84.0 81.9 82.2

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 89.7 92 88 91 84 92
February 87.4 95 91 92 72 87
March 92.3 89 95 90 89 88
April 95.1 96 89 95 98 96
May 93.6 90 94 96 94
June 94.4 95 94 93 97
July 94.1 95 94 90 97
August 92.7 94 93 92 95
September 93.6 94 96 92 87
October 92.1 91 90 92 91
November 87.7 89 87 96 87
December 85.9 94 90 86 92
Average 92.0 93.0 92.0 92.3 90.4 92.3

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 18.4 18 21 17 17 20
February 22.0 20 24 22 19 21
March 24.0 23 24 25 24 26
April 26.8 27 27 27 26 27
May 30.2 28 30 30 29
June 27.4 32 0 32 31
July 29.2 34 5 32 34
August 32.8 34 33 32 33
September 31.0 30 30 31 30
October 27.4 26 26 27 28
November 21.7 21 23 21 24
December 19.1 19 20 23 17
Average 25.4 22.0 26.6 21.4 26.1 26.6

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 6.3 5 6 5 7 8
February 9.5 7 9 8 8 9
March 10.8 10 10 11 11 14
April 13.6 14 14 13 13 14
May 17.5 17 16 16 17
June 18.6 20 0 22 21
July 20.4 24 3 23 23
August 22.4 24 17 24 24
September 19.4 20 10 20 21
October 16.1 14 12 16 18
November 9.9 10 10 7 14
December 8.4 8 10 11 5
Average 13.8 9.0 14.6 9.6 14.7 15.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.9 4 3 2 10 3
February 5.3 9 5 2 8 7
March 5.2 6 4 12 8 5
April 3.4 3 6 1 4 5
May 3.4 5 4 1 3
June 5.4 7 5 7 6
July 5.6 4 9 9 4
August 6.4 6 6 12 8
September 4.3 5 4 6 10
October 3.5 4 1 6 2
November 5.6 8 8 7 6
December 6.8 10 3 4 5
Average 4.9 5.0 5.5 4.7 6.7 5.4

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 6.6 7 6 7 6 7
February 6.5 7 7 6 6 8
March 6.8 6 7 7 7 7
April 6.5 6 6 7 6 7
May 6.0 6 6 7 6
June 5.3 6 5 6 5
July 4.5 5 4 5 5
August 4.3 5 3 5 4
September 5.1 5 5 4 6
October 5.4 5 4 4 6
November 5.5 6 7 5 6
December 5.8 6 5 5 5
Average 5.7 6.3 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.8

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 300° 262° 308° 279° 329°
February 271° 263° 225° 301° 256°
March 290° 257° 241° 185° 231°
April 239° 124° 207° 266° 273°
May 022° 226° 154° 196°
June 266° 125° 193° 264°
July 267° 236° 223° 218°
August 229° 196° 164° 200°
September 062° 047° 060° 066°
October 033° 003° 005° 076°
November 037° 043° 016° 052°
December 348° 034° 242° 298°

Prevailing wind direction

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