Meadowlake Airport

12TN · Tennessee, United States

Climate Meadowlake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rockwood Municipal Airport (KRKW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.7 47 53 64 61 62
February 58.7 60 70 54 52
March 76.6 88 81 84 76 54
April 81.9 81 85 88 76
May 82.2 83 79 83 80
June 83.1 82 92 76 86
July 82.5 83 73 93
August 78.4 77 81 75
September 85.2 92 82 85 77
October 77.3 92 84 54 75
November 73.2 78 74 75 87
December 62.2 88 45 62 58
Average 75.4 73.5 79.1 78.2 72.0 74.2

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 78.0 82 73 82 79 81
February 75.2 79 86 71 69
March 85.9 95 87 95 81 68
April 91.9 90 92 94 93
May 92.3 94 89 94 90
June 91.5 91 96 92 95
July 91.5 93 87 96
August 88.9 89 92 88
September 91.8 97 88 90 90
October 90.0 97 98 74 86
November 88.1 91 91 99 93
December 81.1 99 66 78 82
Average 87.8 90.0 89.7 89.6 84.6 86.8

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 7.9 5 11 7 7 10
February 11.3 14 12 9 10
March 16.0 18 16 17 17 16
April 19.3 20 19 19 18
May 23.8 23 24 23 22
June 26.7 26 29 27 27
July 28.8 29 30 30
August 27.8 28 28 28
September 26.2 26 24 25 24
October 20.1 21 18 20 21
November 12.7 14 14 9 16
December 10.4 10 10 14 8
Average 18.2 11.7 20.1 19.5 16.1 19.2

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 0.4 1 3 -3 0 3
February 2.2 5 0 0 2
March 5.7 7 5 6 6 8
April 8.6 10 9 7 8
May 13.9 13 15 12 12
June 17.4 16 18 18 17
July 19.7 19 21 20
August 18.9 19 19 19
September 16.4 15 14 18 16
October 10.4 10 7 13 11
November 4.5 8 6 3 6
December 3.0 4 3 6 0
Average 9.2 3.8 10.8 9.7 7.3 10.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 5.1 4 6 5 5 5
February 5.8 6 6 5 6
March 6.3 6 6 7 6 6
April 6.0 5 7 6 6
May 4.5 4 4 4 5
June 4.1 4 4 4 4
July 3.3 3 4 3
August 3.0 4 3 3
September 3.2 3 4 2 3
October 4.1 4 5 4 4
November 4.9 5 5 5 5
December 4.7 4 4 6 5
Average 4.6 5.2 4.4 4.6 4.9 4.5

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 218° 236° 282° 244° 228°
February 221° 222° 275° 233°
March 246° 238° 226° 227° 225°
April 223° 221° 241° 288°
May 242° 203° 258° 216°
June 252° 215° 212° 216°
July 232° 219° 248°
August 269° 214° 221°
September 352° 001° 167° 188°
October 270° 280° 213° 209°
November 197° 250° 214° 231°
December 252° 229° 216° 233°

Prevailing wind direction

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