Hickory Regional Airport

KHKY · North Carolina, United States

Climate Hickory Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hickory Regional Airport (KHKY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.4 66 61 82 73 72
February 71.6 85 69 67 60 70
March 78.5 68 78 77 79 78
April 84.2 86 81 90 94 87
May 80.3 80 77 92 72
June 84.4 70 96 83 81
July 87.9 89 83 88 91
August 82.6 80 78 90 78
September 81.2 81 81 88 71
October 79.2 94 79 76 73
November 80.8 89 69 95 77
December 71.7 69 44 82 77
Average 79.7 76.1 78.6 78.4 83.9 77.7

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 78.5 77 66 87 75 81
February 80.3 92 78 72 71 81
March 86.1 77 83 88 85 87
April 91.3 92 90 94 96 94
May 89.7 93 87 95 84
June 91.9 83 99 91 94
July 92.5 94 88 92 94
August 89.5 86 84 95 89
September 88.1 91 85 90 82
October 87.3 97 87 85 80
November 87.4 93 74 98 86
December 80.1 75 62 89 85
Average 87.1 84.5 86.0 85.0 88.9 86.7

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 10.1 10 13 9 9 11
February 14.2 15 16 14 11 12
March 16.8 19 17 19 17 19
April 21.4 22 22 22 21 20
May 25.1 24 27 25 22
June 28.4 27 30 29 28
July 30.9 31 31 31 31
August 29.4 30 29 31 29
September 27.2 27 26 28 25
October 22.2 23 20 23 22
November 15.6 17 17 16 18
December 11.9 13 10 17 11
Average 20.6 16.4 21.6 21.5 21.4 20.6

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 1.0 1 4 -1 0 3
February 3.6 3 6 2 1 3
March 5.8 7 6 7 6 9
April 9.7 11 9 9 9 9
May 14.3 13 15 13 12
June 18.2 16 19 19 18
July 20.5 21 21 20 21
August 19.7 20 20 20 21
September 17.1 17 16 16 16
October 11.3 11 9 13 11
November 4.5 4 7 3 7
December 2.5 3 3 5 1
Average 10.1 5.5 10.7 10.7 10.6 10.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.8 15 6 6 7 8
February 8.3 4 8 15 10 13
March 7.6 11 8 9 7 4
April 7.9 7 16 6 4 6
May 5.5 4 6 4 9
June 4.0 9 1 2 6
July 2.3 2 4 2 1
August 3.1 4 1 5 3
September 5.1 3 8 2 8
October 4.9 0 3 4 7
November 6.6 5 16 2 3
December 9.1 15 12 3 6
Average 6.1 9.1 6.7 6.7 4.1 5.8

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 4.8 5 5 5 4 5
February 5.2 5 5 5 6 5
March 5.9 5 5 7 5 6
April 5.9 6 5 6 6 6
May 5.2 6 5 5 5
June 4.5 5 4 4 5
July 3.8 4 4 4 4
August 3.5 4 3 3 4
September 4.1 4 4 4 5
October 3.9 4 4 5 3
November 4.1 4 5 5 4
December 3.9 4 3 4 4
Average 4.7 5.4 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6

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 295° 274° 295° 302° 291°
February 249° 238° 250° 332° 257°
March 327° 261° 239° 351° 217°
April 240° 240° 246° 262° 283°
May 008° 210° 271° 328°
June 287° 288° 228° 256°
July 264° 219° 239° 293°
August 264° 255° 312° 238°
September 360° 007° 295° 037°
October 294° 332° 276° 294°
November 335° 302° 286° 297°
December 303° 034° 207° 292°

Prevailing wind direction

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