Duplin County Airport

KDPL · North Carolina, United States

Climate Duplin County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Duplin County Airport (KDPL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 80.5 83 80 83 63 84
February 79.1 93 80 80 55 76
March 79.4 73 86 80 80 76
April 83.5 77 93 94 83
May 77.2 75 75 93 64
June 80.7 79 94 77 73
July 80.0 80 71 79 89
August 79.2 84 78 77 76
September 76.6 72 82 85 70
October 81.0 89 80 76 80
November 81.8 88 80 90 77
December 80.0 87 85 74 74
Average 79.6 82.8 81.0 81.5 80.6 77.0

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 89.8 91 85 93 77 97
February 89.8 99 89 92 63 90
March 90.3 87 93 92 89 90
April 92.2 89 96 99 93
May 90.4 90 92 98 80
June 92.0 93 97 89 87
July 92.6 95 85 91 96
August 88.6 90 89 88 87
September 89.8 92 90 93 81
October 91.8 96 91 91 86
November 90.5 93 92 95 91
December 88.1 91 92 87 83
Average 90.4 91.9 91.6 91.6 90.2 88.4

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 13.6 14 16 11 12 16
February 16.8 16 19 17 13 16
March 19.1 21 19 21 20 20
April 23.4 24 24 23 23
May 26.5 25 28 27 24
June 29.5 29 31 29 28
July 31.4 32 31 31 33
August 30.7 32 30 31 30
September 28.2 28 28 29 27
October 23.8 24 22 25 25
November 18.2 18 20 17 21
December 15.0 16 14 18 13
Average 22.6 16.9 23.4 23.3 23.8 22.9

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 2.0 2 4 -1 2 5
February 4.9 3 6 3 3 6
March 6.7 8 6 7 7 10
April 9.6 9 9 9 9
May 15.5 13 17 13 14
June 18.9 17 18 20 19
July 21.7 22 23 21 22
August 21.0 21 20 22 22
September 17.6 17 17 17 19
October 11.9 10 10 13 13
November 5.2 4 7 3 9
December 3.0 2 4 5 1
Average 11.1 4.1 10.9 11.3 11.9 12.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.0 6 5 7 14 5
February 9.0 7 9 8 23 10
March 8.3 12 8 9 6 6
April 6.2 9 2 1 6
May 6.2 8 4 5 12
June 4.9 3 2 8 8
July 5.2 4 7 8 4
August 5.9 7 4 8 4
September 6.3 7 7 4 10
October 3.9 3 3 4 4
November 5.3 7 4 3 5
December 8.7 7 5 5 9
Average 6.4 8.4 6.5 5.0 6.3 6.8

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 5.2 7 6 0 4 7
February 5.5 7 7 0 6 6
March 5.9 7 7 0 6 6
April 5.1 6 0 6 7
May 4.7 7 0 5 5
June 3.9 6 0 4 5
July 3.3 4 0 3 4
August 3.9 5 4 3 3
September 4.2 5 5 1 4
October 4.1 5 6 0 4
November 4.4 5 6 0 4
December 4.3 5 5 0 5
Average 4.6 7.2 5.8 1.9 3.1 4.8

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 265° 265° 360° 340° 305°
February 310° 258° 360° 337° 283°
March 318° 295° 360° 338° 269°
April 243° 360° 288° 283°
May 005° 360° 300° 320°
June 259° 360° 232° 255°
July 231° 360° 227° 240°
August 257° 213° 221° 237°
September 355° 032° 268° 008°
October 325° 346° 360° 004°
November 358° 025° 360° 303°
December 279° 005° 360° 293°

Prevailing wind direction

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