Lovell Field

KCHA · Tennessee, United States

Climate Lovell Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lovell Field (KCHA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.7 65 65 74 73 78
February 65.8 82 69 75 64 63
March 79.8 73 85 87 83 63
April 84.7 78 85 93 88
May 89.7 92 88 92 87
June 88.5 85 92 88 89
July 91.8 94 87 87 97
August 88.4 87 87 90 87
September 89.6 95 85 88 89
October 80.8 93 90 70 80
November 79.2 81 81 88 84
December 68.4 71 56 72 71
Average 81.3 73.1 83.5 83.8 83.2 81.9

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 86.4 83 77 91 88 89
February 86.6 97 94 95 85 80
March 91.1 90 94 95 91 78
April 94.3 90 96 97 97
May 96.2 97 96 97 97
June 96.0 95 98 97 96
July 97.5 98 96 97 99
August 95.5 95 95 95 96
September 96.4 100 98 95 97
October 93.8 99 99 90 92
November 91.9 95 92 95 94
December 83.3 81 67 86 88
Average 92.5 89.5 93.0 94.1 93.2 92.2

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 11.4 9 14 10 11 13
February 15.7 17 18 15 13 14
March 18.8 20 19 20 20 20
April 23.0 23 23 23 22
May 27.4 26 28 26 25
June 30.4 30 32 31 30
July 32.4 32 33 31 34
August 31.4 32 31 31 32
September 29.5 30 28 28 28
October 23.7 25 22 23 24
November 16.9 19 17 16 20
December 13.4 14 13 17 12
Average 22.0 15.4 23.3 23.2 22.6 22.8

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 2.2 0 5 0 3 5
February 4.9 4 7 2 2 4
March 7.6 9 7 7 8 11
April 10.4 11 10 10 9
May 16.2 16 17 15 15
June 20.1 19 21 21 20
July 22.4 22 23 22 23
August 21.9 22 22 22 23
September 18.8 18 18 18 19
October 12.5 12 9 15 14
November 5.5 7 7 3 7
December 4.0 4 6 7 2
Average 11.3 4.2 12.4 12.0 12.2 12.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.5 17 15 11 8 11
February 13.5 7 15 7 14 22
March 9.1 13 10 3 12 16
April 7.0 14 5 4 5
May 4.9 4 5 3 8
June 5.8 8 3 5 5
July 3.5 4 4 5 3
August 5.1 4 5 8 4
September 5.1 1 5 8 5
October 5.8 4 1 6 8
November 6.4 7 7 3 5
December 12.2 14 28 6 9
Average 7.8 12.3 8.0 6.1 6.5 8.0

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 5.8 6 6 6 6 6
February 6.1 6 7 6 6 6
March 6.8 6 7 7 6 6
April 6.4 6 7 6 7
May 5.6 6 6 6 6
June 5.2 6 5 5 6
July 4.4 4 5 5 4
August 4.4 5 4 4 4
September 4.7 4 6 4 5
October 4.9 5 6 4 5
November 5.0 5 5 5 5
December 5.2 5 5 6 5
Average 5.4 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.3

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 303° 242° 338° 306° 279°
February 259° 212° 229° 319° 268°
March 271° 264° 219° 330° 229°
April 263° 202° 273° 302°
May 279° 201° 209° 229°
June 306° 338° 179° 217°
July 269° 207° 207° 248°
August 336° 192° 132° 216°
September 357° 005° 357° 010°
October 285° 322° 207° 309°
November 008° 320° 352° 326°
December 269° 209° 195° 262°

Prevailing wind direction

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