Ward Farms Airport

TN41 · Tennessee, United States

Climate Ward Farms Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Tri-Cities Airport (KTRI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.6 64 68 74 61 80
February 75.3 85 73 83 60 72
March 86.2 82 89 87 91 81
April 90.0 93 86 98 88
May 88.4 87 87 90 88
June 88.4 88 94 92 84
July 84.8 80 74 89 90
August 84.7 73 86 93 85
September 87.1 82 85 89 86
October 85.5 88 84 80 87
November 84.3 91 85 92 90
December 78.1 79 60 80 80
Average 83.4 77.3 82.5 83.1 85.6 84.4

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 88.2 86 82 90 85 91
February 87.0 93 84 92 80 81
March 93.5 94 95 92 96 91
April 96.3 97 96 100 98
May 94.8 95 94 97 94
June 94.4 93 97 96 94
July 93.3 89 91 97 95
August 91.2 85 93 96 91
September 92.4 90 90 95 91
October 94.0 94 95 89 94
November 94.4 99 94 98 98
December 89.1 91 73 92 94
Average 92.4 90.9 90.9 92.0 93.7 92.7

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 9.1 8 12 7 8 11
February 13.5 14 15 13 10 11
March 16.4 18 17 18 18 18
April 20.7 22 21 20 19
May 25.0 24 26 24 23
June 28.3 27 30 29 28
July 30.7 30 31 31 32
August 29.5 29 30 31 29
September 27.5 28 26 27 26
October 22.0 22 20 22 22
November 14.9 17 17 13 18
December 11.1 12 11 15 9
Average 19.8 13.3 21.1 21.1 20.8 20.3

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 -1.4 -2 2 -3 0 2
February 1.8 1 4 0 0 1
March 3.8 5 4 4 4 7
April 7.1 7 7 6 6
May 12.8 12 13 11 11
June 16.6 15 17 18 16
July 19.1 19 20 18 20
August 18.4 18 19 20 19
September 15.1 15 14 14 15
October 9.2 9 6 12 9
November 2.1 2 4 0 4
December 0.8 1 3 3 -2
Average 7.9 1.0 8.8 8.8 8.7 9.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.3 21 19 12 15 13
February 15.0 9 13 13 19 26
March 9.7 11 10 10 8 14
April 7.6 7 7 5 9
May 7.1 6 8 4 10
June 5.1 8 4 4 4
July 2.6 4 5 1 1
August 4.9 8 2 6 5
September 4.6 1 5 4 11
October 5.8 4 2 7 6
November 6.5 4 9 1 4
December 11.0 13 21 7 11
Average 8.2 13.3 7.8 7.2 6.4 8.9

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 5 5 6
February 5.1 5 5 6 5 5
March 6.1 6 5 8 5 6
April 5.8 5 6 6 7
May 4.7 5 4 4 5
June 4.2 5 4 4 5
July 3.8 4 4 4 3
August 3.4 4 3 3 3
September 3.3 3 3 4 4
October 3.8 4 4 4 3
November 4.0 4 5 4 5
December 4.3 4 3 3 4
Average 4.6 5.2 4.4 4.6 4.2 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 254° 257° 263° 261° 252°
February 265° 256° 242° 261° 257°
March 248° 262° 250° 266° 255°
April 242° 254° 260° 251°
May 247° 247° 257° 253°
June 256° 256° 252° 237°
July 245° 233° 245° 245°
August 256° 247° 244° 246°
September 253° 279° 243° 237°
October 265° 260° 245° 269°
November 276° 246° 249° 243°
December 254° 242° 245° 254°

Prevailing wind direction

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