H & J Strip Airport

0NC1 · North Carolina, United States

Climate H & J Strip Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Burlington/Alamance Regional Airport (KBUY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.1 74 71 87 79 80
February 74.8 83 74 75 58 76
March 81.7 71 82 80 80 84
April 84.7 77 89 99 87
May 80.9 79 70 92 76
June 86.1 79 97 82 82
July 89.6 86 85 93 94
August 85.3 82 87 88 81
September 81.6 79 84 88 76
October 77.0 89 75 76 75
November 82.1 92 80 97 78
December 78.6 79 64 85 79
Average 81.4 75.4 80.7 81.7 85.1 80.8

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 85.8 83 78 93 84 89
February 84.7 89 86 84 71 89
March 90.1 80 91 91 90 94
April 93.1 89 94 100 98
May 91.0 91 85 98 83
June 94.5 90 99 94 91
July 95.2 92 93 97 97
August 92.8 90 94 93 89
September 91.2 92 91 95 86
October 87.6 91 90 95 82
November 87.7 94 87 98 88
December 86.5 85 80 94 86
Average 89.7 83.3 89.1 90.5 92.7 89.4

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 11.3 11 13 9 11 13
February 15.4 14 17 15 12 15
March 17.8 19 17 19 19 20
April 22.7 23 22 23 23
May 26.4 24 27 26 24
June 29.7 28 31 29 30
July 32.5 32 32 32 34
August 31.0 31 30 32 31
September 28.1 27 27 28 26
October 22.8 23 20 24 24
November 16.6 17 18 16 21
December 13.1 14 10 17 13
Average 21.4 14.7 22.0 22.2 22.2 22.7

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 0.8 0 3 -2 1 4
February 3.5 3 5 1 2 4
March 5.6 6 5 6 5 10
April 9.7 9 8 9 9
May 14.7 13 15 12 14
June 18.4 16 18 19 20
July 21.3 21 21 21 22
August 20.1 19 20 21 22
September 17.1 16 15 16 17
October 10.7 9 8 13 11
November 3.9 2 6 2 7
December 1.8 1 2 3 1
Average 9.7 2.7 9.9 10.2 10.3 11.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.4 14 15 9 10 12
February 11.2 9 11 15 16 11
March 8.6 16 11 8 5 5
April 8.7 14 5 1 8
May 6.0 8 5 3 12
June 4.7 9 1 5 6
July 2.7 2 3 5 3
August 3.5 3 1 4 5
September 6.6 8 10 4 8
October 6.0 6 5 3 7
November 7.1 6 9 3 8
December 10.7 13 13 5 9
Average 7.5 13.1 8.6 6.5 5.2 7.5

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 7 5 6
February 6.5 6 7 6 7 6
March 7.0 6 7 7 7 7
April 6.8 6 7 7 8
May 6.0 7 6 5 6
June 5.3 6 5 5 6
July 4.9 5 5 5 5
August 4.3 4 4 4 4
September 4.9 4 5 5 5
October 4.7 4 5 5 4
November 5.3 4 6 6 5
December 5.0 4 4 5 6
Average 5.7 6.2 5.3 5.7 5.4 5.7

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 260° 253° 301° 284° 275°
February 252° 244° 238° 316° 242°
March 294° 255° 236° 301° 225°
April 229° 252° 260° 265°
May 345° 297° 244° 275°
June 275° 271° 205° 237°
July 235° 218° 213° 218°
August 268° 233° 180° 207°
September 351° 343° 243° 011°
October 274° 326° 275° 324°
November 333° 327° 298° 245°
December 268° 280° 223° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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