Smith Field

51GA · Georgia, United States

Climate Smith Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Atlanta Regional Falcon Field (KFFC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.0 67 60 73 72 72
February 66.0 85 66 74 63 61
March 74.9 68 71 75 79 64
April 83.3 69 85 95 89
May 81.6 71 73 88 84
June 82.4 77 87 81 86
July 85.8 88 81 86 87
August 83.0 87 79 78 81
September 84.0 81 83 81 76
October 77.5 85 82 75 74
November 74.6 71 71 93 72
December 65.2 69 44 59 75
Average 77.4 70.9 75.0 76.9 79.7 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 84.7 81 77 86 87 86
February 82.5 98 83 86 79 78
March 87.0 79 83 84 88 82
April 92.7 83 92 98 94
May 91.7 88 85 95 93
June 91.6 90 92 91 96
July 93.2 95 93 91 96
August 91.7 94 89 88 91
September 92.9 96 92 89 88
October 90.0 92 89 89 89
November 87.6 89 86 98 86
December 81.5 87 63 80 89
Average 88.7 83.9 88.1 87.2 89.7 89.5

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 13.8 12 17 13 13 15
February 17.8 18 20 18 15 16
March 20.5 21 20 21 21 22
April 23.7 23 24 23 24
May 27.7 25 29 27 27
June 30.2 29 32 30 30
July 31.9 32 33 31 32
August 31.5 32 31 31 31
September 29.6 29 29 28 27
October 24.4 23 23 24 25
November 18.5 18 19 19 21
December 15.1 15 15 19 14
Average 22.9 16.8 23.5 24.2 23.3 23.5

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 2.6 1 5 1 3 5
February 6.1 6 8 4 3 6
March 7.6 9 7 7 8 12
April 10.1 10 10 9 10
May 15.0 15 14 13 14
June 18.1 17 15 19 18
July 20.9 21 19 22 22
August 20.9 21 21 20 21
September 17.9 17 17 17 18
October 12.3 10 9 13 14
November 5.8 6 8 4 8
December 4.4 3 7 7 1
Average 11.0 4.8 11.5 11.2 11.5 12.3

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 10 11 6 9 11
February 8.7 7 9 10 5 21
March 8.5 14 15 7 7 13
April 5.2 8 4 5 5
May 5.3 7 5 4 5
June 4.1 3 1 7 3
July 2.5 2 2 5 2
August 3.5 1 2 5 4
September 3.6 4 4 4 7
October 4.6 5 2 4 4
November 6.3 9 5 1 3
December 9.5 7 12 7 5
Average 6.2 10.7 6.5 4.5 5.2 6.7

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 5 5 5 6
February 5.5 5 5 6 6 5
March 6.0 6 5 6 5 5
April 5.5 5 5 5 6
May 4.5 5 4 5 5
June 3.9 4 4 4 4
July 3.3 4 3 3 4
August 3.6 4 4 4 3
September 4.2 4 5 4 5
October 4.8 5 5 4 5
November 5.1 5 6 5 5
December 5.1 5 4 4 6
Average 4.8 5.9 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.8

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 311° 295° 308° 296° 328°
February 329° 299° 318° 331° 303°
March 335° 309° 284° 058° 278°
April 001° 282° 308° 306°
May 062° 079° 302° 310°
June 301° 330° 176° 272°
July 296° 246° 260° 288°
August 309° 300° 110° 220°
September 042° 027° 349° 063°
October 333° 325° 324° 058°
November 009° 348° 321° 356°
December 306° 103° 291° 307°

Prevailing wind direction

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