Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport

KGKT · Tennessee, United States

Climate Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (KGKT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.7 70 75 76 77 82
February 76.4 89 80 81 60 67
March 86.1 81 92 93 84 77
April 91.5 92 92 92 96 91
May 90.3 91 98 86 90
June 93.3 91 97 93 95
July 91.8 89 87 93 95
August 90.9 87 92 88 92
September 88.5 78 92 92 84
October 84.6 92 85 84 81
November 84.4 88 84 91 89
December 78.1 84 60 86 79
Average 86.3 83.5 87.0 86.4 86.7 86.3

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 89.4 86 87 91 83 92
February 85.1 94 87 91 75 80
March 92.5 91 95 97 90 85
April 96.7 97 96 98 98 99
May 95.5 98 98 94 93
June 97.6 96 100 97 99
July 96.1 95 95 97 98
August 95.7 94 95 94 96
September 93.2 80 97 97 91
October 92.7 97 97 92 87
November 94.2 96 93 98 96
December 88.4 90 77 91 93
Average 93.3 92.2 92.8 94.2 92.9 93.0

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 9.9 9 13 8 9 12
February 14.6 16 17 15 11 12
March 17.7 19 18 20 19 19
April 21.7 22 22 22 21 20
May 25.9 25 28 25 24
June 29.2 28 32 30 29
July 31.4 31 32 31 33
August 30.3 30 31 31 30
September 28.3 28 27 27 27
October 22.7 23 21 23 23
November 15.8 18 17 15 19
December 12.1 13 11 17 9
Average 21.0 16.2 22.1 21.3 22.1 21.6

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 -1.7 -2 2 -3 0 3
February 2.6 1 5 0 1 3
March 4.6 6 4 5 5 8
April 8.2 10 8 8 7 7
May 13.8 13 17 12 12
June 17.3 16 19 18 17
July 20.0 19 21 20 21
August 19.3 20 19 20 20
September 16.1 15 15 16 16
October 9.8 9 7 12 11
November 2.7 3 4 1 4
December 1.5 1 4 3 -2
Average 8.9 3.8 9.5 8.6 10.1 10.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 3.7 4 4 4 3 4
February 4.1 4 4 5 4 4
March 4.7 4 5 6 4 4
April 4.5 5 5 4 4 5
May 3.9 4 5 4 4
June 3.4 4 3 3 4
July 3.1 3 4 3 3
August 2.8 3 3 2 3
September 2.9 3 4 2 3
October 2.8 3 3 2 2
November 2.9 3 3 3 3
December 3.1 3 3 3 3
Average 3.6 4.2 3.6 3.8 3.2 3.5

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 280° 271° 303° 319° 280°
February 303° 272° 279° 282° 277°
March 285° 285° 269° 330° 290°
April 262° 285° 286° 300° 270°
May 314° 270° 300° 295°
June 307° 356° 298° 279°
July 271° 264° 275° 296°
August 300° 286° 357° 278°
September 349° 006° 322° 359°
October 285° 281° 286° 322°
November 322° 290° 324° 292°
December 273° 301° 260° 285°

Prevailing wind direction

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