Wausau Downtown Airport

KAUW · Wisconsin, United States

Climate Wausau Downtown Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Wausau Downtown Airport (KAUW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.9 26 24 69 41 36
February 67.6 80 63 66 69 80
March 69.9 71 58 63 78 61
April 69.5 71 64 56 78 78
May 79.3 83 77 81 85
June 83.3 70 87 88 89
July 87.4 91 83 86 89
August 81.4 84 71 80 88
September 75.6 63 80 95 85
October 66.8 59 69 72 78
November 62.1 100 48 88 69
December 46.3 47 28 56 59
Average 70.5 61.7 65.7 68.1 76.7 76.6

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 73.8 66 59 87 65 84
February 83.8 92 84 88 83 96
March 85.3 87 71 79 92 87
April 85.7 88 80 81 95 89
May 91.3 93 91 93 95
June 92.4 82 93 94 96
July 95.5 97 96 93 96
August 91.6 94 86 88 95
September 89.9 87 92 98 94
October 86.8 84 82 88 89
November 85.7 100 65 95 91
December 74.9 71 68 75 92
Average 86.7 83.0 82.7 84.7 88.9 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 -4.3 -3 -2 -6 -3 -2
February -2.4 6 0 -3 -7 -2
March 4.6 8 3 3 9 5
April 11.3 13 13 10 15 10
May 20.1 22 22 20 18
June 25.7 27 26 28 25
July 27.3 27 28 28 28
August 25.6 27 26 28 26
September 21.5 23 21 24 19
October 13.0 13 15 18 9
November 4.4 7 7 7 9
December -1.3 4 -1 0 -1
Average 11.6 6.0 14.2 12.8 13.8 12.0

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 -11.7 -8 -7 -16 -9 -9
February -12.7 -6 -9 -14 -16 -12
March -5.3 -3 -5 -5 -2 -2
April 1.1 3 2 1 4 0
May 8.5 8 11 9 8
June 14.0 14 15 17 14
July 16.2 15 17 17 17
August 15.2 15 16 17 15
September 11.1 13 9 12 9
October 4.2 4 3 9 1
November -4.8 -2 -3 -2 -1
December -8.7 -2 -6 -7 -7
Average 2.1 -4.8 4.5 2.7 3.9 2.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.7 11 17 13 5 14
February 11.1 3 21 14 12 5
March 11.3 17 19 18 8 10
April 14.1 16 19 23 10 8
May 8.7 5 11 11 8
June 5.7 5 9 6 5
July 3.4 4 6 2 2
August 4.8 5 6 5 4
September 6.3 13 3 1 7
October 10.4 16 6 3 8
November 13.0 3 33 6 7
December 12.1 3 24 16 3
Average 9.4 12.7 11.2 13.5 6.9 6.5

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 7.0 7 6 8 6 7
February 7.9 8 8 8 8 8
March 8.3 8 8 9 9 8
April 8.9 10 10 10 8 9
May 7.5 7 8 7 8
June 7.2 6 8 7 7
July 6.3 6 7 6 6
August 6.4 6 6 6 7
September 6.9 6 6 7 8
October 7.8 8 7 7 8
November 8.1 6 8 9 9
December 7.3 7 8 8 7
Average 7.6 8.4 7.0 7.9 7.1 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 273° 288° 255° 284° 267°
February 233° 277° 257° 259° 281°
March 274° 348° 292° 218° 231°
April 269° 256° 208° 272° 283°
May 108° 164° 186° 014°
June 014° 226° 218° 191°
July 269° 243° 268° 249°
August 272° 238° 212° 246°
September 101° 242° 190° 245°
October 297° 227° 312° 260°
November 211° 236° 246° 236°
December 238° 129° 240° 252°

Prevailing wind direction

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