Kaolin Field

KOKZ · Georgia, United States

Climate Kaolin Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kaolin Field (KOKZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.5 81 69 83 73 77
February 76.8 88 71 87 65 75
March 77.6 76 84 75 82 67
April 88.8 88 77 92 92 88
May 85.9 81 84 91 83
June 84.5 92 96 78 87
July 87.6 86 84 89
August 82.4 91 73 76 80
September 86.4 89 87 82 72
October 81.8 88 85 82 81
November 81.8 85 74 95 71
December 71.8 84 60 63 74
Average 82.3 83.3 83.0 81.6 80.6 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 89.0 92 79 93 88 88
February 89.2 96 93 93 75 87
March 87.6 87 94 87 92 81
April 94.7 96 88 95 95 95
May 93.8 95 93 96 91
June 93.0 97 98 91 97
July 93.4 91 91 97
August 91.0 95 86 88 89
September 93.4 95 92 90 88
October 91.1 94 94 91 90
November 91.2 93 87 99 84
December 82.2 88 76 75 87
Average 90.9 92.7 91.8 90.6 89.6 89.8

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 15.0 14 17 14 14 17
February 18.8 18 21 19 16 17
March 21.5 21 21 22 22 23
April 22.7 25 26 24 24 24
May 23.9 28 29 28 27
June 23.8 31 31 31 30
July 32.2 34 31 33
August 31.3 33 30 32 32
September 28.1 29 29 29 28
October 22.7 24 24 25 26
November 19.6 19 20 18 22
December 16.1 16 16 20 14
Average 22.4 19.5 24.7 23.0 24.0 24.6

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 3.3 3 6 2 4 7
February 6.4 6 9 6 5 7
March 8.9 9 9 9 9 12
April 10.0 12 12 11 10 11
May 12.7 15 17 14 15
June 12.0 18 20 20 20
July 15.5 22 22 22
August 15.0 22 22 22 22
September 15.2 18 17 18 19
October 11.2 12 10 14 16
November 7.3 7 10 4 10
December 5.6 5 8 8 3
Average 9.6 7.5 12.8 11.2 12.6 13.8

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 3 10 6 11 9
February 7.9 8 6 4 12 14
March 6.2 11 5 7 5 10
April 2.7 1 5 3 2 3
May 3.9 3 3 2 4
June 4.5 3 1 5 1
July 2.0 2 2 2
August 4.0 5 9 3 2
September 2.8 3 2 6 5
October 3.9 5 1 4 2
November 5.1 8 9 0 4
December 8.5 7 6 6 8
Average 5.0 5.4 5.0 4.4 4.5 4.8

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 6.0 7 6 7 7 5
February 6.1 7 7 7 7 5
March 6.5 6 7 8 6 6
April 6.2 7 6 7 6 7
May 5.5 7 6 6 6
June 4.8 6 6 5 6
July 3.9 5 5 5
August 3.9 5 4 5 4
September 4.9 5 6 5 6
October 5.1 6 5 5 6
November 5.3 6 7 6 6
December 5.3 6 6 5 6
Average 5.3 6.7 5.8 6.1 5.6 5.7

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 274° 253° 288° 268° 274°
February 224° 245° 242° 302° 240°
March 288° 239° 250° 092° 231°
April 243° 262° 236° 260° 258°
May 005° 231° 226° 259°
June 299° 337° 186° 271°
July 264° 224° 243°
August 270° 288° 166° 208°
September 065° 029° 002° 046°
October 337° 348° 302° 063°
November 024° 024° 330° 032°
December 278° 003° 247° 277°

Prevailing wind direction

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