Fall Creek Field

TN96 · Tennessee, United States

Climate Fall Creek Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Smyrna Airport (KMQY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.4 52 54 65 70 65
February 62.8 76 66 68 50 55
March 78.0 75 80 85 79 61
April 83.6 79 84 88 83
May 86.4 87 79 87 85
June 88.2 83 96 86 90
July 87.5 86 86 74 95
August 85.5 82 91 81 83
September 86.6 91 90 81 81
October 80.7 89 91 83 74
November 78.7 84 77 86 85
December 67.6 70 48 65 74
Average 78.5 67.9 79.6 81.6 78.1 78.3

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 85.0 81 80 82 92 86
February 82.0 86 83 81 71 79
March 92.6 89 94 96 92 88
April 93.6 89 93 98 98
May 95.5 95 94 96 97
June 96.3 92 99 96 99
July 96.2 95 96 92 98
August 95.3 96 96 89 95
September 94.2 97 96 91 92
October 93.2 96 99 95 85
November 92.9 95 92 95 96
December 85.1 89 71 84 85
Average 91.5 85.6 92.0 92.4 91.3 91.8

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 10.1 7 13 8 10 12
February 14.1 16 16 13 9 13
March 17.5 19 17 19 19 18
April 21.6 22 21 21 21
May 26.5 26 28 25 24
June 30.4 30 32 30 30
July 32.0 32 33 31 33
August 31.0 31 31 31 31
September 28.8 29 29 27 27
October 23.0 24 22 24 22
November 15.8 18 16 15 18
December 12.7 13 12 17 11
Average 21.0 14.1 22.6 22.4 21.6 21.6

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 0.1 -2 3 -3 0 3
February 2.5 3 5 -1 -2 2
March 5.4 7 5 5 5 8
April 8.7 9 9 8 8
May 14.7 15 16 12 13
June 18.6 16 20 19 19
July 20.4 21 23 15 22
August 19.9 21 21 18 21
September 15.5 16 15 16 17
October 10.4 11 8 13 10
November 3.0 4 4 1 4
December 1.9 2 4 5 -1
Average 9.2 2.3 10.5 10.1 9.3 10.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.9 22 15 19 7 18
February 15.2 12 10 18 15 20
March 8.0 10 6 6 6 12
April 8.1 8 7 8 5
May 5.1 6 3 5 7
June 3.0 3 1 3 2
July 2.9 4 4 4 1
August 4.1 5 2 7 5
September 5.7 4 5 9 4
October 6.1 4 3 6 8
November 6.5 4 6 5 7
December 11.9 8 24 6 7
Average 8.0 14.2 6.3 6.9 6.6 7.4

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 7.1 7 7 7 7 6
February 7.2 7 8 7 7 7
March 7.8 7 8 8 7 7
April 7.2 7 8 7 7
May 6.2 6 7 6 6
June 5.8 6 6 6 6
July 4.9 5 5 5 5
August 4.9 6 5 5 5
September 5.0 5 6 5 5
October 5.8 7 7 5 5
November 6.0 6 6 6 6
December 6.2 6 6 6 6
Average 6.3 7.1 6.3 6.4 5.8 6.0

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 277° 234° 318° 274° 243°
February 269° 230° 266° 318° 264°
March 233° 273° 231° 336° 253°
April 260° 225° 275° 295°
May 353° 204° 054° 230°
June 295° 353° 196° 206°
July 256° 224° 265° 251°
August 310° 196° 185° 349°
September 007° 011° 341° 003°
October 288° 255° 216° 312°
November 280° 287° 253° 246°
December 240° 210° 201° 249°

Prevailing wind direction

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