Cox Airport

NC81 · North Carolina, United States

Climate Cox Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Raleigh-Durham International Airport (KRDU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.1 78 78 84 74 86
February 75.4 90 76 77 57 77
March 80.3 75 83 74 77 79
April 86.1 78 95 97 85
May 81.4 79 75 92 76
June 85.2 82 94 78 79
July 89.8 93 81 92 96
August 87.2 87 91 88 84
September 81.6 79 90 87 74
October 80.8 92 83 77 78
November 84.5 94 84 96 81
December 79.4 82 72 78 77
Average 82.6 80.8 83.5 83.9 83.2 80.9

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 86.4 85 84 92 80 91
February 84.2 93 87 88 69 87
March 89.9 85 89 90 88 91
April 93.1 88 98 99 95
May 91.8 88 93 98 82
June 94.0 93 97 90 90
July 95.5 97 92 95 98
August 94.4 93 98 94 92
September 92.3 92 94 97 86
October 90.2 94 94 92 82
November 90.5 98 92 98 89
December 86.7 87 84 92 81
Average 90.7 87.4 90.8 93.2 91.6 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 11.8 13 15 10 10 13
February 15.7 16 18 16 11 14
March 17.9 20 18 20 19 20
April 22.8 24 23 23 22
May 26.4 25 27 26 24
June 30.0 30 32 30 29
July 32.6 33 33 31 33
August 31.4 33 32 32 31
September 28.4 29 29 28 26
October 23.4 24 22 24 24
November 16.9 18 19 16 20
December 13.7 16 12 18 12
Average 21.8 16.2 23.4 23.2 22.4 22.3

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 1.9 3 5 -1 1 4
February 4.6 5 7 3 1 5
March 6.3 8 7 8 4 10
April 10.6 11 11 9 10
May 15.5 14 17 13 14
June 19.4 18 20 20 20
July 22.0 23 23 21 22
August 21.3 22 21 22 22
September 18.1 18 17 18 17
October 12.4 12 10 14 13
November 5.4 5 8 4 8
December 3.4 5 4 6 2
Average 11.0 5.2 12.3 12.1 11.1 12.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.8 13 13 10 13 8
February 12.3 7 13 10 19 12
March 8.6 11 9 8 8 7
April 7.3 13 3 2 6
May 6.8 10 4 5 15
June 4.9 9 1 6 8
July 3.0 4 4 6 2
August 3.6 4 2 5 4
September 5.8 9 5 3 9
October 5.6 7 2 4 8
November 7.4 4 5 4 6
December 10.2 11 11 5 12
Average 7.3 10.3 8.6 4.8 6.3 7.8

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 7 5 7
February 7.0 7 7 7 7 7
March 7.4 7 7 8 7 8
April 7.4 7 7 7 8
May 6.9 8 7 6 7
June 6.1 6 6 6 7
July 5.9 6 6 6 6
August 5.3 5 5 5 5
September 6.0 5 6 6 6
October 5.5 5 5 6 5
November 5.6 5 6 6 5
December 5.6 5 5 6 6
Average 6.4 7.0 6.1 6.3 6.0 6.4

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 233° 236° 276° 274° 262°
February 245° 233° 217° 337° 239°
March 262° 243° 233° 255° 227°
April 219° 241° 254° 244°
May 026° 239° 242° 229°
June 238° 215° 223° 222°
July 227° 222° 222° 226°
August 229° 197° 195° 207°
September 021° 055° 194° 048°
October 287° 330° 260° 078°
November 030° 105° 300° 203°
December 229° 339° 226° 254°

Prevailing wind direction

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