Appleton International Airport

KATW · Wisconsin, United States

Climate Appleton International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Appleton International Airport (KATW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.3 34 27 71 45 43
February 72.0 69 72 72 78 82
March 71.5 76 66 63 78 53
April 71.8 74 72 70 77 69
May 79.5 88 80 83 79
June 83.2 73 85 83 91
July 86.7 93 82 87 90
August 81.9 81 77 81 90
September 77.0 71 75 90 83
October 70.3 66 83 66 78
November 69.5 82 70 82 74
December 53.0 58 33 61 55
Average 72.6 64.5 72.2 73.7 77.2 75.3

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 76.1 69 60 94 70 81
February 86.4 89 87 92 88 95
March 87.4 94 82 84 95 80
April 87.3 88 87 88 94 90
May 90.3 94 92 93 88
June 93.8 89 90 92 98
July 95.7 100 91 93 97
August 93.6 95 88 95 98
September 91.7 92 89 98 95
October 89.6 84 96 85 92
November 88.7 92 88 94 89
December 82.0 78 82 82 95
Average 88.7 85.6 87.3 89.7 90.5 91.7

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 -3.5 -1 -1 -6 -2 0
February -1.8 7 1 -2 -6 -1
March 5.1 10 3 4 9 5
April 11.9 15 14 9 14 11
May 19.5 21 20 19 18
June 25.4 27 25 27 26
July 27.2 29 27 26 28
August 25.5 27 25 26 27
September 22.0 24 21 23 20
October 14.1 15 15 17 11
November 6.0 8 8 6 10
December 0.8 5 0 1 1
Average 12.2 7.5 14.4 12.7 13.4 12.9

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 -9.3 -6 -5 -14 -7 -7
February -10.7 -3 -8 -11 -15 -10
March -4.9 0 -4 -4 -1 -1
April 2.2 5 3 2 4 1
May 8.8 8 10 9 8
June 14.8 15 13 16 15
July 17.1 17 16 16 18
August 16.3 17 16 17 17
September 12.6 15 11 12 11
October 5.6 7 4 9 3
November -2.5 0 0 -2 1
December -6.6 0 -5 -5 -6
Average 3.4 -1.0 5.3 3.4 4.5 4.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.2 13 15 11 7 10
February 9.6 3 15 13 9 8
March 8.4 6 12 13 5 12
April 9.3 14 9 16 4 6
May 6.6 6 7 5 10
June 5.5 6 7 5 6
July 2.8 3 4 4 3
August 3.2 3 2 6 4
September 4.4 4 7 1 6
October 8.0 11 5 5 10
November 9.2 7 16 8 8
December 9.7 7 20 8 5
Average 7.3 9.1 7.6 9.2 5.3 6.9

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 8.5 9 7 10 7 8
February 9.3 9 10 10 9 9
March 9.5 10 8 10 11 9
April 10.1 11 11 12 9 10
May 8.6 7 9 9 10
June 7.9 7 8 8 7
July 6.8 6 7 7 7
August 6.9 7 7 7 7
September 7.7 7 8 8 9
October 9.0 9 8 8 10
November 9.4 9 10 10 11
December 8.6 8 8 10 9
Average 8.6 9.7 8.0 8.8 8.4 8.7

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 286° 283° 264° 305° 272°
February 258° 263° 272° 271° 273°
March 297° 327° 309° 223° 244°
April 292° 242° 224° 274° 313°
May 058° 162° 228° 001°
June 019° 252° 241° 198°
July 273° 269° 311° 267°
August 324° 254° 227° 238°
September 157° 283° 267° 248°
October 275° 242° 003° 270°
November 253° 241° 252° 241°
December 281° 203° 253° 270°

Prevailing wind direction

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