Bradford Field

NC05 · North Carolina, United States

Climate Bradford Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Concord-Padgett Regional Airport (KJQF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 76.2 76 70 87 72 75
February 71.2 86 73 68 58 71
March 79.5 71 83 77 82 82
April 84.4 77 91 95 85
May 79.0 75 76 93 69
June 82.0 67 96 77 79
July 87.2 89 83 88 89
August 81.9 85 86 86 67
September 82.5 84 84 84 71
October 79.7 93 79 73 76
November 82.6 94 76 98 77
December 75.3 80 62 74 76
Average 80.0 77.1 80.7 81.4 82.4 76.4

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 84.3 84 78 95 77 84
February 80.1 93 81 74 67 83
March 87.4 81 91 89 88 88
April 91.2 85 95 97 94
May 90.4 91 91 97 79
June 92.3 84 98 92 91
July 94.1 96 91 94 95
August 91.1 91 95 94 83
September 90.5 94 90 90 85
October 88.7 97 89 86 83
November 88.7 96 86 99 86
December 82.2 84 76 84 81
Average 88.4 85.6 89.1 90.0 89.6 86.0

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 11.6 12 14 11 11 13
February 15.6 16 18 15 11 14
March 18.1 19 19 20 19 20
April 22.8 23 23 23 22
May 26.3 24 27 26 24
June 29.8 28 32 30 29
July 32.1 32 32 32 33
August 30.8 32 30 32 30
September 28.4 28 28 29 26
October 23.5 24 22 24 23
November 16.9 18 19 17 19
December 13.7 15 12 18 12
Average 21.6 15.5 22.9 22.8 22.6 22.1

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 2.3 1 5 0 2 5
February 5.2 4 7 3 3 6
March 7.3 7 7 7 8 11
April 11.1 10 10 10 11
May 16.0 14 16 15 14
June 19.7 17 19 20 21
July 22.0 21 22 22 23
August 21.2 20 21 21 22
September 17.6 16 16 17 17
October 11.9 10 9 14 13
November 5.5 4 7 4 8
December 3.5 3 4 7 2
Average 11.0 4.1 11.1 11.3 11.8 12.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.9 10 7 5 9 12
February 6.8 4 3 6 11 9
March 6.2 10 5 6 7 4
April 5.7 10 3 2 5
May 4.1 5 2 2 10
June 3.0 6 1 2 3
July 1.7 0 2 3 1
August 3.3 5 2 4 3
September 4.4 1 8 3 7
October 3.6 1 2 3 5
November 5.6 5 7 3 2
December 8.3 8 5 2 7
Average 5.3 7.9 4.6 4.0 3.7 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 5.3 6 5 6 5 5
February 5.9 7 6 6 5 6
March 6.3 6 6 7 6 6
April 6.3 6 7 7 7
May 5.6 7 6 5 5
June 4.8 5 5 5 5
July 3.6 4 4 4 4
August 3.3 4 4 3 4
September 4.5 4 5 4 6
October 4.1 4 4 4 4
November 4.6 4 6 6 4
December 4.2 4 3 6 5
Average 4.9 6.2 4.9 5.4 4.9 4.9

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 284° 258° 309° 313° 294°
February 266° 243° 245° 319° 247°
March 317° 273° 244° 023° 233°
April 247° 248° 278° 277°
May 028° 256° 275° 298°
June 312° 318° 225° 271°
July 293° 231° 239° 200°
August 303° 269° 177° 224°
September 039° 019° 324° 036°
October 298° 350° 276° 326°
November 033° 034° 321° 268°
December 289° 329° 229° 297°

Prevailing wind direction

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