Hawk's Knoll Airport

2NC1 · North Carolina, United States

Climate Hawk's Knoll Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Charlotte/Monroe Executive Airport (KEQY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 73.8 69 66 84 75 74
February 72.5 91 73 70 57 74
March 78.1 65 81 71 83 78
April 84.7 75 87 96 90
May 81.3 75 80 93 75
June 85.1 76 93 83 82
July 87.0 90 73 92 93
August 81.4 74 85 86 75
September 82.6 80 76 84 77
October 77.9 87 73 79 77
November 80.9 88 75 93 79
December 73.2 78 59 75 77
Average 79.7 74.2 78.5 78.1 83.8 79.5

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 81.7 75 76 92 78 86
February 83.0 98 80 80 67 89
March 87.6 75 89 87 89 88
April 91.7 86 93 98 97
May 91.5 89 92 98 82
June 93.5 90 96 94 95
July 92.9 94 83 96 97
August 88.3 79 90 93 85
September 90.0 94 80 90 87
October 87.9 94 83 91 87
November 87.7 89 87 97 88
December 82.4 87 75 84 84
Average 87.9 81.9 87.3 87.2 90.4 88.8

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 12.1 12 15 11 11 13
February 16.0 16 18 16 11 15
March 18.3 19 19 20 19 20
April 22.7 22 23 23 22
May 26.3 24 27 26 24
June 29.9 28 32 30 29
July 32.1 32 32 31 33
August 31.1 32 31 32 30
September 28.4 27 28 28 26
October 23.7 23 22 25 24
November 17.0 18 19 17 19
December 13.9 15 12 18 12
Average 21.8 15.6 22.8 22.9 22.6 22.2

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 2.2 2 5 0 2 4
February 5.1 5 7 4 2 5
March 7.1 8 8 7 8 10
April 10.5 11 10 10 10
May 15.4 14 17 14 14
June 19.1 18 20 19 19
July 21.4 22 22 21 22
August 20.7 20 21 21 22
September 17.7 17 17 17 17
October 12.1 11 10 14 13
November 5.6 5 8 4 8
December 3.7 4 4 7 1
Average 10.9 4.8 11.7 11.9 11.5 12.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.7 19 10 12 11 14
February 9.0 9 4 9 15 15
March 9.5 15 13 11 7 9
April 8.0 18 5 3 5
May 5.4 8 3 4 10
June 4.4 10 2 5 4
July 2.3 1 3 5 2
August 3.9 7 2 6 5
September 5.2 4 8 6 6
October 4.7 4 1 5 6
November 7.0 8 9 4 6
December 10.7 12 10 6 9
Average 7.3 14.5 8.2 5.8 6.1 7.1

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 6.5 7 6 8 6 7
February 7.1 7 7 7 7 7
March 7.1 6 6 7 7 7
April 7.0 7 7 7 7
May 6.2 7 6 6 6
June 5.6 6 5 6 7
July 5.1 4 6 5 5
August 4.5 4 4 4 4
September 5.4 5 6 5 6
October 5.3 5 6 6 5
November 5.8 5 6 6 5
December 6.0 6 5 7 6
Average 6.0 6.9 5.7 6.1 5.9 5.9

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 265° 246° 315° 294° 299°
February 250° 241° 292° 330° 243°
March 334° 276° 242° 351° 246°
April 261° 245° 270° 267°
May 007° 276° 268° 300°
June 302° 299° 237° 263°
July 252° 229° 238° 250°
August 292° 255° 264° 237°
September 021° 017° 334° 032°
October 305° 359° 281° 015°
November 015° 005° 324° 304°
December 271° 322° 237° 285°

Prevailing wind direction

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