Nashville International Airport

KBNA · Tennessee, United States

Climate Nashville International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nashville International Airport (KBNA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.9 54 57 69 72 66
February 64.8 77 74 65 57 55
March 79.7 80 83 87 80 64
April 84.6 84 80 86 90 84
May 86.5 87 80 86 86
June 91.0 89 99 89 94
July 91.8 89 94 85 96
August 88.0 87 93 84 85
September 87.3 91 92 81 83
October 81.4 91 91 84 73
November 79.5 85 80 87 83
December 69.6 70 50 70 80
Average 80.8 74.3 82.5 83.9 81.1 80.0

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 86.8 80 84 85 95 91
February 84.5 92 90 79 75 84
March 94.0 92 97 97 94 91
April 95.6 99 95 94 99 98
May 96.5 98 97 96 96
June 97.7 96 100 98 100
July 97.7 96 98 97 99
August 96.3 97 97 92 97
September 94.9 96 97 91 94
October 93.1 96 99 96 85
November 93.6 96 94 96 97
December 87.5 92 74 88 90
Average 93.3 91.2 94.6 93.7 93.4 93.8

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 10.3 7 14 9 10 12
February 14.4 17 17 14 9 12
March 18.0 20 18 19 19 19
April 22.2 23 22 22 22 21
May 27.0 26 28 25 25
June 30.9 30 33 31 31
July 32.7 32 34 32 34
August 31.4 31 32 32 31
September 29.2 30 29 28 28
October 23.3 24 23 24 23
November 16.2 18 17 16 19
December 13.1 14 13 18 12
Average 21.7 16.7 22.9 22.9 22.1 22.1

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 1.3 -1 5 -2 2 4
February 3.8 5 6 1 0 3
March 7.0 8 7 7 8 10
April 10.3 13 10 10 9 9
May 16.0 16 17 14 14
June 19.9 19 21 21 20
July 22.4 22 24 22 23
August 21.5 22 22 22 22
September 18.2 18 17 18 18
October 12.0 13 10 14 12
November 4.8 6 6 3 7
December 3.5 4 5 7 1
Average 11.1 6.1 12.2 11.7 11.6 11.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.1 20 7 17 7 15
February 13.1 9 5 18 11 18
March 7.6 8 6 5 7 12
April 7.0 6 7 7 5 6
May 4.7 6 2 4 6
June 3.2 4 1 3 2
July 2.8 4 4 4 2
August 4.0 6 2 6 4
September 4.9 3 3 8 3
October 5.7 4 2 4 9
November 5.6 3 7 4 6
December 9.7 10 15 6 4
Average 6.8 10.2 5.3 6.0 5.5 6.7

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 7.4 7 8 8 7 7
February 8.0 8 9 8 8 8
March 8.4 8 9 9 8 8
April 8.0 9 8 9 7 7
May 6.8 7 8 6 7
June 6.2 6 6 7 7
July 5.2 5 6 6 5
August 5.2 6 6 5 5
September 5.4 5 7 5 6
October 6.4 7 7 6 6
November 6.6 6 6 6 7
December 6.9 6 6 8 7
Average 6.8 8.1 6.7 7.1 6.5 6.4

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 240° 228° 311° 266° 211°
February 225° 222° 227° 318° 247°
March 200° 233° 214° 148° 223°
April 208° 225° 203° 237° 281°
May 033° 191° 162° 203°
June 288° 323° 194° 193°
July 243° 222° 196° 228°
August 326° 172° 173° 333°
September 033° 024° 232° 057°
October 251° 212° 207° 252°
November 243° 245° 215° 221°
December 222° 196° 204° 230°

Prevailing wind direction

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