McGhee Tyson Airport

KTYS · Tennessee, United States

Climate McGhee Tyson Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of McGhee Tyson Airport (KTYS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.7 66 64 68 67 80
February 71.5 84 69 82 62 66
March 83.1 77 85 89 84 71
April 89.8 86 90 95 93
May 91.6 89 91 92 94
June 91.8 88 95 95 91
July 89.6 85 83 92 96
August 87.8 84 85 88 88
September 89.7 91 87 92 84
October 85.3 89 86 76 83
November 83.0 84 85 91 88
December 72.4 71 51 77 72
Average 83.6 75.5 82.6 84.3 85.2 84.5

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 84.6 81 75 88 78 89
February 84.8 91 85 92 79 81
March 92.2 88 93 95 94 88
April 95.8 94 98 99 99
May 95.9 95 95 98 96
June 96.1 94 98 98 97
July 95.7 94 94 96 99
August 94.0 92 94 93 91
September 95.1 95 96 95 93
October 93.0 95 98 89 87
November 93.0 95 93 99 96
December 85.0 84 60 92 90
Average 91.8 86.3 91.2 92.9 92.9 92.5

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 9.5 8 12 8 8 12
February 14.1 16 16 14 11 12
March 17.4 19 17 19 19 19
April 21.4 22 21 21 20
May 25.9 25 27 25 24
June 29.1 28 31 29 29
July 31.2 31 32 31 33
August 30.2 30 30 31 30
September 28.1 29 27 27 27
October 22.5 23 21 22 23
November 15.5 18 16 14 18
December 11.9 12 11 16 10
Average 20.5 13.8 21.8 21.7 21.1 21.2

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 4
February 3.8 3 6 1 1 4
March 6.3 7 6 6 7 10
April 9.4 10 9 8 8
May 15.3 14 17 13 13
June 18.7 17 20 19 19
July 21.3 21 22 21 22
August 20.4 21 20 21 21
September 17.4 17 16 17 17
October 11.1 11 8 13 12
November 4.2 6 5 2 5
December 2.8 3 4 6 0
Average 10.0 2.9 11.2 10.8 10.8 11.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.1 22 19 16 13 15
February 15.9 12 13 10 17 28
March 10.0 13 10 7 10 14
April 9.4 10 7 5 8
May 6.2 3 11 5 8
June 5.4 8 2 6 4
July 3.4 2 6 4 4
August 6.1 7 3 9 8
September 6.5 3 7 6 9
October 6.8 5 2 12 5
November 8.0 8 12 2 7
December 13.5 18 26 7 11
Average 9.3 15.7 8.3 8.1 7.7 9.5

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 6.6 7 7 7 6 7
February 7.1 7 8 7 6 7
March 7.5 7 8 9 7 8
April 7.6 8 7 8 7
May 6.6 7 7 6 6
June 6.0 6 6 5 7
July 5.6 6 7 6 5
August 5.1 6 5 5 5
September 5.0 5 6 4 6
October 5.2 6 6 5 5
November 5.3 5 5 5 5
December 5.9 6 6 6 5
Average 6.2 6.7 6.3 6.5 5.8 6.0

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 270° 243° 269° 290° 257°
February 256° 240° 249° 283° 254°
March 256° 254° 237° 315° 247°
April 268° 249° 253° 260°
May 287° 232° 270° 252°
June 264° 272° 247° 231°
July 241° 239° 242° 254°
August 253° 247° 303° 245°
September 328° 350° 300° 009°
October 273° 287° 251° 319°
November 318° 282° 280° 284°
December 264° 285° 226° 264°

Prevailing wind direction

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