Ocracoke Island Airport

W95 · United States

Climate Ocracoke Island Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Billy Mitchell Airport (KHSE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.6 77 73 74 72 81
February 72.9 80 76 74 56 80
March 75.1 56 76 75 78 79
April 81.3 74 88 93 82
May 76.8 69 66 89 74
June 88.6 76 93 86 91
July 89.8 89 78 94 94
August 88.1 83 90 85 93
September 83.9 76 89 90 79
October 82.5 91 66 84 80
November 83.6 81 79 91 89
December 81.8 83 76 81 87
Average 80.6 69.3 78.6 79.5 84.0 84.2

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 84.7 89 84 85 83 91
February 83.9 87 85 85 68 92
March 85.2 66 86 87 87 88
April 91.2 87 93 99 93
May 87.9 83 84 97 82
June 95.2 84 98 95 96
July 96.3 96 92 98 98
August 96.4 93 96 95 99
September 94.8 89 94 99 93
October 93.5 98 84 93 90
November 91.1 90 89 95 90
December 90.7 88 87 91 95
Average 90.0 79.3 88.4 89.9 92.3 92.3

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 12.9 13 15 12 11 16
February 15.3 12 16 15 11 15
March 16.5 17 16 19 17 18
April 21.2 21 21 20 21
May 24.5 22 24 24 24
June 28.1 26 29 28 28
July 29.8 28 30 30 32
August 29.9 30 29 30 31
September 26.4 28 28 28 27
October 24.1 23 21 24 24
November 18.9 17 20 18 21
December 15.4 15 14 18 15
Average 21.0 14.0 21.4 22.0 21.8 22.6

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 5.6 6 7 4 5 9
February 8.0 6 9 7 6 9
March 9.2 10 9 12 9 12
April 14.0 15 14 12 13
May 18.2 16 19 17 18
June 22.2 20 23 23 22
July 24.3 22 25 24 26
August 24.3 25 24 25 25
September 20.9 22 21 22 22
October 17.1 17 15 19 18
November 11.1 11 13 10 14
December 8.0 8 9 8 6
Average 14.3 7.3 14.8 15.6 14.9 16.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.0 5 8 11 12 6
February 9.5 7 13 12 15 10
March 8.6 19 7 8 5 10
April 5.6 13 6 1 6
May 8.4 15 12 5 11
June 5.5 7 2 7 9
July 5.2 5 8 4 4
August 6.6 9 10 6 2
September 7.2 11 7 6 10
October 6.4 5 6 9 10
November 8.5 13 11 5 5
December 10.8 11 11 9 8
Average 7.7 11.1 9.6 8.2 6.6 7.4

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 7.6 8 6 9 7 8
February 7.0 1 8 8 8 8
March 8.4 9 8 9 8 8
April 8.8 8 8 8 10
May 8.1 8 8 8 8
June 7.5 8 7 8 8
July 7.8 6 8 8 8
August 6.9 7 7 6 7
September 7.6 8 7 7 7
October 7.2 7 7 7 7
November 7.5 7 8 7 8
December 7.4 7 7 7 8
Average 7.5 6.0 7.5 7.8 7.3 7.8

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 242° 274° 316° 304° 294°
February 233° 275° 312° 337° 280°
March 178° 300° 232° 060° 278°
April 171° 225° 254° 238°
May 044° 225° 289° 162°
June 200° 155° 204° 213°
July 211° 223° 215° 212°
August 208° 212° 209° 210°
September 054° 084° 159° 052°
October 321° 352° 300° 033°
November 020° 115° 342° 175°
December 144° 027° 282° 256°

Prevailing wind direction

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