Appleton Municipal Airport

KAQP · Minnesota, United States

Climate Appleton Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Appleton Municipal Airport (KAQP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 66.4 52 65 74 76
February 78.5 77 86 77 70 100
March 80.0 81 83 79 84 88
April 77.1 76 92 64 73 97
May 88.0 97 83 93 82
June 94.6 94 99 98 94
July 95.4 98 96 89 97
August 89.4 93 89 93 90
September 87.6 88 94 86 96
October 83.1 79 97 79 88
November 76.7 84 72 84 89
December 65.7 59 55 77 81
Average 81.3 74.0 86.2 83.4 83.7 90.3

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 79.3 71 74 84 88
February 88.6 88 89 89 87 100
March 91.3 90 87 97 93 100
April 92.5 96 93 91 93 100
May 96.7 98 96 100 95
June 98.3 99 100 99 97
July 98.2 99 99 94 100
August 95.6 97 97 96 96
September 95.4 95 98 96 99
October 93.9 92 99 92 94
November 93.1 99 90 94 99
December 78.2 75 67 87 88
Average 92.1 88.3 92.1 93.7 93.5 96.1

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 -5.7 -2 -5 -6 -1
February -3.1 6 -2 -4 -8 3
March 4.0 8 -1 4 10 2
April 11.7 16 10 9 14 10
May 21.7 25 21 22 18
June 28.3 30 28 33 30
July 29.0 29 30 31 30
August 27.0 30 28 28 28
September 24.0 26 26 24 22
October 14.4 16 18 17 11
November 5.9 10 5 7 10
December -1.9 6 -2 -1 2
Average 12.8 7.5 14.5 13.4 13.9 16.9

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 -13.0 -8 -13 -20 -9
February -13.0 -5 -14 -17 -17 3
March -5.3 -4 -11 -5 -1 0
April 1.5 4 0 0 2 4
May 9.7 11 10 9 9
June 15.1 17 5 18 18
July 16.6 15 10 19 18
August 16.1 17 16 17 17
September 12.4 14 11 13 10
October 4.0 5 4 7 1
November -4.3 -3 -4 -3 -2
December -9.1 -3 -10 -11 -9
Average 2.3 -4.9 3.1 0.4 3.1 6.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.8 13 22 7 7
February 7.3 4 9 10 6 0
March 8.9 12 15 2 8 0
April 12.5 13 11 16 12 0
May 6.2 5 5 5 8
June 3.1 3 2 2 5
July 2.6 2 3 4 2
August 3.1 3 3 3 1
September 3.5 2 2 10 5
October 6.0 7 3 7 7
November 6.8 6 12 3 1
December 10.8 11 21 9 7
Average 6.8 10.3 7.3 6.2 6.1 4.1

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 8.0 8 7 9 8
February 8.7 8 7 12 7 9
March 9.9 10 9 11 10 10
April 11.4 12 10 14 11 8
May 8.9 9 10 9 8
June 7.8 7 9 7 8
July 6.1 6 7 5 4
August 6.4 7 7 7 6
September 6.9 6 7 7 7
October 8.7 9 9 9 9
November 9.2 9 10 9 9
December 8.3 7 10 8 8
Average 8.3 10.0 7.7 9.5 8.1 7.2

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 311° 003° 312° 327°
February 280° 028° 312° 280° 119°
March 342° 031° 336° 150° 315°
April 340° 028° 323° 333° 326°
May 161° 232° 245° 045°
June 155° 246° 245° 141°
July 351° 296° 166° 202°
August 293° 128° 150° 159°
September 125° 213° 298° 288°
October 311° 316° 176° 293°
November 279° 335° 289° 261°
December 290° 041° 299° 319°

Prevailing wind direction

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