Lincolnton-Lincoln County Regional Airport

KIPJ · North Carolina, United States

Climate Lincolnton-Lincoln County Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lincolnton-Lincoln County Regional Airport (KIPJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.1 76 69 84 73 72
February 73.5 86 73 71 61 69
March 78.0 69 83 79 79 81
April 85.1 83 90 94 85
May 80.6 81 84 90 71
June 82.0 76 96 81 80
July 89.4 93 86 87 88
August 84.7 87 87 91 75
September 85.8 86 86 86 73
October 81.9 94 85 78 74
November 85.7 96 77 97 74
December 75.4 77 61 75 78
Average 80.7 76.8 83.9 83.1 83.2 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 84.6 88 76 96 78 80
February 83.6 95 87 79 70 81
March 87.1 81 89 92 86 89
April 92.5 93 95 97 94
May 91.3 94 94 96 81
June 92.7 88 99 94 94
July 94.8 97 91 94 95
August 93.4 94 92 97 90
September 93.2 95 94 89 84
October 90.5 98 92 93 80
November 91.5 98 86 99 83
December 84.3 85 79 88 85
Average 89.6 87.7 92.0 91.4 90.7 86.9

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 11.2 11 13 10 10 12
February 14.3 16 17 14 11 13
March 18.4 19 18 19 18 20
April 22.4 23 23 22 22
May 25.3 24 27 25 23
June 28.6 27 30 29 28
July 31.7 32 32 31 32
August 30.2 31 30 31 30
September 27.6 28 27 27 25
October 23.0 24 21 24 23
November 16.7 18 18 16 19
December 13.1 14 10 17 12
Average 21.7 15.0 22.3 21.8 21.8 21.5

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 0.7 -1 3 -2 -1 2
February 2.4 2 5 1 0 4
March 5.1 5 5 5 3 8
April 8.2 8 7 6 8
May 12.9 12 14 12 12
June 17.3 15 18 18 18
July 20.1 20 21 20 21
August 19.3 19 20 20 20
September 15.3 14 15 15 16
October 8.0 6 7 12 11
November 2.7 2 5 1 4
December 1.2 0 2 4 0
Average 9.3 1.9 9.0 9.5 9.0 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 12.0 13 11 10 11 18
February 11.3 6 10 9 14 19
March 10.2 12 10 9 11 9
April 9.5 14 5 4 7
May 6.8 7 3 4 13
June 6.0 8 3 4 7
July 3.5 2 4 5 5
August 4.8 5 3 4 7
September 4.5 3 7 9 7
October 4.2 2 3 4 6
November 5.0 3 9 3 5
December 9.8 12 11 6 6
Average 7.5 10.2 6.9 5.8 6.3 9.0

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 3.8 5 3 3 3 4
February 4.3 5 4 3 4 5
March 4.4 5 4 5 4 4
April 4.5 5 4 5 4
May 4.0 5 3 3 4
June 3.0 3 2 3 3
July 2.4 2 2 2 2
August 2.1 3 2 1 2
September 2.3 2 2 2 3
October 2.5 3 2 2 2
November 2.8 3 3 3 2
December 3.0 3 2 3 3
Average 3.3 4.9 3.4 2.9 2.8 3.2

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 268° 257° 283° 288° 275°
February 231° 235° 242° 313° 247°
March 312° 250° 240° 014° 234°
April 225° 240° 251° 263°
May 007° 219° 237° 292°
June 269° 336° 206° 240°
July 234° 226° 225° 222°
August 269° 228° 158° 220°
September 040° 023° 006° 045°
October 255° 349° 253° 031°
November 010° 029° 299° 260°
December 258° 241° 231° 269°

Prevailing wind direction

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