Foothills Regional Airport

KMRN · North Carolina, United States

Climate Foothills Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Foothills Regional Airport (KMRN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.0 76 72 87 73 75
February 75.2 90 75 71 66 66
March 80.9 74 85 84 82 79
April 87.5 82 94 94 89
May 82.7 85 81 94 73
June 87.3 86 96 85 84
July 87.8 93 86 84 90
August 84.1 88 83 87 79
September 85.2 86 88 90 74
October 82.7 94 83 77 77
November 84.8 90 73 92 80
December 75.8 75 49 87 81
Average 82.1 79.7 84.8 83.0 84.6 79.2

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 83.3 84 80 91 77 84
February 83.6 95 82 82 74 78
March 88.7 87 88 95 87 89
April 92.2 88 98 97 95
May 92.2 95 91 97 87
June 94.3 94 98 93 94
July 91.9 94 93 88 93
August 90.4 94 89 91 88
September 92.7 95 92 92 88
October 89.8 97 91 86 85
November 90.9 94 84 96 89
December 84.7 85 68 92 89
Average 89.3 88.5 91.0 90.3 89.6 88.5

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 10.6 10 13 10 10 11
February 14.5 16 17 14 12 12
March 18.3 20 18 20 19 19
April 22.1 23 23 23 21
May 25.5 24 27 25 23
June 29.2 28 31 30 28
July 30.8 32 32 31 31
August 29.0 31 30 31 24
September 24.3 28 27 28 10
October 22.7 24 21 24 23
November 16.8 18 18 16 18
December 13.2 14 11 17 12
Average 21.3 15.1 21.9 22.1 22.2 19.4

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 -1.5 -1 2 -2 -1 2
February 2.4 1 4 1 0 3
March 5.0 5 4 5 5 7
April 6.7 7 7 7 6
May 12.7 13 14 11 9
June 16.2 15 17 18 15
July 18.4 18 20 19 18
August 17.2 20 20 19 11
September 13.2 16 14 14 6
October 9.5 9 7 12 10
November 3.0 2 5 1 5
December 1.3 1 2 3 -1
Average 9.0 1.7 8.6 9.4 9.0 7.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.4 12 13 9 11 16
February 10.3 5 10 9 14 19
March 9.7 12 11 8 9 7
April 9.3 13 6 4 7
May 7.8 6 7 4 13
June 6.5 9 3 7 8
July 4.4 3 6 3 4
August 6.6 5 4 9 8
September 5.7 3 8 7 12
October 5.4 1 3 7 9
November 5.9 5 11 3 5
December 10.2 15 13 4 6
Average 7.8 9.6 7.8 6.8 6.6 9.1

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 2.7 3 2 3 2 3
February 2.9 3 3 3 3 2
March 3.7 3 3 5 3 3
April 3.9 3 4 5 4
May 2.8 3 3 3 3
June 2.2 2 2 2 2
July 1.6 1 2 2 1
August 1.3 1 1 2 1
September 1.5 1 2 2 2
October 1.8 2 2 2 1
November 1.9 2 2 2 2
December 1.8 2 1 2 2
Average 2.5 3.0 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.3

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 290° 275° 281° 286° 276°
February 265° 253° 260° 289° 269°
March 277° 283° 242° 313° 242°
April 230° 256° 263° 280°
May 308° 219° 256° 300°
June 264° 266° 210° 223°
July 245° 226° 234° 212°
August 266° 211° 118° 208°
September 359° 337° 276° 035°
October 288° 286° 281° 250°
November 286° 289° 290° 287°
December 286° 251° 235° 293°

Prevailing wind direction

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