Piedmont Triad International Airport

KGSO · North Carolina, United States

Climate Piedmont Triad International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Piedmont Triad International Airport (KGSO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 75.8 73 67 85 77 78
February 74.1 84 74 76 58 76
March 80.5 73 79 78 79 83
April 83.5 75 90 96 87
May 78.2 75 72 89 72
June 83.6 72 97 81 82
July 89.9 93 87 91 93
August 84.2 81 90 89 74
September 78.5 81 80 84 72
October 77.2 91 78 76 74
November 82.3 95 77 99 75
December 76.4 80 63 77 79
Average 80.2 76.3 80.1 81.9 83.6 78.8

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 82.9 82 75 89 81 87
February 83.2 91 86 82 70 87
March 87.7 81 86 90 87 90
April 90.8 86 94 97 96
May 88.6 89 85 97 79
June 91.9 85 98 93 91
July 94.7 96 93 95 96
August 92.7 91 95 95 87
September 87.6 92 88 91 83
October 88.2 96 93 93 80
November 87.3 96 84 100 83
December 84.4 83 73 94 86
Average 88.2 84.0 88.4 89.5 91.5 87.2

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 9.8 10 12 9 9 11
February 14.0 14 16 14 9 13
March 16.6 18 17 19 17 18
April 21.6 22 21 22 21
May 25.1 23 26 25 22
June 28.5 27 30 29 28
July 31.2 31 31 30 32
August 29.7 30 30 31 29
September 26.9 27 26 27 25
October 22.0 22 20 23 22
November 15.4 16 17 15 18
December 11.8 13 10 16 11
Average 20.2 13.8 21.2 21.2 21.0 20.8

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 0.6 0 3 -2 0 3
February 3.3 3 6 2 0 3
March 5.7 7 6 6 6 9
April 9.8 10 9 9 9
May 14.9 13 15 13 13
June 18.7 17 19 19 19
July 21.3 21 21 21 22
August 20.3 20 20 21 21
September 17.4 17 16 17 16
October 11.5 11 9 13 12
November 4.6 4 7 3 7
December 2.4 3 2 6 1
Average 10.0 3.4 10.8 10.7 10.6 11.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.3 15 18 11 15 16
February 13.5 8 13 15 20 14
March 9.4 15 12 7 10 5
April 7.9 12 5 3 7
May 8.3 10 7 5 17
June 5.7 12 1 4 8
July 2.4 2 4 4 1
August 4.0 6 3 4 5
September 6.9 4 11 5 10
October 8.2 5 10 5 11
November 8.2 5 10 2 5
December 11.7 13 16 5 7
Average 8.5 12.6 9.1 7.5 6.4 8.6

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 7.5 8 7 8 7 8
February 8.1 8 9 8 8 8
March 8.6 8 8 9 8 9
April 8.6 8 9 8 9
May 7.9 9 8 7 8
June 6.9 7 7 7 8
July 6.2 6 6 6 6
August 5.7 6 6 5 6
September 6.4 6 7 6 7
October 6.2 6 6 7 6
November 6.7 6 8 7 6
December 6.6 6 6 7 8
Average 7.2 8.1 6.9 7.2 6.9 7.4

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° 261° 303° 299° 290°
February 260° 250° 244° 333° 257°
March 321° 271° 245° 316° 240°
April 239° 254° 272° 277°
May 018° 270° 271° 306°
June 307° 285° 223° 261°
July 263° 242° 232° 238°
August 291° 244° 167° 226°
September 037° 010° 265° 042°
October 285° 340° 291° 333°
November 009° 030° 304° 256°
December 276° 312° 234° 275°

Prevailing wind direction

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