Tom B David Field

KCZL · Georgia, United States

Climate Tom B David Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tom B David Field (KCZL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 77.1 93 73 59 81 80
February 71.9 87 78 82 65 73
March 82.5 73 88 87 88 69
April 88.6 83 89 96 92
May 89.4 91 88 88 90
June 90.2 90 93 88 92
July 91.1 97 91 85 94
August 90.6 98 87 90 87
September 92.5 99 93 88 88
October 85.7 98 90 80 85
November 82.4 96 87 90 82
December 71.6 60 69 77
Average 84.6 81.6 90.6 86.0 84.4 84.8

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 92.2 96 86 95 93 95
February 91.5 97 92 94 89 91
March 94.5 89 99 97 94 86
April 96.7 94 96 99 99
May 97.4 98 97 98 99
June 97.3 96 99 98 99
July 96.5 100 98 94 97
August 97.1 98 95 97 96
September 97.8 100 97 98 98
October 96.8 99 99 95 97
November 93.8 97 95 97 94
December 89.8 75 89 95
Average 95.1 93.2 96.5 95.7 95.2 95.7

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 11.7 8 14 10 11 13
February 15.9 18 18 15 13 13
March 18.9 20 18 20 19 20
April 21.7 22 23 17 21
May 22.3 26 5 25 26
June 29.9 29 32 30 30
July 32.1 32 33 31 33
August 31.3 32 31 31 31
September 29.2 29 28 27 27
October 23.6 24 23 23 24
November 17.3 21 18 16 20
December 13.8 13 18 14
Average 21.5 16.5 24.4 21.2 21.8 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 1.9 -2 4 2 2 4
February 4.6 4 7 2 2 4
March 6.7 8 6 6 5 10
April 7.2 10 9 -6 9
May 11.6 14 1 13 13
June 18.8 18 19 19 19
July 21.2 21 22 21 22
August 20.9 21 21 21 21
September 17.5 17 16 17 17
October 11.4 11 8 13 11
November 4.8 5 6 3 7
December 3.6 6 6 0
Average 10.0 4.2 12.8 10.2 9.6 11.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.5 7 11 12 9 12
February 9.4 1 9 5 10 20
March 7.3 7 10 3 12 14
April 7.1 12 4 5 6
May 4.1 3 5 4 4
June 5.6 6 3 7 6
July 3.9 4 3 7 3
August 5.2 6 4 8 8
September 5.1 3 5 9 6
October 4.9 3 1 7 4
November 4.0 4 6 1 3
December 12.0 18 9 7
Average 6.2 4.5 6.0 4.6 7.3 7.2

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 5.1 5 5 5 6 5
March 5.6 5 6 6 5 5
April 5.2 5 5 5 6
May 4.2 4 4 4 4
June 3.6 4 3 4 4
July 3.0 3 3 3 3
August 3.0 3 3 3 3
September 3.3 3 4 3 4
October 3.8 4 4 3 3
November 4.2 3 4 4 5
December 4.2 4 4 4
Average 4.3 5.4 3.9 4.2 4.0 4.1

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 333° 274° 316° 306° 304°
February 243° 247° 277° 333° 286°
March 287° 336° 241° 028° 240°
April 278° 235° 284° 318°
May 003° 222° 277° 264°
June 300° 336° 205° 244°
July 305° 237° 262° 270°
August 341° 209° 156° 263°
September 035° 006° 344° 065°
October 290° 335° 274° 231°
November 349° 353° 342° 006°
December 238° 210° 296°

Prevailing wind direction

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