West Georgia Regional-O V Gray Field

KCTJ · Georgia, United States

Climate West Georgia Regional-O V Gray Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of West Georgia Regional-O V Gray Field (KCTJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.2 70 59 72 71 67
February 61.9 85 62 73 54 54
March 75.5 66 81 80 77 59
April 82.8 75 88 92 82
May 81.4 74 78 85 82
June 81.4 83 88 80 81
July 86.8 91 85 77 87
August 81.3 86 79 81 75
September 86.1 85 84 81 77
October 73.9 88 85 66 73
November 73.3 75 69 89 72
December 63.5 70 49 53 69
Average 76.5 74.4 79.1 78.6 76.4 74.0

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 85.4 86 76 86 81 89
February 78.7 95 87 86 67 71
March 88.7 82 89 89 89 81
April 90.7 82 94 96 92
May 91.7 93 91 95 90
June 91.5 91 93 91 94
July 93.5 97 92 87 95
August 90.4 93 90 89 85
September 93.8 96 90 90 91
October 87.1 94 92 84 86
November 87.2 90 86 95 84
December 78.1 81 65 80 86
Average 88.1 88.1 90.0 88.7 87.4 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 11.8 10 14 11 11 13
February 15.8 16 18 15 13 14
March 18.5 18 19 19 19 20
April 22.0 21 22 22 21
May 25.7 24 26 24 24
June 28.1 28 29 27 28
July 30.2 31 30 29 30
August 29.5 31 29 29 30
September 27.1 27 26 26 26
October 22.0 22 21 22 23
November 16.6 17 17 16 19
December 13.0 13 13 17 12
Average 20.5 14.3 22.0 21.5 21.1 21.4

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 1.7 0 4 -1 2 3
February 4.9 3 7 3 2 4
March 6.7 8 6 6 7 10
April 9.0 9 9 8 8
May 13.9 14 15 12 12
June 17.9 17 18 18 18
July 20.2 20 20 20 20
August 19.9 20 20 20 20
September 16.5 16 16 16 17
October 10.9 10 7 13 13
November 5.0 5 6 3 7
December 3.7 2 6 9 0
Average 9.6 3.3 10.8 10.2 10.4 11.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.6 10 9 8 10 15
February 10.6 6 11 9 9 21
March 8.3 13 9 7 10 16
April 5.2 10 4 3 6
May 4.9 4 4 2 6
June 5.1 1 5 3 5
July 3.2 2 2 6 4
August 4.9 3 4 8 8
September 4.9 2 6 9 8
October 7.0 4 2 9 7
November 6.9 9 5 2 6
December 11.9 8 12 11 8
Average 7.0 9.0 5.3 5.2 6.7 8.8

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 5.0 6 4 5 5 5
February 4.9 6 4 6 6 5
March 5.4 6 4 6 5 4
April 5.1 4 5 5 6
May 3.8 4 4 5 4
June 3.2 4 3 3 3
July 2.6 3 2 3 3
August 2.7 3 3 3 2
September 3.3 3 4 3 4
October 4.0 4 5 3 4
November 4.5 5 5 5 5
December 4.4 4 3 4 5
Average 4.3 5.7 3.7 4.1 4.0 4.0

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 329° 282° 324° 308° 360°
February 305° 249° 303° 347° 286°
March 032° 312° 252° 083° 228°
April 334° 227° 304° 321°
May 058° 194° 141° 295°
June 306° 342° 148° 291°
July 316° 254° 281° 307°
August 326° 317° 057° 287°
September 067° 027° 011° 071°
October 353° 346° 328° 087°
November 047° 028° 354° 018°
December 330° 153° 237° 312°

Prevailing wind direction

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