Charlotte/Douglas International Airport

KCLT · North Carolina, United States

Climate Charlotte/Douglas International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (KCLT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.7 74 68 82 75 73
February 72.2 88 73 65 57 72
March 81.6 84 75 82 81
April 84.7 77 89 96 88
May 80.8 79 81 93 74
June 86.4 75 97 84 81
July 89.5 89 81 93 94
August 85.3 83 88 90 81
September 85.1 87 84 86 77
October 80.3 91 78 80 77
November 82.8 93 77 96 80
December 75.8 78 63 77 79
Average 81.8 80.7 81.4 81.2 84.9 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 82.2 81 76 92 78 81
February 83.0 96 81 73 71 86
March 90.1 92 88 90 89
April 92.8 87 95 98 98
May 91.7 93 93 97 81
June 94.7 90 99 95 92
July 95.1 95 87 98 98
August 93.6 90 94 97 93
September 93.4 97 92 93 88
October 90.2 98 88 93 86
November 89.2 94 87 99 86
December 84.0 83 74 87 87
Average 90.1 88.3 89.9 89.4 91.9 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 12.0 12 14 11 11 13
February 16.1 16 18 16 12 15
March 18.4 19 20 20 20
April 23.1 23 23 23 23
May 26.7 25 28 27 24
June 30.1 29 32 30 29
July 32.5 33 33 32 33
August 31.4 32 31 32 31
September 28.7 28 28 28 27
October 24.0 24 22 25 24
November 17.2 18 18 17 20
December 13.9 15 12 18 13
Average 21.8 13.7 23.0 23.1 23.0 22.6

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 2.3 2 5 0 1 4
February 5.2 5 7 4 2 5
March 7.2 8 8 8 10
April 11.0 11 11 10 10
May 16.0 15 17 14 14
June 19.8 18 20 20 20
July 22.1 22 23 22 23
August 21.4 22 21 22 22
September 18.3 18 17 17 18
October 12.6 12 10 14 13
November 5.8 6 8 4 8
December 3.9 4 4 7 2
Average 11.1 3.4 12.4 12.1 11.8 12.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.3 17 10 9 9 13
February 10.4 9 9 10 13 14
March 8.2 8 10 8 9
April 7.4 17 4 4 5
May 5.4 8 3 3 10
June 3.8 8 1 3 4
July 2.1 1 3 3 2
August 4.5 8 3 4 6
September 5.2 2 8 5 9
October 5.1 2 3 5 7
November 6.5 6 9 3 4
December 10.8 15 9 5 6
Average 7.2 13.3 7.6 5.7 5.1 7.1

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 7
February 7.2 7 7 7 7 7
March 7.6 8 8 7 7
April 7.4 7 7 7 8
May 6.9 8 7 7 7
June 5.9 6 6 6 6
July 5.5 5 6 6 5
August 5.1 5 5 5 5
September 5.9 5 7 5 7
October 5.8 6 6 6 5
November 5.7 5 7 6 5
December 5.9 6 5 7 6
Average 6.4 7.4 6.2 6.5 6.2 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 270° 238° 324° 305° 295°
February 236° 221° 225° 352° 225°
March 244° 221° 030° 216°
April 224° 227° 261° 252°
May 010° 189° 270° 322°
June 309° 316° 197° 236°
July 264° 208° 222° 220°
August 289° 254° 157° 201°
September 022° 017° 003° 029°
October 291° 351° 281° 024°
November 031° 042° 329° 109°
December 273° 013° 216° 260°

Prevailing wind direction

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