Caffrey Heliport

00GE · Georgia, United States

Climate Caffrey Heliport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cobb County International/Mccollum Field (KRYY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 67.0 64 57 70 40 68
February 66.5 85 62 72 67 55
March 69.6 66 81 76 0 51
April 77.5 77 72 85 100 82
May 78.2 74 75 89 76
June 80.5 76 87 73 82
July 83.5 91 84 77 86
August 78.9 81 74 82 76
September 80.3 84 83 75 71
October 74.5 86 81 69 76
November 73.2 77 68 90 65
December 60.7 65 47 57 68
Average 76.0 72.6 76.1 76.5 76.5 72.2

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 82.5 80 76 86 60 85
February 81.9 94 85 83 100 76
March 84.8 79 89 89 0 76
April 89.6 92 86 92 100 93
May 93.7 93 94 98 95
June 93.5 91 95 91 97
July 93.8 98 93 89 96
August 91.8 93 90 91 90
September 92.7 97 93 89 90
October 90.2 98 91 89 86
November 87.9 93 85 99 84
December 77.0 78 62 78 85
Average 89.0 86.1 90.0 89.1 90.5 88.6

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 11.1 11 15 11 10 12
February 16.2 17 18 16 16 14
March 18.7 19 19 20 12 20
April 21.9 23 22 22 18 21
May 26.3 25 28 25 25
June 29.4 29 31 29 29
July 31.1 32 32 30 32
August 30.8 32 30 30 31
September 28.6 28 28 27 27
October 23.0 23 22 23 23
November 16.6 18 17 17 19
December 13.5 14 13 17 11
Average 22.2 17.4 22.9 22.8 24.3 21.9

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 1.8 0 5 0 6 2
February 5.6 4 7 4 14 4
March 8.3 8 7 7 12 11
April 11.2 11 11 10 12 10
May 16.2 16 17 14 14
June 20.3 19 21 20 19
July 22.2 22 21 22 22
August 21.7 22 22 22 22
September 18.6 18 17 17 18
October 12.6 12 9 14 15
November 5.8 7 8 4 9
December 4.5 3 7 8 2
Average 13.1 6.0 12.3 12.0 14.7 12.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.8 13 6 10 20 14
February 10.2 6 8 8 0 22
March 9.2 13 8 5 0 18
April 6.0 8 8 3 0 6
May 3.9 3 4 3 6
June 4.3 3 2 7 5
July 2.7 1 4 4 3
August 4.7 1 2 8 7
September 3.7 2 2 7 12
October 5.7 1 1 6 9
November 5.9 6 6 1 3
December 13.2 12 16 8 8
Average 7.2 9.9 4.5 4.5 5.4 9.0

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 6 6 5 7
February 6.4 6 6 7 12 7
March 6.9 6 6 8 0 6
April 6.9 7 7 6 4 7
May 6.0 7 6 6 6
June 5.2 5 5 5 6
July 4.6 5 5 5 4
August 4.7 5 4 5 5
September 4.8 5 5 4 6
October 5.7 6 6 5 5
November 6.0 6 6 6 7
December 6.0 6 5 5 6
Average 5.7 6.6 5.8 5.7 5.0 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 293° 265° 289° 270° 290°
February 251° 251° 269° 292° 266°
March 322° 246° 253° 360° 231°
April 242° 235° 238° 144° 284°
May 122° 223° 232° 253°
June 255° 261° 209° 243°
July 284° 250° 254° 245°
August 270° 225° 179° 248°
September 112° 070° 317° 112°
October 255° 274° 262° 137°
November 072° 067° 288° 005°
December 284° 178° 236° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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