Brighton Airport

45G · Michigan, United States

Climate Brighton Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Livingston County Spencer J Hardy Airport (KOZW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 40.3 15 29 60 37 41
February 60.2 71 65 60 59 64
March 69.5 64 73 87 55
April 77.0 78 76 82 78
May 79.5 88 78 83 78
June 85.0 76 93 81 95
July 86.0 83 88 80 90
August 84.8 77 82 90 91
September 76.7 67 75 83 79
October 69.7 70 83 55 77
November 67.6 78 73 77 70
December 48.6 37 37 59 44
Average 68.8 44.7 69.5 75.6 74.6 74.0

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 71.5 59 64 87 74 77
February 83.2 91 87 80 85 86
March 86.3 82 89 98 83
April 90.3 91 91 94 87
May 92.9 97 90 94 92
June 93.9 85 98 93 99
July 94.5 92 96 92 97
August 93.7 91 92 97 95
September 88.4 84 93 90 86
October 85.6 89 92 75 89
November 87.8 91 89 92 88
December 79.1 59 92 84 90
Average 86.6 76.1 85.6 90.9 89.6 89.8

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 0.2 -1 3 -3 0 2
February 3.0 7 5 1 -2 1
March 7.2 7 8 12 9
April 13.5 16 12 15 12
May 20.7 22 22 20 19
June 25.9 26 26 27 27
July 28.0 28 29 27 29
August 26.9 25 27 28 27
September 23.3 23 23 24 22
October 16.1 16 17 18 14
November 7.8 9 11 8 12
December 3.5 6 3 5 3
Average 13.3 2.8 15.3 15.0 15.2 14.8

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 -6.1 -5 -2 -11 -5 -3
February -6.5 -3 -4 -8 -10 -6
March -2.0 -1 -2 -1 0
April 3.2 4 3 4 2
May 9.3 8 11 8 9
June 14.3 12 14 16 14
July 16.7 17 15 17 18
August 16.3 16 17 18 16
September 13.1 14 13 13 11
October 7.2 8 6 11 5
November 0.1 -1 2 0 3
December -3.5 1 -1 -2 -3
Average 4.2 -4.1 6.0 5.0 5.8 5.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.7 25 20 14 15 14
February 13.3 4 9 20 18 16
March 10.9 16 9 1 8
April 10.8 15 12 9 10
May 8.0 5 10 8 12
June 5.1 7 4 8 2
July 4.6 6 4 7 4
August 3.8 6 3 1 5
September 5.2 4 4 10 5
October 10.6 12 6 12 7
November 10.2 8 12 9 10
December 11.1 17 4 8 10
Average 9.4 13.6 9.9 8.3 8.3 7.9

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 7.3 7 6 7 6 8
February 8.2 7 9 8 8 8
March 8.3 8 9 9 8
April 8.3 7 9 8 8
May 6.7 6 7 6 8
June 6.0 5 6 6 6
July 5.2 5 6 6 5
August 5.1 5 5 4 5
September 5.4 4 5 6 6
October 6.7 6 7 6 7
November 7.5 7 8 7 9
December 7.2 6 7 8 7
Average 6.8 7.2 6.1 7.0 6.6 6.9

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 240° 230° 241° 257° 225°
February 238° 234° 226° 244° 258°
March 258° 247° 236° 238°
April 227° 223° 244° 256°
May 320° 162° 236° 251°
June 022° 241° 220° 236°
July 247° 244° 271° 253°
August 267° 241° 234° 261°
September 180° 248° 244° 224°
October 246° 222° 222° 230°
November 233° 219° 230° 232°
December 227° 206° 216° 241°

Prevailing wind direction

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