Macon Downtown Airport

KMAC · Georgia, United States

Climate Macon Downtown Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Middle Georgia Regional Airport (KMCN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.2 80 66 81 74 73
February 72.5 80 74 86 62 67
March 78.4 73 75 72 82 70
April 86.1 75 87 93 90
May 83.4 73 80 92 85
June 85.6 80 92 82 89
July 86.7 84 80 86 91
August 84.0 90 79 78 84
September 86.0 85 81 85 78
October 83.5 88 86 82 83
November 77.2 82 70 95 74
December 71.2 81 56 65 77
Average 81.0 77.3 79.6 80.2 81.9 80.8

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 88.3 90 76 94 89 87
February 87.4 95 93 94 75 80
March 91.0 87 89 86 91 84
April 92.9 88 91 96 93
May 92.6 90 91 97 91
June 93.0 90 95 92 96
July 93.2 91 92 93 96
August 92.2 95 88 90 91
September 93.5 94 92 90 91
October 92.0 92 94 91 93
November 88.3 91 85 99 88
December 83.3 91 70 76 89
Average 90.9 90.4 90.0 90.0 90.4 90.3

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 15.9 15 18 16 15 17
February 19.3 18 22 20 17 17
March 22.0 21 22 23 23 24
April 25.2 25 25 25 25
May 29.2 27 30 29 28
June 32.1 31 35 32 32
July 33.5 34 33 33 35
August 32.8 34 32 32 34
September 31.1 30 30 30 29
October 26.5 26 26 26 27
November 20.1 20 21 20 23
December 17.0 17 17 20 16
Average 24.6 18.1 25.5 25.8 25.1 25.5

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 4.0 2 6 3 4 6
February 7.2 5 10 5 5 7
March 8.8 9 9 9 9 12
April 11.1 12 10 10 11
May 15.9 16 16 14 15
June 19.8 19 19 20 20
July 22.1 23 23 22 22
August 21.5 22 22 20 22
September 18.2 18 17 16 19
October 13.3 11 10 15 15
November 7.0 7 9 4 10
December 5.6 5 8 8 2
Average 12.1 5.5 13.0 12.7 12.3 13.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.1 4 7 4 9 7
February 6.9 8 4 6 10 16
March 5.3 9 5 6 4 9
April 4.0 5 3 2 7
May 3.4 3 3 2 2
June 3.3 4 1 4 3
July 2.3 2 3 3 2
August 2.7 4 3 3 3
September 2.6 2 2 4 5
October 3.2 2 0 4 1
November 3.9 3 4 0 3
December 5.7 3 1 3 7
Average 4.3 7.2 3.5 2.9 3.8 5.1

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 6.9 8 6 7 7 7
February 7.0 7 8 7 7 7
March 7.3 7 6 8 7 7
April 6.7 7 7 6 7
May 6.0 7 6 6 6
June 5.5 6 5 6 6
July 4.8 5 5 4 5
August 4.7 5 4 5 5
September 5.7 5 6 5 7
October 5.9 6 5 5 6
November 6.0 6 7 6 6
December 6.2 6 6 5 6
Average 6.2 7.2 6.0 6.0 5.6 6.1

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° 260° 306° 278° 322°
February 210° 252° 265° 330° 268°
March 333° 257° 241° 067° 233°
April 204° 244° 265° 287°
May 026° 236° 202° 305°
June 265° 018° 190° 283°
July 265° 238° 244° 230°
August 288° 323° 139° 208°
September 053° 035° 045° 051°
October 354° 001° 315° 048°
November 027° 026° 355° 033°
December 311° 046° 246° 294°

Prevailing wind direction

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