Rollins Airport

GA53 · Georgia, United States

Climate Rollins Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dekalb-Peachtree Airport (KPDK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.8 63 54 70 71 70
February 64.7 86 65 70 56 56
March 73.5 66 73 72 82 57
April 81.5 67 82 94 86
May 80.8 72 77 88 83
June 82.1 71 90 80 88
July 86.6 87 81 82 89
August 82.6 82 77 82 82
September 84.0 79 83 80 73
October 76.3 84 80 74 75
November 76.3 73 70 92 76
December 63.9 64 43 61 74
Average 76.6 70.7 72.8 75.9 79.2 76.6

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 81.8 75 70 88 84 84
February 79.4 94 83 85 68 75
March 86.3 77 82 84 91 80
April 89.9 81 89 97 93
May 92.4 89 93 96 94
June 91.1 83 97 90 95
July 93.8 94 91 90 96
August 91.8 90 89 90 93
September 92.4 96 89 89 87
October 88.2 95 89 88 87
November 88.0 90 86 97 87
December 77.2 77 57 79 90
Average 87.5 81.4 85.8 87.5 88.8 88.7

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 12.0 11 15 12 11 13
February 16.0 17 18 16 13 14
March 18.8 19 19 20 20 20
April 22.2 22 22 22 21
May 26.7 25 28 26 25
June 29.6 29 32 30 29
July 31.5 32 32 30 32
August 30.7 32 30 31 31
September 28.6 27 28 28 27
October 23.2 23 22 24 24
November 17.0 18 17 17 19
December 13.3 14 13 17 12
Average 21.6 15.4 22.6 22.9 22.3 22.0

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 2.3 1 5 1 3 4
February 5.5 4 8 4 3 4
March 7.4 8 7 7 9 10
April 10.1 11 10 9 9
May 15.6 15 17 14 14
June 19.2 17 21 20 19
July 21.4 21 21 21 22
August 21.2 21 21 21 21
September 17.9 17 16 17 18
October 12.4 11 8 14 14
November 5.9 6 7 4 8
December 4.3 4 6 8 1
Average 11.0 4.3 11.8 11.8 11.9 12.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.6 11 10 10 9 11
February 9.1 5 12 9 6 20
March 7.7 15 9 5 6 13
April 4.6 10 3 3 3
May 4.6 4 4 4 4
June 4.4 7 1 5 3
July 2.1 2 2 3 2
August 3.3 2 2 4 5
September 3.9 3 4 6 7
October 5.0 3 2 7 4
November 5.4 8 7 1 2
December 10.4 7 19 9 6
Average 6.1 10.6 6.0 4.9 5.1 6.4

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 6.4 7 6 6 6 6
February 6.3 6 6 6 7 6
March 6.7 6 6 7 5 6
April 6.4 5 6 6 7
May 5.3 5 5 5 5
June 4.8 5 5 5 5
July 4.4 5 4 4 4
August 4.0 5 3 4 4
September 4.1 4 5 4 4
October 4.8 5 5 4 4
November 5.2 5 5 5 5
December 5.5 5 4 5 6
Average 5.4 6.2 5.1 5.1 4.9 5.3

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 290° 258° 280° 287° 298°
February 263° 246° 279° 299° 268°
March 300° 259° 266° 267° 248°
April 269° 264° 279° 289°
May 293° 234° 258° 282°
June 284° 308° 237° 262°
July 299° 248° 246° 270°
August 285° 264° 248° 258°
September 309° 320° 309° 308°
October 282° 300° 278° 288°
November 308° 297° 293° 306°
December 291° 263° 236° 290°

Prevailing wind direction

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