Topsail Airpark

01NC · North Carolina, United States

Climate Topsail Airpark 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of New River Marine Corps Air Station (Mccutcheon Field) (KNCA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 82.3 89 77 80 74 90
February 77.7 93 79 76 61 75
March 80.1 63 87 80 77 79
April 86.5 80 92 97 85
May 81.3 73 74 89 77
June 86.1 86 93 84 72
July 88.5 90 80 89 93
August 84.6 82 81 82 88
September 80.4 53 91 89 75
October 80.3 90 74 79 78
November 83.6 85 85 95 85
December 82.3 85 88 87 83
Average 82.7 80.1 80.4 82.5 84.0 81.8

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 91.4 97 86 91 81 98
February 87.1 98 86 90 69 88
March 90.4 76 94 90 89 91
April 94.9 93 96 99 95
May 93.3 93 91 95 90
June 94.3 95 97 93 87
July 95.1 95 91 96 98
August 92.5 88 92 90 96
September 90.1 73 93 97 87
October 92.2 95 90 93 86
November 91.5 93 92 99 93
December 89.8 90 95 95 92
Average 91.8 88.9 90.2 92.2 91.7 91.6

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 14.1 14 17 13 12 17
February 17.8 16 19 17 14 17
March 19.1 20 19 21 20 21
April 23.4 24 24 23 23
May 26.7 24 27 27 25
June 29.4 28 30 29 28
July 31.1 31 31 30 32
August 30.6 31 30 31 31
September 28.7 28 28 28 28
October 24.4 24 22 25 25
November 18.7 18 20 18 21
December 15.8 16 15 19 15
Average 22.5 16.7 23.1 23.3 23.0 23.6

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 3.5 4 5 1 3 6
February 6.3 5 7 5 4 7
March 8.0 9 8 9 9 11
April 11.8 12 9 11 11
May 16.4 13 18 15 15
June 20.2 17 20 21 21
July 22.6 22 23 22 24
August 22.3 22 21 21 24
September 19.5 19 18 19 19
October 14.1 12 12 13 16
November 7.8 7 10 6 10
December 5.2 5 5 7 3
Average 12.3 5.9 12.4 12.8 12.6 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 7.3 6 8 12 11 3
February 9.7 5 8 9 17 8
March 6.4 10 5 7 6 8
April 6.0 11 4 1 5
May 5.6 11 3 4 8
June 4.9 4 3 7 9
July 4.7 5 5 7 3
August 5.2 7 7 5 5
September 6.2 9 8 5 8
October 5.1 8 5 4 5
November 6.0 6 8 3 6
December 10.1 11 6 6 7
Average 6.4 7.4 7.7 6.0 6.1 6.3

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 8.1 9 7 9 8 9
February 8.3 9 8 8 9 9
March 9.2 9 9 9 9 9
April 9.0 9 9 9 10
May 8.3 9 9 8 9
June 7.1 7 7 7 8
July 6.6 6 6 7 6
August 6.2 7 6 6 6
September 7.3 8 7 7 7
October 7.1 7 7 7 7
November 7.4 7 8 8 7
December 7.1 7 6 7 8
Average 7.7 8.5 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.7

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 266° 282° 331° 312° 302°
February 318° 290° 349° 328° 284°
March 330° 300° 226° 001° 284°
April 131° 230° 271° 266°
May 023° 228° 188° 354°
June 207° 110° 182° 206°
July 197° 218° 193° 197°
August 203° 176° 175° 202°
September 351° 052° 058° 023°
October 348° 002° 315° 035°
November 003° 025° 343° 021°
December 356° 008° 290° 286°

Prevailing wind direction

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