Winchester Municipal Airport

KBGF · Tennessee, United States

Climate Winchester Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Winchester Municipal Airport (KBGF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.3 58 64 68 70 69
February 64.2 81 67 71 58 61
March 78.8 75 83 85 82 62
April 84.8 81 87 92 84
May 86.9 87 85 87 86
June 87.4 86 92 86 88
July 86.9 0 92 78 88
August 85.1 88 86 78 89
September 88.2 90 91 85 89
October 80.6 86 90 78 79
November 76.6 80 80 79 82
December 64.7 70 53 66 68
Average 78.8 71.2 80.3 83.2 79.0 79.4

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 88.5 89 87 90 90 92
February 85.9 94 86 86 73 86
March 93.3 94 94 97 94 88
April 95.1 94 98 98 97
May 96.3 97 95 96 96
June 96.0 94 98 95 98
July 96.8 0 99 95 97
August 94.8 99 95 88 97
September 96.2 96 99 93 97
October 94.3 95 98 93 93
November 93.1 95 95 93 93
December 87.3 89 81 89 91
Average 93.2 92.2 93.1 94.9 91.9 93.9

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 10.4 8 14 9 10 12
February 14.4 16 17 14 10 12
March 17.8 18 18 19 19 19
April 21.4 21 21 21 20
May 25.7 25 27 24 24
June 28.8 28 30 29 29
July 30.8 30 33 30 31
August 29.9 31 30 30 30
September 27.9 28 27 27 27
October 22.5 23 21 23 23
November 16.0 18 17 15 18
December 12.8 14 13 17 11
Average 20.5 14.0 20.8 21.7 21.1 21.3

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 0.9 -2 4 -2 1 4
February 3.7 3 6 1 0 3
March 6.4 7 6 6 7 10
April 9.2 10 9 8 8
May 15.1 14 17 13 14
June 18.2 17 18 19 18
July 21.0 27 23 20 21
August 20.1 21 20 21 21
September 16.5 16 14 16 17
October 11.0 11 7 13 12
November 4.0 4 5 2 6
December 3.0 3 5 7 0
Average 9.7 2.8 9.6 10.4 10.7 11.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 6.5 7 7 7 6 6
February 6.9 6 8 8 7 7
March 7.1 6 7 8 7 7
April 6.7 7 8 6 7
May 5.6 6 6 6 6
June 4.9 5 5 6 6
July 4.0 0 5 4 4
August 3.8 0 4 4 4
September 3.9 0 6 4 5
October 4.7 0 6 5 5
November 5.4 4 6 6 6
December 6.1 7 6 7 6
Average 5.5 6.2 4.7 6.2 5.7 5.6

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 202° 229° 322° 251° 190°
February 224° 237° 197° 329° 235°
March 221° 242° 218° 137° 227°
April 229° 220° 265° 305°
May 186° 214° 203° 206°
June 259° 182° 189° 242°
July 360° 247° 228° 226°
August 360° 218° 158° 204°
September 360° 051° 072° 157°
October 360° 202° 205° 165°
November 136° 064° 282° 152°
December 202° 207° 216° 222°

Prevailing wind direction

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