Alpena County Regional Airport

KAPN · Michigan, United States

Climate Alpena County Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alpena County Regional Airport (KAPN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.2 25 25 50 43 51
February 60.5 64 48 55 74 74
March 68.0 64 59 56 83 72
April 70.7 75 62 67 76 84
May 83.2 81 84 85 86
June 85.0 69 88 83 94
July 87.0 83 87 82 93
August 85.3 81 84 89 86
September 81.5 76 77 86 90
October 72.0 69 81 68 76
November 70.3 72 71 79 77
December 47.7 39 35 59 46
Average 71.6 57.9 65.4 72.2 77.1 79.6

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 74.2 66 71 77 89 84
February 80.9 80 76 81 85 89
March 85.4 86 80 74 96 91
April 85.4 90 84 86 88 90
May 92.1 95 94 94 95
June 93.3 84 93 95 98
July 94.1 89 97 93 98
August 95.3 90 95 96 98
September 94.2 91 94 95 97
October 91.1 94 96 84 94
November 91.1 92 89 95 94
December 80.4 62 89 84 88
Average 88.0 80.9 84.5 89.0 91.5 93.4

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 -2.5 -1 0 -5 -1 1
February 0.4 5 2 -1 -2 0
March 4.2 7 3 3 9 6
April 10.4 13 12 9 12 10
May 18.4 19 21 19 17
June 24.3 25 25 26 26
July 27.0 26 26 26 29
August 25.7 24 26 28 26
September 21.8 23 22 22 20
October 14.5 15 15 18 11
November 6.5 7 9 7 11
December 1.5 5 2 3 1
Average 11.9 5.6 13.3 13.0 13.8 13.0

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 -9.8 -6 -4 -14 -6 -5
February -10.7 -5 -8 -12 -13 -9
March -6.8 -3 -5 -5 -4 -4
April 0.2 2 2 -1 1 -2
May 5.9 5 8 5 5
June 11.5 11 11 14 11
July 14.9 14 14 15 16
August 14.3 13 14 16 15
September 10.5 11 11 10 9
October 5.1 7 3 8 3
November -2.6 -2 0 -2 2
December -5.5 -1 -3 -4 -4
Average 2.1 -3.1 3.7 2.4 3.5 3.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.5 23 24 28 9 13
February 16.4 14 23 15 12 10
March 14.4 15 23 23 5 9
April 14.5 16 20 13 7 10
May 7.8 8 7 6 10
June 6.7 6 6 7 4
July 4.3 9 3 7 3
August 5.2 7 7 3 6
September 5.8 3 6 6 5
October 13.5 19 16 8 14
November 13.2 16 17 11 4
December 14.8 17 14 10 11
Average 11.5 16.9 13.9 12.2 7.2 7.8

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 7.1 7 7 8 7 7
February 8.3 7 9 9 8 8
March 8.7 9 8 9 10 8
April 8.7 10 8 8 8 9
May 7.8 7 8 8 8
June 6.8 7 7 7 7
July 6.3 5 6 7 6
August 6.3 7 6 6 6
September 6.6 6 7 7 7
October 7.5 7 7 6 7
November 7.5 8 8 7 8
December 7.4 7 8 8 8
Average 7.5 8.2 7.1 7.6 7.3 7.4

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 269° 079° 281° 291° 256°
February 267° 271° 307° 260° 274°
March 288° 340° 279° 270° 225°
April 358° 203° 188° 002° 322°
May 067° 115° 023° 033°
June 041° 277° 174° 154°
July 025° 258° 004° 324°
August 338° 319° 178° 312°
September 107° 305° 239° 230°
October 281° 230° 080° 255°
November 242° 220° 235° 238°
December 337° 194° 227° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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