Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield

KJAU · Tennessee, United States

Climate Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Colonel Tommy C Stiner Airfield (KJAU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.2 57 59 67 57 73
February 67.3 78 68 74 57 61
March 81.3 80 86 93 84 59
April 85.8 87 87 91 83
May 83.2 84 75 86 81
June 86.5 84 96 89 87
July 79.1 80 70 80 84
August 77.5 76 77 75 81
September 81.9 87 79 73 82
October 75.9 87 84 58 74
November 77.6 85 77 88 90
December 66.2 65 54 71 61
Average 77.0 75.1 79.3 78.2 76.4 77.3

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 83.2 83 78 93 80 86
February 88.5 91 92 93 89 81
March 92.6 91 94 97 93 87
April 94.9 96 95 96 96
May 93.5 95 90 96 92
June 92.8 91 98 92 94
July 87.7 87 86 87 90
August 87.1 87 86 85 87
September 88.2 88 90 81 91
October 88.7 95 97 79 84
November 91.9 97 91 97 95
December 84.4 84 67 91 85
Average 89.6 90.0 90.3 90.1 88.8 89.4

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 8.9 7 12 7 8 11
February 13.4 15 15 13 9 11
March 16.7 18 16 18 18 18
April 21.0 22 21 20 20
May 25.3 24 27 24 23
June 28.1 27 30 28 28
July 30.2 30 31 29 31
August 29.1 29 29 29 29
September 26.8 26 25 26 26
October 21.4 21 20 21 22
November 15.0 17 16 14 18
December 11.3 12 11 15 9
Average 19.9 15.3 20.8 20.7 20.2 20.7

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 -1.3 -3 2 -4 0 3
February 2.2 2 4 -1 -1 2
March 4.5 5 4 4 5 9
April 8.0 10 7 6 6
May 13.5 13 17 11 12
June 16.9 14 18 18 16
July 19.8 19 21 19 20
August 19.1 20 19 20 20
September 15.4 14 15 15 16
October 9.1 9 6 12 10
November 2.4 3 4 0 3
December 1.3 1 4 4 -2
Average 8.6 3.1 9.0 9.0 9.1 9.8

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
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 3.1 3 4 4 3 3
February 4.0 4 5 5 4 4
March 4.4 4 5 5 4 4
April 4.3 5 4 4 4
May 3.5 4 4 3 4
June 3.1 3 4 4 3
July 2.3 2 3 3 2
August 2.2 3 2 2 2
September 2.4 2 3 2 3
October 2.6 3 3 3 3
November 3.0 3 4 3 3
December 2.5 2 2 4 3
Average 3.2 3.9 3.2 3.4 3.1 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 276° 220° 206° 289° 160°
February 197° 193° 198° 301° 206°
March 242° 202° 212° 185° 207°
April 221° 218° 213° 241°
May 136° 182° 134° 174°
June 125° 140° 173° 180°
July 176° 163° 173° 164°
August 158° 164° 093° 180°
September 027° 025° 183° 126°
October 209° 094° 182° 182°
November 109° 221° 177° 201°
December 235° 231° 198° 184°

Prevailing wind direction

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