Dobbins Air Reserve Base

KMGE · Georgia, United States

Climate Dobbins Air Reserve Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dobbins Air Reserve Base (KMGE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.1 59 51 69 68 68
February 62.1 83 63 68 52 50
March 73.2 64 75 72 80 54
April 80.7 69 84 93 83
May 81.0 77 75 88 82
June 81.9 68 89 78 88
July 88.6 92 87 82 91
August 82.7 81 78 84 82
September 84.7 84 82 81 74
October 74.6 85 80 72 73
November 75.5 75 67 92 75
December 61.8 60 42 58 72
Average 75.9 67.8 73.5 76.1 78.4 75.2

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 81.9 74 72 85 82 88
February 78.8 94 81 80 66 75
March 87.2 77 84 85 91 80
April 91.6 84 92 98 92
May 93.7 91 93 97 95
June 93.5 88 96 90 97
July 95.2 96 93 92 99
August 93.1 92 91 94 94
September 93.3 96 92 90 90
October 90.3 97 89 88 88
November 88.9 92 84 98 89
December 76.8 74 57 80 90
Average 88.4 81.1 87.4 87.8 89.6 90.1

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 12.1 10 15 11 11 13
February 16.3 17 18 16 14 14
March 19.1 20 19 20 20 20
April 22.7 22 22 23 22
May 26.6 25 28 25 25
June 29.4 28 31 29 29
July 31.3 32 31 30 32
August 30.6 32 30 30 31
September 28.4 27 27 27 27
October 23.2 23 22 23 24
November 17.2 18 17 17 20
December 13.6 14 13 17 13
Average 21.8 15.8 22.7 22.7 22.4 22.3

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 2.3 1 5 0 3 4
February 5.6 5 7 4 3 5
March 7.9 9 7 7 9 11
April 10.6 11 10 10 10
May 16.0 15 16 15 14
June 19.5 17 21 20 19
July 21.6 21 22 21 22
August 21.2 21 21 22 22
September 18.5 18 17 18 19
October 12.7 12 9 14 14
November 6.2 7 8 4 9
December 4.3 4 6 8 2
Average 11.4 4.9 12.1 12.0 12.3 12.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.8 13 12 13 12 14
February 13.7 7 15 14 16 19
March 9.9 16 12 7 9 18
April 6.8 13 5 3 5
May 5.3 4 6 3 5
June 5.5 6 2 8 3
July 2.7 1 2 6 3
August 4.5 3 4 7 3
September 4.6 2 5 7 11
October 7.3 4 4 9 7
November 7.4 9 9 1 4
December 16.4 15 26 11 8
Average 8.1 12.2 7.7 7.1 7.2 7.8

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 7.2 8 6 7 7 7
February 7.0 7 7 8 7 7
March 7.6 8 7 8 7 7
April 7.4 7 7 7 8
May 6.5 7 7 6 7
June 5.6 6 6 6 6
July 5.0 6 5 5 5
August 5.0 6 5 5 5
September 5.2 5 6 5 6
October 6.0 6 6 5 6
November 6.4 7 7 6 7
December 6.5 6 6 5 7
Average 6.4 7.5 6.3 6.3 5.9 6.3

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 266° 262° 287° 289° 311°
February 255° 248° 277° 319° 271°
March 294° 268° 251° 113° 240°
April 234° 241° 280° 287°
May 052° 208° 211° 280°
June 274° 320° 188° 256°
July 288° 248° 251° 270°
August 290° 260° 137° 232°
September 009° 018° 337° 079°
October 287° 312° 270° 070°
November 065° 317° 294° 356°
December 264° 111° 223° 292°

Prevailing wind direction

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