Thomas Ridge Airport

3GA7 · Georgia, United States

Climate Thomas Ridge Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Butler Municipal Airport (K6A1) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 83.1 77 69 80 69 95
February 81.7 82 73 81 57 89
March 84.7 72 81 74 80 90
April 92.0 77 91 91 96
May 91.3 76 84 89 98
June 81.5 86 92 78 25
July 86.3 92 84 85 59
August 89.2 93 81 75 85
September 87.7 83 83 86 73
October 87.0 88 78 77 75
November 84.9 79 72 94 75
December 78.2 82 60 65 77
Average 85.5 76.7 81.8 81.3 79.3 77.3

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 91.3 91 80 92 87 96
February 89.0 90 88 92 69 92
March 92.3 84 91 88 93 92
April 95.1 87 96 95 98
May 95.0 87 93 93 99
June 85.0 93 96 88 25
July 90.0 95 95 94 60
August 93.5 95 92 86 90
September 92.9 92 90 92 85
October 92.9 92 89 87 90
November 90.7 88 87 98 83
December 86.7 87 75 79 91
Average 91.2 88.0 89.9 91.2 88.6 82.3

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 14.8 14 17 14 14 16
February 19.2 18 21 19 16 17
March 22.0 21 22 23 22 23
April 24.9 25 24 24 24
May 28.7 27 30 28 28
June 31.3 30 33 31 31
July 32.4 33 32 32 33
August 31.9 34 31 32 32
September 30.2 30 29 29 28
October 25.4 25 24 25 26
November 19.3 19 20 19 22
December 16.3 16 17 20 15
Average 24.3 17.8 24.8 24.8 24.2 24.4

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 4.4 3 7 3 5 7
February 8.2 7 10 6 6 7
March 10.4 11 10 10 10 13
April 12.8 13 12 12 12
May 17.1 16 17 15 15
June 20.7 19 21 20 20
July 21.9 23 23 22 22
August 22.0 22 22 22 22
September 19.0 18 17 18 19
October 14.8 13 15 15 16
November 8.2 8 10 6 11
December 6.5 5 9 10 3
Average 13.4 6.9 13.6 13.8 13.4 13.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.5 4 7 7 9 9
February 7.7 7 4 4 12 16
March 5.5 9 4 4 5 10
April 3.8 5 3 4 5
May 3.7 4 2 2 2
June 4.7 3 4 8 0
July 3.0 1 3 5 3
August 4.7 5 2 6 4
September 3.1 3 2 6 7
October 4.9 6 2 6 1
November 5.6 7 5 0 5
December 7.3 6 4 6 7
Average 5.1 7.0 4.3 3.3 5.6 5.4

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 6.2 7 6 6 6 6
February 6.4 7 7 6 6 6
March 6.7 6 6 7 7 6
April 6.3 6 6 6 7
May 5.1 6 6 6 6
June 4.8 6 5 5 6
July 4.3 4 4 4 5
August 4.4 5 4 4 4
September 5.1 5 5 4 6
October 5.5 6 6 4 6
November 5.5 6 6 5 5
December 5.7 6 5 5 6
Average 5.6 6.6 5.6 5.6 5.2 5.6

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 339° 267° 304° 286° 341°
February 353° 257° 282° 347° 274°
March 352° 304° 256° 075° 237°
April 359° 236° 287° 307°
May 020° 241° 322° 308°
June 331° 036° 343° 287°
July 324° 238° 329° 238°
August 344° 226° 107° 228°
September 029° 044° 039° 053°
October 005° 015° 324° 056°
November 016° 030° 004° 032°
December 351° 280° 252° 297°

Prevailing wind direction

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