Albert J Ellis Airport

KOAJ · North Carolina, United States

Climate Albert J Ellis Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Albert J Ellis Airport (KOAJ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.9 84 78 82 76 85
February 76.8 92 78 78 60 75
March 79.8 71 86 75 80 75
April 85.1 86 78 92 95 83
May 78.4 72 71 91 74
June 81.9 79 90 78 74
July 85.1 86 74 86 92
August 80.1 85 78 75 81
September 79.1 72 81 91 73
October 77.9 87 74 75 77
November 80.8 86 79 91 80
December 81.2 83 88 84 77
Average 80.8 82.6 80.7 79.7 82.1 78.8

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 90.7 94 83 94 82 97
February 86.6 98 84 90 68 89
March 90.6 84 92 88 91 88
April 93.2 93 88 96 100 96
May 90.8 90 87 97 87
June 92.7 91 94 93 91
July 94.1 94 86 95 97
August 90.6 93 87 89 93
September 89.4 89 89 97 84
October 91.4 94 90 92 86
November 89.7 91 92 97 92
December 89.7 91 94 92 89
Average 91.0 91.9 90.2 90.3 91.5 90.6

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 13.8 15 17 12 12 16
February 17.4 16 19 17 13 17
March 19.1 21 20 21 20 21
April 23.8 24 24 24 24 23
May 27.4 25 28 28 25
June 30.0 29 31 30 28
July 32.0 32 32 31 33
August 31.3 32 31 31 31
September 28.7 28 29 29 28
October 24.4 24 23 25 25
November 18.2 18 20 18 21
December 15.4 16 15 19 14
Average 22.9 18.8 23.6 23.7 23.2 23.4

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 2.2 2 5 0 2 5
February 5.0 4 7 4 3 5
March 6.5 8 7 7 8 10
April 10.5 11 11 10 10 9
May 15.6 13 18 13 14
June 19.3 18 19 20 20
July 21.5 22 23 20 22
August 21.7 22 21 22 23
September 17.9 18 18 18 19
October 13.0 11 12 13 14
November 6.3 6 9 4 9
December 3.8 4 4 6 2
Average 11.3 6.1 11.8 12.1 11.6 12.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.7 7 7 7 15 3
February 10.3 6 11 9 20 9
March 7.3 13 7 7 8 8
April 5.6 5 12 3 1 5
May 4.8 8 3 5 6
June 4.5 4 3 6 6
July 4.1 4 6 6 3
August 4.6 3 7 6 5
September 5.7 5 6 4 10
October 4.1 3 4 3 5
November 5.8 5 8 3 5
December 10.9 10 6 7 8
Average 6.3 7.8 6.4 5.4 6.5 5.9

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 6.6 7 6 7 6 8
February 7.3 8 7 8 8 8
March 7.7 7 7 8 8 8
April 7.8 8 7 8 7 8
May 7.2 8 8 7 7
June 6.2 6 6 7 7
July 6.0 5 6 6 6
August 5.4 6 5 5 5
September 5.7 5 6 5 6
October 5.8 5 6 6 6
November 5.9 6 7 6 6
December 6.1 6 6 6 6
Average 6.6 7.4 6.2 6.6 6.3 6.6

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 222° 231° 311° 294° 252°
February 268° 236° 189° 336° 234°
March 240° 243° 211° 015° 229°
April 222° 172° 221° 244° 232°
May 038° 206° 213° 130°
June 203° 116° 185° 196°
July 196° 211° 199° 207°
August 208° 178° 182° 197°
September 009° 050° 102° 028°
October 359° 022° 236° 047°
November 023° 054° 344° 084°
December 083° 025° 240° 238°

Prevailing wind direction

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