Columbus Airport

KCSG · Georgia, United States

Climate Columbus Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Columbus Airport (KCSG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.3 85 63 77 69 70
February 67.9 81 66 77 59 66
March 77.4 65 74 77 84 72
April 84.2 75 82 93 91
May 84.7 76 83 91 88
June 83.6 82 92 82 86
July 86.6 91 84 84 88
August 83.1 90 79 84 86
September 86.8 83 82 88 81
October 82.5 87 87 80 78
November 77.4 78 71 94 77
December 68.8 76 57 62 77
Average 79.8 75.1 78.6 80.0 81.6 80.7

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 88.7 93 79 93 89 85
February 86.5 93 86 92 81 83
March 90.9 83 87 89 93 88
April 93.3 89 88 97 96
May 94.8 94 94 98 95
June 92.8 91 98 92 95
July 93.9 96 95 92 95
August 92.9 96 91 95 96
September 95.3 96 93 95 94
October 92.7 96 93 91 92
November 89.5 91 85 97 93
December 87.0 92 81 84 90
Average 91.5 88.9 91.0 91.5 92.2 92.1

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 15.3 13 17 15 15 16
February 19.3 19 21 19 16 17
March 22.0 22 22 23 23 24
April 25.1 25 25 24 25
May 28.9 27 30 28 28
June 31.5 31 34 31 31
July 32.9 34 33 32 33
August 32.5 35 31 32 33
September 31.0 31 30 29 29
October 26.0 25 25 26 26
November 19.8 20 20 19 22
December 16.8 16 18 20 15
Average 24.3 18.2 25.2 25.3 24.5 25.1

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 4.5 1 6 3 5 7
February 8.4 7 10 6 6 7
March 10.1 11 10 10 11 14
April 12.6 13 12 11 12
May 17.5 17 18 16 16
June 21.5 20 23 21 21
July 23.0 23 23 21 24
August 23.1 23 23 23 23
September 20.6 20 19 20 21
October 14.9 14 12 15 17
November 8.6 8 10 6 12
December 6.7 6 9 9 3
Average 13.4 6.7 14.2 14.0 13.6 14.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.1 5 8 9 12 10
February 7.8 8 8 7 7 14
March 6.7 15 6 5 7 9
April 4.6 7 4 4 6
May 3.9 4 3 2 3
June 5.8 5 3 8 5
July 3.0 2 4 4 3
August 4.3 2 5 6 2
September 3.5 5 3 3 7
October 5.4 4 2 7 4
November 5.3 8 6 1 5
December 7.9 9 6 7 6
Average 5.9 10.1 5.2 4.6 5.4 5.8

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 6 7 6 6
February 6.7 7 7 7 7 7
March 6.9 6 6 7 7 6
April 6.8 7 7 6 7
May 6.1 7 6 6 6
June 5.5 6 6 6 6
July 4.9 5 5 5 5
August 5.0 6 4 5 5
September 5.6 6 6 5 7
October 6.1 6 6 5 6
November 5.8 6 7 5 6
December 6.1 6 6 5 6
Average 6.1 6.9 6.1 6.0 5.6 6.1

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 318° 272° 301° 301° 041°
February 220° 256° 259° 348° 280°
March 025° 257° 243° 120° 240°
April 126° 260° 285° 320°
May 069° 231° 178° 023°
June 285° 037° 185° 258°
July 297° 249° 264° 272°
August 328° 243° 134° 210°
September 076° 072° 069° 079°
October 040° 008° 359° 089°
November 061° 052° 013° 054°
December 010° 141° 227° 320°

Prevailing wind direction

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