Diamond S Airport

GA89 · Georgia, United States

Climate Diamond S Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Atlanta Speedway Airport (KHMP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.6 70 65 76 69 71
February 68.6 86 68 77 58 65
March 77.6 71 81 78 80 62
April 83.9 74 90 92 84
May 79.8 73 80 86 83
June 74.8 79 92 78 86
July 85.1 87 82 81 87
August 80.7 89 72 76 79
September 81.9 84 82 81 70
October 77.6 87 84 70 71
November 75.5 76 74 93 72
December 66.9 75 47 59 72
Average 76.9 75.5 78.5 79.3 77.5 76.1

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 86.2 83 81 89 86 87
February 83.9 95 87 88 69 85
March 89.3 83 91 88 91 79
April 91.9 86 95 95 91
May 90.9 89 93 94 93
June 82.8 89 97 89 96
July 92.6 95 92 88 96
August 91.3 96 83 91 90
September 90.9 95 92 88 83
October 89.8 93 92 85 88
November 87.6 94 88 98 87
December 82.1 88 69 80 88
Average 88.2 86.7 90.5 89.7 88.2 88.9

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 13.3 12 16 12 12 14
February 17.1 17 19 17 13 14
March 19.4 20 20 20 21 21
April 23.0 23 23 23 22
May 26.9 25 28 26 26
June 30.0 29 32 30 29
July 31.6 32 32 31 32
August 30.8 32 30 31 31
September 28.5 28 28 28 27
October 23.9 23 23 24 24
November 17.7 18 18 18 20
December 14.4 15 14 18 13
Average 21.7 16.2 23.3 23.4 22.7 22.9

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 2.3 1 4 0 2 4
February 5.5 4 7 3 3 4
March 7.2 8 7 6 8 11
April 9.5 10 9 9 9
May 14.6 15 15 13 13
June 18.6 17 19 19 18
July 20.5 21 21 20 21
August 20.5 21 21 21 21
September 17.2 17 16 17 18
October 11.8 11 8 13 13
November 5.5 6 7 3 8
December 4.0 3 6 6 1
Average 10.1 3.9 11.4 11.2 11.2 11.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.0 6 8 10 12 12
February 7.5 5 8 9 7 18
March 7.1 12 8 5 6 13
April 4.5 7 3 3 4
May 4.3 5 1 3 3
June 3.8 3 1 6 3
July 2.4 2 2 4 2
August 5.0 4 2 6 5
September 3.6 2 2 5 9
October 4.7 5 2 9 2
November 6.1 10 6 1 4
December 10.4 7 13 8 7
Average 5.9 8.0 5.5 3.9 5.6 6.1

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 5.7 6 6 6 6 6
February 6.0 7 7 6 6 6
March 6.3 6 6 7 7 7
April 5.6 6 6 6 6
May 5.4 6 6 6 6
June 4.6 5 5 5 5
July 3.7 4 4 4 4
August 4.0 4 4 5 4
September 4.6 4 5 4 6
October 5.2 5 5 5 6
November 5.2 6 6 5 6
December 5.4 6 5 5 6
Average 5.3 6.4 5.3 5.5 5.2 5.5

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 271° 246° 274° 266° 031°
February 204° 232° 229° 037° 248°
March 022° 227° 219° 127° 220°
April 157° 210° 250° 276°
May 076° 209° 184° 214°
June 269° 090° 175° 226°
July 265° 231° 230° 233°
August 257° 168° 137° 193°
September 068° 064° 086° 072°
October 041° 350° 199° 093°
November 070° 052° 333° 063°
December 207° 114° 221° 281°

Prevailing wind direction

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