McKenzie Bridge State Airport

00S · United States

Climate McKenzie Bridge State Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sunriver Airport (KS21) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 70.3 48 86 81 83 54
February 79.9 66 81 89 77 85
March 78.2 78 68 84 91 72
April 87.2 87 86 87 94 84
May 87.3 82 87 92 93
June 93.3 97 91 96 90
July 97.0 93 100 99 98
August 92.5 85 98 90 99
September 73.7 79 75 71 68
October 86.3 84 92 82 86
November 70.9 76 61 78 71
December 61.2 56 59 54 74
Average 81.1 70.4 81.6 85.1 85.3 83.2

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 84.9 71 94 91 94 77
February 90.4 81 93 97 86 95
March 88.6 88 84 92 96 83
April 94.9 97 95 92 98 94
May 94.5 90 96 96 98
June 96.9 97 97 98 96
July 98.0 96 100 99 98
August 94.8 90 98 92 100
September 80.0 86 80 78 74
October 94.4 94 96 95 93
November 86.4 91 77 92 88
December 79.3 79 70 73 91
Average 90.1 84.5 90.9 91.6 92.2 91.4

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 4.8 4 5 7 5 4
February 6.4 6 6 9 4 7
March 7.6 8 4 12 9 7
April 12.2 13 12 10 14 13
May 16.8 19 15 18 17
June 21.4 22 20 24 20
July 28.1 29 29 29 27
August 27.5 27 29 27 27
September 23.1 20 24 24 25
October 16.8 16 19 14 18
November 7.3 9 5 9 6
December 3.8 6 0 4 5
Average 13.5 7.6 14.4 15.2 15.2 15.2

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 -5.7 -3 -6 -6 -3 -2
February -6.9 -3 -6 -7 -4 -5
March -4.2 -4 -6 -2 -4 -3
April -2.2 -2 -1 -3 -2 -1
May 1.6 3 1 1 2
June 5.1 4 5 7 4
July 6.2 6 7 7 6
August 7.4 8 8 6 8
September 3.0 3 4 2 3
October -1.7 -1 -1 0 0
November -3.0 -3 -6 0 -4
December -5.8 -2 -10 -2 -4
Average -1.5 -3.0 -1.9 -1.6 0.6 0.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.0 30 22 7 5 28
February 12.9 20 17 6 18 4
March 16.7 24 29 5 1 19
April 8.3 7 14 11 1 6
May 3.2 4 5 2 3
June 1.9 0 4 2 2
July 0.4 0 1 1 0
August 0.4 1 1 0 0
September 2.6 5 1 3 0
October 3.0 6 1 2 3
November 12.9 9 23 8 9
December 17.3 19 24 19 10
Average 9.1 20.0 9.6 6.4 4.2 5.4

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 8.8 9 10 8 9 9
February 8.3 8 9 8 9 8
March 8.9 9 9 8 9 9
April 8.7 8 10 9 9 7
May 7.5 7 8 7 7
June 6.8 6 7 7 8
July 5.6 5 6 6 6
August 5.8 6 5 6 6
September 6.8 7 6 7 8
October 7.6 7 8 9 8
November 8.2 8 9 8 8
December 8.1 8 8 9 7
Average 7.7 8.4 7.5 7.3 7.7 7.5

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 211° 196° 202° 211° 211°
February 212° 209° 206° 225° 214°
March 216° 209° 223° 212° 233°
April 239° 217° 228° 254° 246°
May 172° 232° 301° 226°
June 338° 231° 234° 245°
July 215° 217° 237° 210°
August 208° 187° 312° 202°
September 212° 202° 203° 209°
October 202° 191° 213° 209°
November 205° 192° 210° 200°
December 208° 197° 208° 199°

Prevailing wind direction

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