Crossville Memorial-Whitson Field

KCSV · Tennessee, United States

Climate Crossville Memorial-Whitson Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Crossville Memorial-Whitson Field (KCSV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.6 40 44 52 58 63
February 57.3 71 52 60 52 54
March 69.6 65 71 74 80 55
April 78.8 75 80 86 78
May 82.3 86 73 83 84
June 82.0 73 87 82 85
July 81.5 77 76 72 89
August 78.9 70 75 80 82
September 79.8 82 72 79 81
October 73.1 71 80 61 75
November 71.5 74 63 82 83
December 57.6 60 38 64 55
Average 71.3 58.7 69.0 70.7 74.0 74.6

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 72.7 71 68 68 78 84
February 72.5 81 73 73 63 67
March 84.3 82 84 88 88 69
April 88.7 83 87 94 91
May 92.9 96 87 94 94
June 91.3 86 93 91 94
July 91.6 90 88 87 95
August 90.1 85 86 91 93
September 88.6 87 84 88 92
October 87.3 87 93 86 86
November 86.0 89 81 95 91
December 75.5 75 52 83 76
Average 84.8 77.6 83.2 83.0 87.1 86.7

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 7.8 5 12 6 7 10
February 11.9 14 14 11 8 10
March 14.8 16 15 16 16 16
April 18.7 19 18 18 17
May 23.2 22 24 22 21
June 26.3 25 28 26 26
July 28.1 28 29 27 29
August 27.1 27 27 28 27
September 25.1 25 24 24 24
October 19.8 19 18 20 20
November 13.6 15 14 13 16
December 10.2 11 10 14 8
Average 18.0 11.7 18.9 19.0 18.6 18.8

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 -1.3 -3 2 -4 -1 2
February 2.2 2 4 -1 -1 1
March 4.3 6 4 4 5 7
April 7.4 7 7 6 6
May 13.0 12 14 11 12
June 16.0 14 16 16 16
July 18.8 18 20 18 19
August 18.2 18 18 19 19
September 15.0 15 14 14 15
October 9.2 9 6 11 10
November 2.9 4 4 1 5
December 1.6 2 3 5 0
Average 8.1 1.6 8.8 8.7 8.8 9.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.8 19 12 15 6 13
February 11.8 9 10 12 9 23
March 8.4 12 6 13 8 10
April 7.3 8 5 7 7
May 4.2 2 6 3 4
June 7.3 8 4 16 11
July 3.2 3 5 4 3
August 4.7 4 4 6 8
September 7.3 5 11 17 3
October 4.7 2 2 7 5
November 6.3 4 11 3 7
December 10.4 10 24 7 8
Average 7.7 13.0 6.3 8.4 7.7 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 6.5 7 6 6 6 6
February 6.7 6 7 7 7 7
March 7.2 7 7 8 7 6
April 6.8 7 7 6 7
May 5.5 5 5 5 6
June 4.7 5 5 4 5
July 4.1 4 4 4 4
August 4.0 5 4 4 4
September 4.2 4 5 4 5
October 5.0 5 6 5 4
November 5.7 6 6 5 6
December 5.9 6 5 6 6
Average 5.6 6.6 5.6 5.5 5.2 5.4

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 261° 251° 302° 264° 246°
February 273° 245° 236° 293° 254°
March 268° 259° 241° 191° 237°
April 252° 253° 282° 285°
May 305° 248° 311° 261°
June 297° 307° 231° 302°
July 277° 264° 274° 284°
August 304° 256° 345° 294°
September 326° 352° 299° 050°
October 293° 288° 262° 217°
November 292° 278° 286° 247°
December 251° 232° 221° 250°

Prevailing wind direction

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