Foxtrot Weather Station

1FM · United States

Climate Foxtrot Weather Station 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Foxtrot Weather Station (K1FM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 90.3 82 95 88 91
February 82.7 76 94 81 88
March 78.7 70 86 72
April 83.3 87 100
May 82.6 93 78 96
June 96.1 94 99 96 94
July 97.2 99 96 99 100
August 95.8 94 99 91 100
September 88.8 86 92 99 84
October 85.5 79 90 0
November 83.0 90 81 90
December 88.6 97 72 83
Average 87.2 75.7 93.2 89.5 91.2 91.4

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 94.3 91 96 92 100
February 87.5 83 95 86 91
March 85.0 81 92 78
April 90.9 92 100
May 91.3 98 88 98
June 98.4 98 100 98 95
July 98.7 100 97 100 100
August 98.3 97 100 96 100
September 94.1 93 99 100 89
October 90.1 87 95 0
November 88.6 95 87 90
December 93.8 99 83 91
Average 92.4 85.1 96.1 93.8 95.1 94.4

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 2.3 0 3 4 2
February -1.8 2 5 2 4
March 4.4 6 8 3
April 8.5 6 23
May 14.7 15 14 18
June 21.5 21 21 25 22
July 27.4 28 29 30 26
August 27.1 27 30 25 28
September 21.6 22 24 23 23
October 11.0 12 15 -3
November 4.8 9 0 10
December 2.0 8 -6 -1
Average 10.9 2.2 15.1 12.0 18.6 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 -8.3 -11 -6 -8 -8
February -10.4 -7 -4 -9 -6
March -7.8 -5 -4 -8
April -1.2 -4 14
May 4.1 4 4 7
June 9.0 10 8 10 11
July 12.7 12 13 15 11
August 12.9 13 16 11 12
September 8.2 8 9 9 9
October 1.0 2 5 -5
November -5.5 -1 -9 1
December -8.7 -2 -15 -12
Average -1.8 -8.4 3.8 0.2 5.5 3.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.8 14 8 16 5
February 18.7 21 6 19 13
March 13.9 14 10 19
April 17.8 18 0
May 12.8 6 20 6
June 6.2 6 8 5 13
July 2.0 1 3 3 2
August 3.2 4 2 6 2
September 5.1 7 7 0 5
October 11.9 14 8 100
November 14.0 4 20 3
December 13.0 2 36 22
Average 10.8 16.1 5.6 11.7 8.4 7.0

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 11.1 10 11 14 11
February 12.7 11 14 15 14
March 10.0 8 12 12
April 11.1 12 9
May 9.7 12 9 9
June 8.0 7 10 9 8
July 7.1 7 8 6 8
August 8.1 8 8 9 8
September 9.0 8 8 10 9
October 10.0 8 11 31
November 11.5 12 11 17
December 11.2 10 9 11
Average 10.0 9.6 9.1 11.0 9.2 9.8

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 253° 258° 263° 254°
February 261° 254° 287° 275°
March 313° 288° 297°
April 292° 217°
May 283° 291° 283°
June 293° 279° 308° 297°
July 302° 276° 360° 256°
August 242° 282° 296° 263°
September 264° 242° 264° 287°
October 273° 254° 360°
November 244° 272° 262°
December 223° 316° 268°

Prevailing wind direction

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