John F Kennedy Memorial Airport

KASX · Wisconsin, United States

Climate John F Kennedy Memorial Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of John F Kennedy Memorial Airport (KASX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.0 28 25 62 58 37
February 68.3 77 58 60 78 80
March 72.5 71 55 67 79 71
April 69.0 68 59 59 66 87
May 82.1 84 83 82 92
June 87.2 71 93 94 96
July 88.0 85 84 87 91
August 79.1 75 75 84 84
September 77.8 62 77 91 85
October 71.9 68 78 68 83
November 64.4 71 50 91 71
December 49.2 49 46 60 54
Average 71.9 61.6 64.5 71.3 79.0 79.5

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 75 59 90 84 81
February 84.0 94 75 76 94 93
March 86.5 82 71 84 90 88
April 82.3 80 74 77 82 92
May 89.6 90 89 91 98
June 92.8 80 96 95 99
July 92.8 91 90 94 94
August 89.5 87 90 93 92
September 89.3 85 87 96 92
October 91.7 93 93 91 93
November 86.4 94 68 96 91
December 78.1 75 71 85 88
Average 86.9 82.4 81.3 85.0 91.0 92.1

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 -5.6 -3 -3 -8 -3 -3
February -3.4 5 -1 -6 -7 -2
March 3.4 6 2 1 7 4
April 9.1 12 8 7 11 9
May 17.9 19 19 19 17
June 23.9 24 24 26 25
July 26.6 25 26 28 28
August 24.9 25 25 27 25
September 21.2 22 22 23 19
October 12.5 13 15 16 9
November 3.9 6 6 5 8
December -2.9 5 -2 -1 -1
Average 10.4 4.9 11.9 11.1 12.7 11.5

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 -12.2 -8 -9 -17 -11 -10
February -13.1 -7 -12 -17 -16 -13
March -7.4 -5 -8 -8 -4 -4
April -2.7 1 -1 -2 0 -2
May 4.7 5 6 5 4
June 10.2 10 10 12 12
July 13.2 13 12 12 15
August 12.9 13 14 14 14
September 9.7 12 8 9 8
October 3.2 5 3 6 0
November -4.1 -3 -3 -4 -1
December -9.1 -3 -9 -10 -9
Average 0.0 -5.4 1.8 0.1 1.1 1.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.5 14 26 6 5 12
February 12.0 5 19 20 6 7
March 9.5 17 22 11 6 7
April 12.7 10 21 20 12 8
May 5.4 2 7 4 2
June 3.8 3 3 2 3
July 2.7 2 5 2 4
August 3.2 2 1 2 3
September 3.9 8 5 1 1
October 6.8 7 5 3 8
November 10.2 7 22 7 5
December 13.0 8 24 12 10
Average 7.9 11.8 10.2 9.8 4.8 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 7.9 7 8 10 7 7
February 8.7 9 9 9 8 9
March 8.7 9 10 9 10 8
April 8.9 10 10 9 7 9
May 7.7 8 8 8 8
June 7.0 6 9 7 8
July 6.3 5 7 7 6
August 6.7 6 7 8 6
September 7.0 6 7 7 7
October 8.0 7 8 7 8
November 8.3 9 9 8 9
December 7.4 6 6 8 7
Average 7.8 8.6 7.4 8.1 7.5 7.6

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° 292° 251° 246° 256°
February 272° 288° 281° 250° 251°
March 310° 019° 309° 282° 311°
April 360° 353° 321° 338° 320°
May 003° 314° 340° 350°
June 021° 264° 302° 264°
July 277° 271° 333° 247°
August 345° 296° 245° 250°
September 069° 286° 251° 252°
October 325° 248° 340° 253°
November 241° 267° 256° 237°
December 249° 211° 243° 251°

Prevailing wind direction

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