Barrow County Airport

KWDR · Georgia, United States

Climate Barrow County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Barrow County Airport (KWDR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.4 69 63 80 74 70
February 67.9 89 76 75 60 59
March 77.3 79 82 76 84 62
April 69.7 75 86 16 88
May 77.7 79 82 53 80
June 83.1 75 92 81 86
July 85.1 96 87 85 83
August 80.7 88 78 82 68
September 83.7 87 84 80 74
October 79.4 91 83 74 77
November 81.3 79 80 90 75
December 68.9 76 46 65 77
Average 78.0 79.1 81.0 80.6 69.7 75.3

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 84.8 83 76 93 84 85
February 80.3 95 91 84 67 77
March 87.7 86 91 85 90 82
April 76.3 85 90 16 93
May 86.4 94 93 55 88
June 92.5 87 97 91 94
July 91.0 98 94 92 87
August 90.3 96 90 92 80
September 91.6 96 90 89 86
October 89.1 98 91 85 86
November 90.4 94 88 96 86
December 80.6 84 59 81 88
Average 87.2 88.0 90.9 89.0 77.5 86.2

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 11.9 11 14 11 11 12
February 15.9 16 18 16 13 13
March 18.3 19 19 19 19 20
April 22.1 22 22 22 22
May 26.5 24 27 25 25
June 29.5 28 31 29 29
July 31.4 32 31 30 32
August 30.3 31 30 30 30
September 28.3 28 27 26 26
October 23.3 23 22 23 23
November 17.2 17 17 17 19
December 13.4 13 12 17 12
Average 21.6 15.2 22.4 22.5 21.8 21.8

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 2.7 1 4 1 2 4
February 5.9 4 7 4 3 4
March 8.1 8 7 7 9 10
April 10.8 10 9 10 10
May 15.6 14 16 13 13
June 19.7 18 20 19 19
July 21.6 21 22 21 21
August 21.0 21 21 20 21
September 18.3 17 17 17 18
October 12.5 11 9 13 13
November 6.5 6 8 4 8
December 4.8 4 6 7 2
Average 11.5 4.3 11.7 11.8 11.5 11.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.6 8 10 9 12 14
February 11.0 4 9 9 13 20
March 7.3 10 7 5 4 15
April 4.5 8 2 0 4
May 3.7 4 2 1 6
June 3.4 4 1 6 2
July 2.3 2 2 5 3
August 4.6 4 3 8 6
September 4.7 2 3 7 9
October 4.9 3 2 10 3
November 5.4 8 7 2 4
December 11.0 12 17 9 6
Average 5.9 7.3 5.6 4.3 6.0 7.3

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 4.5 3 3 5 5 5
February 3.9 2 2 4 5 5
March 4.1 2 2 5 4 5
April 4.4 2 4 5 6
May 3.5 2 4 4 4
June 2.9 1 3 3 4
July 2.1 1 2 2 3
August 1.7 1 1 2 2
September 2.2 1 2 2 3
October 3.0 2 3 2 3
November 3.0 1 3 3 4
December 3.6 2 2 4 4
Average 3.1 2.1 1.6 3.1 3.4 3.8

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 306° 301° 298° 294° 317°
February 311° 288° 295° 310° 286°
March 322° 306° 286° 234° 281°
April 304° 278° 298° 298°
May 302° 267° 283° 301°
June 313° 337° 279° 284°
July 317° 267° 273° 296°
August 313° 295° 255° 284°
September 331° 357° 322° 051°
October 316° 317° 295° 333°
November 313° 325° 307° 324°
December 301° 297° 270° 297°

Prevailing wind direction

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