Cape Fear Regional Jetport/Howie Franklin Field

KSUT · North Carolina, United States

Climate Cape Fear Regional Jetport/Howie Franklin Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cape Fear Regional Jetport/Howie Franklin Field (KSUT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.3 90 84 79 78 90
February 82.2 94 85 79 62 75
March 83.4 83 87 84 77 79
April 91.4 87 92 95 96 87
May 83.4 80 81 91 83
June 86.2 89 95 85 74
July 91.4 95 86 88 95
August 87.1 88 94 75 91
September 88.0 83 94 89 86
October 88.8 93 87 87 90
November 88.9 91 90 94 91
December 85.5 91 91 81 84
Average 86.6 88.4 88.1 87.9 84.1 85.4

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 91.2 94 93 86 86 93
February 88.8 97 92 85 68 87
March 91.7 93 93 92 90 87
April 95.4 89 97 97 99 96
May 95.0 94 93 97 96
June 96.9 98 98 96 92
July 98.1 99 97 98 99
August 95.6 98 98 86 97
September 96.2 96 98 95 95
October 97.4 98 95 99 97
November 94.8 96 95 99 96
December 91.3 95 98 91 90
Average 94.0 93.2 95.8 94.5 92.4 94.1

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 14.4 16 17 12 13 16
February 16.2 17 19 16 13 14
March 18.8 22 20 19 18 19
April 22.3 24 25 22 22 22
May 25.6 25 27 26 25
June 28.9 29 31 29 27
July 31.5 34 33 30 31
August 30.8 33 32 30 30
September 28.9 30 30 28 28
October 25.1 26 24 26 25
November 19.5 20 21 19 21
December 16.1 18 16 18 15
Average 22.1 19.5 24.7 23.8 22.5 22.7

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 4.8 5 6 2 5 7
February 7.1 5 8 6 5 7
March 9.0 11 9 7 10 11
April 12.5 14 13 12 12 13
May 16.7 14 18 16 17
June 20.9 17 21 22 22
July 24.4 25 25 24 25
August 23.1 24 24 21 24
September 20.3 20 20 20 21
October 15.3 13 13 16 17
November 8.6 7 11 7 11
December 6.7 7 7 9 5
Average 13.0 8.5 13.5 14.1 13.8 14.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.4 0 4 8 10 4
February 6.6 0 7 7 19 13
March 3.9 0 6 5 3 8
April 3.6 0 5 3 2 6
May 5.9 11 5 2 3
June 5.5 3 2 7 12
July 5.4 4 9 7 4
August 5.6 5 6 6 8
September 4.4 2 4 7 9
October 2.1 0 2 4 4
November 3.2 0 7 2 5
December 4.9 0 2 7 5
Average 4.5 3.9 5.0 5.9 6.5

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 6.5 7 5 7 7 7
February 6.5 7 6 6 7 7
March 7.0 7 7 7 7 7
April 7.1 8 6 7 7 8
May 6.9 7 7 7 7
June 6.1 6 6 6 7
July 6.0 5 7 6 5
August 5.2 6 5 4 5
September 5.4 5 6 5 6
October 5.8 6 6 6 6
November 6.0 6 6 6 6
December 6.0 6 5 6 6
Average 6.3 7.1 6.1 6.3 6.2 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 277° 255° 325° 299° 302°
February 307° 258° 001° 348° 288°
March 313° 279° 223° 002° 265°
April 229° 194° 224° 245° 242°
May 318° 218° 200° 206°
June 205° 170° 200° 222°
July 212° 222° 212° 216°
August 216° 204° 192° 213°
September 345° 070° 063° 024°
October 353° 359° 304° 036°
November 006° 031° 344° 021°
December 322° 010° 277° 302°

Prevailing wind direction

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