Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field

KFAY · North Carolina, United States

Climate Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fayetteville Regional/Grannis Field (KFAY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.7 79 74 82 75 85
February 77.1 89 74 83 61 82
March 80.7 75 82 77 81 76
April 85.1 71 93 97 88
May 82.0 75 77 94 75
June 85.3 79 92 80 80
July 85.1 83 75 86 87
August 83.4 86 81 85 81
September 80.7 78 81 89 74
October 81.5 86 84 80 80
November 83.4 91 80 93 82
December 77.9 85 77 73 79
Average 81.8 80.2 80.2 81.8 83.4 80.7

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 88.1 86 82 94 83 96
February 85.8 94 84 90 72 93
March 91.4 86 90 92 90 90
April 93.2 83 97 99 96
May 92.8 89 95 99 86
June 93.3 92 95 89 92
July 92.1 92 86 95 92
August 91.3 91 89 91 88
September 90.8 96 90 96 85
October 91.5 92 92 94 88
November 91.2 96 92 98 88
December 86.3 92 86 87 86
Average 90.6 88.3 90.0 91.6 91.5 89.9

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 13.5 14 16 12 12 16
February 17.2 16 19 17 13 16
March 19.5 21 20 21 20 21
April 24.3 24 25 24 24
May 28.2 26 29 28 25
June 31.1 30 33 30 30
July 33.0 33 33 32 34
August 32.0 33 32 33 31
September 29.6 29 30 30 28
October 24.7 24 23 26 25
November 18.3 19 20 18 21
December 15.1 17 14 19 14
Average 23.1 17.3 24.0 24.3 23.6 23.5

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 3.0 3 6 0 3 6
February 5.7 5 8 5 3 6
March 7.5 9 8 8 8 11
April 11.6 12 11 11 11
May 16.6 15 17 14 15
June 20.5 19 20 20 20
July 21.7 23 21 22 20
August 22.1 22 22 23 22
September 18.5 19 18 18 18
October 13.5 12 11 15 14
November 6.6 6 9 5 9
December 4.5 5 5 7 2
Average 11.8 5.5 12.8 12.6 12.3 12.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.7 8 6 8 10 5
February 7.6 10 10 7 13 7
March 6.0 7 8 7 5 5
April 5.3 10 3 2 5
May 3.1 4 2 2 6
June 3.8 3 2 6 6
July 2.3 4 3 4 1
August 2.9 3 5 3 3
September 5.5 2 10 4 7
October 3.2 3 0 2 4
November 5.4 7 6 3 7
December 8.1 7 7 6 8
Average 5.1 8.2 5.4 4.7 4.7 5.0

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 7.7 9 7 8 7 8
February 7.9 9 7 8 8 9
March 8.5 8 8 9 9 8
April 8.6 8 9 8 10
May 7.9 9 9 8 8
June 6.9 7 7 7 7
July 6.4 6 7 6 6
August 6.0 7 6 6 5
September 6.7 7 7 7 7
October 6.5 6 6 7 6
November 6.8 6 7 8 7
December 6.6 6 6 7 7
Average 7.3 8.3 7.0 7.4 7.1 7.3

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 244° 250° 314° 296° 289°
February 262° 247° 265° 342° 246°
March 303° 280° 226° 332° 250°
April 215° 244° 261° 257°
May 005° 261° 284° 307°
June 229° 349° 212° 221°
July 223° 215° 203° 211°
August 235° 208° 183° 201°
September 008° 020° 022° 019°
October 324° 343° 295° 024°
November 005° 028° 331° 331°
December 283° 010° 247° 283°

Prevailing wind direction

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