Columbus Municipal Airport

KBAK · Indiana, United States

Climate Columbus Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Columbus Municipal Airport (KBAK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 54.8 44 48 79 55 49
February 70.9 81 85 71 67 62
March 75.0 74 68 83 85 68
April 82.6 80 88 82 88 79
May 84.8 91 83 85 81
June 88.4 87 96 85 93
July 86.6 87 82 80 89
August 88.0 85 87 91 87
September 87.9 90 89 86 84
October 80.6 84 94 76 67
November 77.6 88 76 81 85
December 67.0 59 62 66 71
Average 78.6 70.8 81.1 83.3 80.1 76.9

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 82.9 77 84 92 84 85
February 88.3 97 97 89 90 79
March 91.0 91 88 98 94 89
April 95.8 96 96 94 99 95
May 94.8 97 96 94 96
June 95.8 94 100 93 98
July 95.6 97 93 91 98
August 95.9 96 95 98 96
September 94.9 97 94 94 92
October 93.5 93 98 92 86
November 92.7 97 92 93 96
December 88.3 88 75 88 97
Average 92.5 90.6 93.7 93.9 92.6 92.2

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 3.6 2 6 2 3 6
February 7.2 11 11 5 -1 5
March 12.0 15 12 14 14 13
April 17.6 19 19 17 17 17
May 23.2 25 25 21 21
June 27.4 27 29 27 29
July 28.8 29 30 28 30
August 27.8 27 28 29 27
September 25.9 26 25 26 25
October 19.0 20 19 21 18
November 10.9 13 12 10 14
December 6.9 9 6 11 5
Average 16.8 11.8 18.7 18.0 17.2 17.5

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 -4.5 -4 0 -7 -2 -1
February -2.2 -1 -1 -4 -6 -2
March 1.9 4 1 2 3 3
April 6.7 9 5 6 7 6
May 13.1 12 14 12 12
June 17.7 15 16 19 19
July 19.3 18 20 19 19
August 17.7 17 18 19 17
September 14.4 13 13 15 13
October 8.0 8 5 11 7
November 1.0 1 1 -1 4
December -1.0 1 0 1 -2
Average 7.1 1.7 7.3 7.2 8.1 7.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.8 16 11 7 13 19
February 11.5 3 4 14 14 21
March 8.8 4 9 6 5 10
April 7.1 7 4 5 7 8
May 5.8 2 2 11 6
June 3.5 3 3 7 1
July 3.9 1 5 9 4
August 3.3 1 3 2 5
September 2.7 0 2 6 1
October 5.8 4 4 2 4
November 6.5 3 6 3 8
December 7.1 8 5 5 8
Average 6.8 6.8 3.8 5.0 6.6 7.5

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 8.1 8 9 8 8 7
February 8.6 8 10 9 8 9
March 9.4 10 10 10 7 10
April 8.9 9 8 10 8 9
May 7.4 7 9 6 7
June 6.4 7 6 6 7
July 4.9 6 5 4 4
August 4.7 5 5 5 4
September 5.3 5 6 6 5
October 7.1 7 9 6 7
November 7.3 7 8 7 8
December 7.7 8 8 8 8
Average 7.2 8.8 7.1 7.5 6.4 6.8

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 237° 241° 274° 241° 224°
February 254° 231° 226° 358° 298°
March 232° 238° 233° 193° 247°
April 233° 227° 213° 248° 259°
May 041° 195° 220° 221°
June 360° 249° 210° 210°
July 235° 234° 291° 239°
August 252° 231° 204° 245°
September 270° 271° 226° 222°
October 248° 231° 224° 218°
November 226° 222° 226° 240°
December 216° 218° 210° 213°

Prevailing wind direction

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