Less Turbulent Season?

[747Fan]

Is there a less turbulent season? Do you generally see less turbulence in March, April, May?

I realize every flight encounters some form of turbulence. But if you hate turbulence as much as we do on this site, what is the best month to plan a trip in the US if you want avoid mod turbulence? When does the jetstream tend to lift North?

[tb_neg]

It is my belief that winter is the roughest time of the year, due to jet stream activity. The jet stream is usually strong and it's just lower, so it's in the way of more flights. Summer in my experience, is generally pretty smooth because the jet stream is so far up north. The problem of course, is storms, which usually are usually pretty avoidable, but when you get near, that's when you might hit some nasty turbulence.

Probably the optimal time is early fall or early spring, in between the summer extremes of storms, and the winter extremes of jet stream.

We are probably getting close to a good time of year to fly, as winter will start winding down soon.

I've always had good luck with February and November flights, I've done DTW-MCO a few times those months and no problem.

[747Fan]

I've always had good luck with February and November flights, I've done DTW-MCO a few times those months and no problem.

Good to know. I'm flying BOS-MCO on March 1st. You'll be getting my request for a forecast :D