Black River Falls Area Airport

KBCK · Wisconsin, United States

Climate Black River Falls Area Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Black River Falls Area Airport (KBCK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.3 35 58 82 48 42
February 76.6 86 74 79 77 87
March 75.4 84 73 69 80 60
April 73.8 71 71 65 77 82
May 78.3 88 81 75 84
June 83.9 85 85 90 89
July 84.7 88 81 79 88
August 80.9 83 73 81 92
September 79.5 71 86 85 84
October 73.5 70 88 75 83
November 69.7 85 62 86 76
December 55.0 48 41 66 66
Average 74.6 69.9 75.6 76.1 77.4 78.7

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 76 74 93 69 84
February 89.6 98 92 96 89 97
March 90.9 93 87 90 94 87
April 90.5 90 87 90 96 91
May 91.9 95 92 91 94
June 93.9 96 93 93 95
July 93.0 93 92 89 95
August 91.8 96 88 91 98
September 91.8 89 94 94 94
October 92.2 91 97 93 94
November 90.3 95 84 98 89
December 85.7 85 81 84 97
Average 90.3 89.3 90.5 91.1 90.5 93.0

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 -3.7 -2 -1 -5 -1 -1
February 0.5 9 2 -2 -5 1
March 7.0 10 5 5 11 8
April 13.3 15 14 11 15 13
May 21.7 24 22 21 21
June 27.3 28 27 30 28
July 28.5 28 28 28 29
August 27.0 28 27 27 28
September 23.4 25 23 24 21
October 14.7 15 16 18 11
November 6.3 9 8 8 10
December 1.0 5 0 2 1
Average 13.2 7.7 15.1 13.8 14.9 14.0

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 -13.7 -9 -9 -20 -10 -10
February -14.9 -7 -11 -16 -19 -15
March -6.5 -4 -6 -5 -3 -2
April -1.4 1 0 -1 1 -2
May 6.3 5 8 5 6
June 11.6 11 10 13 12
July 13.6 12 14 13 15
August 12.2 13 13 13 13
September 9.1 11 8 8 7
October 2.3 4 0 6 -1
November -5.5 -5 -4 -5 -2
December -9.3 -5 -8 -9 -10
Average 0.1 -5.2 1.8 0.4 1.2 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 12.2 12 16 10 6 17
February 9.1 1 12 8 9 6
March 8.9 10 12 10 8 13
April 11.6 16 13 17 5 8
May 8.7 7 8 10 9
June 5.6 4 8 3 7
July 2.9 3 3 4 2
August 3.8 1 7 5 1
September 5.2 4 3 3 9
October 8.7 9 6 4 8
November 8.9 2 22 5 8
December 10.5 7 14 9 4
Average 8.0 10.1 7.2 9.1 5.7 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 4.5 4 4 5 4 4
February 5.5 6 5 6 5 6
March 6.0 6 5 6 6 5
April 6.2 7 7 7 6 6
May 5.1 4 5 5 6
June 4.6 4 5 5 5
July 3.8 4 4 3 4
August 3.9 4 3 3 4
September 4.1 4 4 4 4
October 5.0 5 4 4 6
November 5.1 5 5 5 5
December 4.1 3 4 4 4
Average 4.9 5.6 4.5 5.0 4.5 4.9

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 280° 293° 274° 318° 283°
February 267° 287° 284° 277° 279°
March 308° 327° 317° 246° 277°
April 280° 255° 252° 283° 305°
May 010° 206° 251° 348°
June 027° 261° 256° 211°
July 280° 272° 267° 248°
August 291° 276° 239° 263°
September 148° 269° 266° 261°
October 299° 265° 327° 282°
November 262° 258° 271° 252°
December 283° 166° 267° 268°

Prevailing wind direction

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