Dalton Municipal Airport

KDNN · Georgia, United States

Climate Dalton Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dalton Municipal Airport (KDNN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.4 65 65 72 73 80
February 66.0 82 65 77 59 63
March 80.7 72 83 89 84 64
April 86.7 78 78 88 94 91
May 89.0 88 89 88 90
June 86.0 85 91 86 88
July 89.1 92 96 77 93
August 80.4 57 94 88 85
September 89.5 96 84 88 88
October 84.2 94 88 78 82
November 78.4 76 77 86 83
December 70.2 72 51 65 73
Average 81.0 74.4 79.9 83.3 81.1 82.3

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 91.2 91 81 93 90 94
February 87.5 97 87 94 75 86
March 93.8 90 96 99 92 85
April 95.4 91 88 97 98 99
May 96.9 96 97 98 99
June 93.8 92 97 97 96
July 94.2 95 96 89 97
August 87.3 61 94 94 93
September 95.1 98 93 96 94
October 95.1 97 97 93 94
November 92.8 91 89 95 95
December 87.4 86 62 86 91
Average 92.9 92.0 89.1 93.7 92.4 93.7

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 11.4 10 14 10 12 13
February 15.5 17 17 15 13 14
March 18.4 19 19 20 20 20
April 22.5 23 22 22 23 22
May 26.7 25 28 26 25
June 29.5 28 31 30 29
July 31.6 31 33 31 33
August 28.3 19 30 31 31
September 28.4 28 27 28 28
October 23.5 24 22 24 24
November 16.1 18 17 11 20
December 13.3 14 13 17 12
Average 21.2 17.1 21.5 21.4 22.0 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 1.8 0 4 1 3 5
February 4.8 3 6 4 3 5
March 7.0 8 7 7 9 11
April 9.8 11 10 10 9 10
May 15.1 14 17 14 14
June 18.8 17 20 20 20
July 20.8 21 23 21 22
August 18.6 13 18 22 22
September 17.0 17 16 17 18
October 11.5 10 8 14 14
November 4.7 5 6 2 7
December 3.7 2 6 7 2
Average 10.1 5.4 10.5 9.8 11.7 12.3

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 10 11 9 11 11
February 11.6 3 10 7 16 20
March 8.0 11 8 3 10 16
April 6.8 8 10 5 5 5
May 3.7 3 4 3 5
June 5.2 5 2 7 6
July 3.0 3 3 6 2
August 5.8 3 3 8 7
September 5.2 2 5 8 8
October 4.4 2 0 8 0
November 4.4 7 8 2 0
December 11.0 9 15 10 7
Average 6.6 7.8 5.7 4.9 7.4 6.9

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 4.9 6 5 4 4 4
February 5.1 5 6 6 5 5
March 5.5 6 6 5 5 5
April 4.9 6 5 5 4 6
May 3.7 4 4 4 4
June 3.2 4 3 3 3
July 2.5 3 2 2 2
August 2.3 2 3 2 2
September 3.0 3 4 2 3
October 3.7 4 5 3 3
November 4.2 5 5 4 4
December 3.9 4 4 3 4
Average 4.1 5.6 4.1 4.3 3.5 3.6

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° 287° 337° 321° 322°
February 330° 326° 346° 336° 304°
March 342° 323° 210° 348° 257°
April 184° 307° 211° 323° 330°
May 343° 193° 069° 142°
June 316° 356° 134° 166°
July 337° 176° 219° 282°
August 355° 045° 126° 167°
September 003° 359° 347° 358°
October 329° 341° 349° 324°
November 011° 341° 342° 349°
December 330° 191° 148° 319°

Prevailing wind direction

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