Oak Ridge Weather Station

KOQT · Tennessee, United States

Climate Oak Ridge Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Oak Ridge Weather Station (KOQT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.8 60 55 70 64 80
February 67.7 78 63 76 64 65
March 80.5 76 82 90 82 62
April 88.4 86 85 93 92
May 87.7 83 82 93 86
June 84.8 81 89 86 87
July 82.0 77 68 86 92
August 79.8 76 73 82 83
September 80.3 85 80 85 79
October 78.2 84 88 62 79
November 80.5 87 80 89 87
December 68.3 64 45 65 68
Average 78.6 71.4 77.1 78.0 80.0 80.5

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 82.3 76 67 91 79 86
February 84.9 86 85 88 86 82
March 91.7 89 89 96 93 84
April 95.0 93 94 98 97
May 95.7 95 93 98 95
June 92.0 89 92 93 94
July 91.3 87 87 96 94
August 89.8 88 86 89 92
September 86.3 88 90 89 91
October 88.8 92 94 83 88
November 90.4 95 86 96 93
December 82.2 79 58 85 86
Average 89.0 83.9 87.4 88.8 90.7 90.5

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 9.3 7 12 8 8 11
February 13.9 15 16 14 10 12
March 17.6 19 17 19 19 18
April 21.8 22 22 21 21
May 26.4 25 27 25 24
June 29.4 28 31 29 29
July 31.4 31 32 31 33
August 30.3 30 30 30 31
September 28.3 29 27 27 27
October 22.3 22 21 22 23
November 15.4 17 17 14 18
December 11.7 12 11 16 10
Average 20.5 13.6 21.7 21.8 21.0 21.3

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 0.8 -2 3 -2 1 3
February 3.5 3 5 1 1 3
March 6.0 7 6 6 6 9
April 9.1 9 9 8 8
May 15.1 14 16 13 13
June 18.8 17 20 20 18
July 21.3 21 22 21 22
August 20.7 21 21 21 21
September 17.7 17 16 18 17
October 11.0 11 8 13 11
November 4.2 5 6 2 6
December 2.7 2 4 6 0
Average 9.9 2.9 10.9 10.6 10.7 11.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.4 22 17 15 12 13
February 15.6 14 12 13 11 26
March 10.7 14 10 6 12 15
April 10.8 11 9 7 10
May 6.7 4 9 3 8
June 7.4 14 4 6 4
July 6.5 8 11 5 6
August 6.9 9 5 10 7
September 6.3 2 9 4 8
October 6.6 6 2 9 6
November 6.6 8 10 1 7
December 14.4 20 30 10 11
Average 10.0 16.7 9.9 9.4 7.4 9.7

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 2.9 2 2 3 3 3
February 3.1 3 3 3 3 4
March 3.7 3 3 4 3 4
April 3.4 3 3 3 3
May 2.5 2 2 2 2
June 2.2 2 2 2 2
July 1.9 1 2 2 2
August 1.9 2 2 2 2
September 1.8 1 2 2 2
October 1.9 2 2 2 2
November 2.3 2 2 2 2
December 2.5 2 2 3 3
Average 2.5 2.6 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.5

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 253° 232° 245° 270° 230°
February 230° 226° 215° 266° 240°
March 248° 225° 224° 239° 226°
April 253° 239° 251° 243°
May 262° 242° 152° 257°
June 274° 071° 230° 211°
July 261° 225° 272° 248°
August 270° 258° 010° 189°
September 288° 272° 307° 074°
October 283° 275° 284° 125°
November 052° 238° 267° 253°
December 270° 175° 219° 250°

Prevailing wind direction

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