Caribou Municipal Airport

KCAR · Maine, United States

Climate Caribou Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Caribou Municipal Airport (KCAR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 53.0 54 35 60 53 49
February 71.1 70 78 55 73 79
March 65.0 51 60 52 73 74
April 68.8 71 65 68 85
May 80.1 84 74 87 81
June 74.9 47 66 86 87
July 81.8 69 92 82 69
August 78.7 55 80 83 86
September 78.0 66 79 80 87
October 67.0 53 77 66 73
November 66.8 54 60 80 72
December 57.5 53 46 62 50
Average 70.4 57.6 60.7 68.6 75.9 76.2

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 77.7 85 67 71 89 77
February 81.9 82 84 72 88 90
March 79.3 68 79 69 84 85
April 84.4 85 80 93 91
May 91.9 98 87 96 90
June 90.7 89 86 93 94
July 91.1 82 95 94 85
August 89.6 76 93 91 93
September 89.2 81 88 89 95
October 85.3 78 88 88 86
November 84.4 83 81 91 86
December 79.9 75 71 75 84
Average 85.4 76.8 81.8 82.8 89.9 88.5

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 -5.4 -4 -3 -8 -3 -4
February -3.0 -1 -4 -4 -3 -3
March 1.7 3 2 1 4 2
April 8.7 10 8 12 7
May 17.6 18 19 18 17
June 22.3 21 21 24 25
July 25.8 27 26 24 26
August 24.5 22 24 26 25
September 20.2 22 19 20 21
October 13.4 15 16 15 11
November 3.8 3 6 5 7
December -2.3 1 1 -2 1
Average 9.4 -1.7 11.2 11.2 11.6 11.3

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 -14.9 -12 -10 -19 -9 -12
February -14.6 -10 -16 -14 -13 -13
March -8.7 -4 -6 -7 -7 -8
April -1.7 0 0 1 -2
May 5.5 5 7 6 5
June 11.1 12 10 13 12
July 14.8 17 14 13 16
August 13.6 13 15 16 13
September 9.4 11 9 11 8
October 4.4 7 5 5 3
November -4.5 -4 -2 -2 -1
December -10.8 -6 -5 -10 -7
Average -1.8 -9.1 2.1 1.2 1.9 1.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 23.1 21 39 27 14 20
February 16.8 12 15 31 15 12
March 21.3 37 25 26 16 14
April 15.8 11 26 16 12
May 13.0 14 16 13 12
June 10.8 18 16 7 5
July 5.7 5 7 7 6
August 8.0 19 9 5 7
September 9.6 16 10 11 2
October 11.3 16 7 7 14
November 16.8 19 21 10 12
December 19.3 30 33 16 12
Average 14.6 24.9 18.1 17.9 11.0 9.8

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 6.9 7 7 7 6 6
February 7.4 8 7 8 7 7
March 8.0 7 7 8 9 8
April 7.8 7 8 9 9
May 7.7 8 7 7 8
June 6.7 6 7 7 7
July 5.8 5 7 6 6
August 5.6 6 5 5 6
September 6.2 5 6 7 8
October 6.7 6 6 5 7
November 7.1 7 8 6 7
December 7.3 7 10 7 8
Average 6.9 7.3 6.4 7.0 6.8 7.2

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 278° 347° 318° 324° 318°
February 262° 316° 304° 313° 260°
March 324° 335° 294° 270° 309°
April 228° 331° 356° 308°
May 326° 235° 315° 298°
June 058° 216° 241° 233°
July 184° 247° 260° 184°
August 200° 218° 207° 259°
September 338° 295° 229° 232°
October 216° 196° 354° 257°
November 267° 279° 276° 239°
December 294° 349° 293° 247°

Prevailing wind direction

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