Cherokee County Regional Airport

KCNI · Georgia, United States

Climate Cherokee County Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pickens County Airport (KJZP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.6 61 56 70 67 71
February 61.0 81 59 70 56 54
March 73.2 73 81 77 75 54
April 79.2 76 82 91 80
May 78.9 79 75 83 74
June 79.2 76 88 74 76
July 84.7 88 79 76 89
August 80.8 81 76 81 79
September 85.1 89 82 81 80
October 73.0 88 84 63 72
November 73.3 78 86 73
December 63.9 63 74 53 65
Average 75.3 71.8 77.0 78.0 74.4 73.4

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 81.3 81 73 84 77 85
February 75.8 93 76 83 65 75
March 86.8 89 88 90 85 75
April 88.5 90 88 95 90
May 90.9 95 89 90 91
June 90.4 90 96 87 91
July 94.0 97 93 90 96
August 92.2 95 90 92 91
September 93.7 98 91 93 91
October 87.0 97 91 83 86
November 88.5 93 99 85
December 79.4 76 80 72 86
Average 87.9 87.7 89.4 89.3 86.1 87.5

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 10.0 9 12 9 9 11
February 14.0 15 16 13 11 11
March 16.9 18 17 18 18 18
April 17.0 21 20 20 19
May 20.0 24 26 23 23
June 23.8 27 16 27 27
July 28.1 30 22 28 30
August 28.8 30 28 29 29
September 26.8 27 26 25 25
October 21.6 22 22 21 22
November 15.3 16 15 18
December 11.7 12 7 15 10
Average 19.0 13.9 21.1 19.4 20.2 20.4

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 1.9 0 5 0 2 4
February 4.7 5 7 3 2 4
March 7.1 9 7 8 9 10
April 6.3 11 8 9 9
May 11.1 15 16 14 13
June 14.4 18 10 19 18
July 19.4 20 15 20 21
August 20.0 21 20 20 20
September 17.3 18 16 17 17
October 11.9 12 11 13 13
November 5.5 8 5 9
December 3.7 4 -1 8 2
Average 9.7 4.7 12.1 10.3 11.5 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 11.2 11 14 8 9 16
February 14.2 5 15 11 16 26
March 9.7 12 11 6 13 17
April 5.6 11 4 5 7
May 3.6 2 4 6 5
June 5.1 2 3 8 6
July 4.4 2 6 11 5
August 6.4 2 5 10 9
September 5.3 1 6 7 9
October 7.0 1 1 14 5
November 6.0 5 1 5
December 11.0 14 6 9 9
Average 7.4 9.3 6.2 5.4 8.9 9.0

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 6.8 9 5 6 6 7
February 6.2 7 5 7 7 5
March 7.0 9 6 7 6 5
April 6.4 6 6 6 7
May 5.2 8 4 5 6
June 4.3 6 4 4 4
July 3.3 5 3 3 3
August 3.4 5 3 3 3
September 4.5 5 5 4 5
October 5.6 7 5 4 5
November 6.0 8 5 7
December 6.1 7 6 4 6
Average 5.6 8.1 6.0 4.9 4.6 5.0

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 259° 336° 344° 344° 333°
February 227° 318° 308° 333° 337°
March 292° 335° 305° 205° 267°
April 265° 283° 345° 349°
May 127° 243° 289° 296°
June 301° 072° 212° 331°
July 294° 341° 339° 350°
August 289° 214° 184° 326°
September 132° 036° 006° 163°
October 211° 004° 341° 189°
November 141° 349° 328°
December 199° 324° 266° 341°

Prevailing wind direction

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