Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport

KCLE · Ohio, United States

Climate Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport (KCLE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.4 32 28 51 41 45
February 63.2 70 74 55 53 61
March 69.6 56 72 87 57
April 80.3 84 80 84 80
May 82.3 87 83 83 84
June 85.7 72 92 94 96
July 88.9 82 89 83 96
August 90.2 81 90 90 92
September 84.5 77 79 86 89
October 79.4 76 87 79 79
November 73.0 82 69 82 82
December 59.2 54 47 65 50
Average 73.5 50.5 71.7 76.5 78.8 77.6

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 77.0 68 65 73 86 86
February 85.1 90 91 78 84 79
March 87.2 79 88 96 86
April 92.2 96 92 95 89
May 92.2 96 91 95 92
June 94.9 87 98 99 99
July 97.0 94 97 95 99
August 97.4 93 97 98 99
September 96.6 100 94 96 93
October 94.6 94 98 96 93
November 93.4 93 88 96 97
December 86.2 83 85 89 84
Average 90.1 78.5 89.4 90.4 94.0 91.9

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 2.9 2 6 -1 2 6
February 5.9 8 10 4 0 4
March 9.1 8 11 13 11
April 15.3 17 13 16 14
May 21.5 21 23 21 20
June 26.2 25 27 27 26
July 28.7 28 30 27 30
August 27.6 26 29 28 27
September 24.8 24 23 25 23
October 18.3 18 18 20 16
November 10.1 11 12 10 13
December 5.9 9 5 9 4
Average 15.0 5.0 16.7 16.6 16.4 16.1

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 -3 0 -8 -3 -1
February -3.4 -1 -1 -5 -7 -2
March 0.4 1 1 2 3
April 5.5 6 5 6 4
May 11.4 10 13 10 10
June 16.9 15 17 18 17
July 19.5 19 19 19 20
August 18.4 18 18 19 18
September 15.7 16 15 16 13
October 9.8 10 8 12 8
November 2.4 3 4 2 5
December -1.7 3 0 1 -1
Average 6.6 -2.0 8.1 7.6 8.0 7.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.4 44 44 41 25 23
February 21.9 12 16 39 30 20
March 17.0 33 24 8 11
April 12.7 14 20 10 12
May 9.6 8 12 9 11
June 4.6 6 3 6 2
July 3.4 6 4 5 1
August 3.7 7 3 4 4
September 5.0 3 12 5 3
October 8.2 7 8 7 13
November 14.0 15 23 11 15
December 17.8 23 24 11 19
Average 13.7 28.8 14.4 16.7 9.9 10.2

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 9.8 10 8 10 8 10
February 10.5 10 11 11 11 10
March 10.7 11 11 11 10
April 9.8 9 10 9 10
May 8.9 8 9 8 9
June 8.4 8 8 8 9
July 7.5 7 8 8 8
August 7.4 7 7 7 7
September 8.0 7 8 9 8
October 8.9 9 10 8 9
November 9.7 10 10 9 11
December 9.1 8 9 10 10
Average 9.1 9.9 8.5 9.3 8.7 9.0

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 234° 241° 274° 254° 230°
February 260° 237° 240° 268° 260°
March 264° 246° 275° 264°
April 255° 253° 263° 285°
May 354° 179° 342° 291°
June 329° 282° 229° 302°
July 271° 260° 286° 288°
August 293° 257° 270° 279°
September 344° 272° 260° 205°
October 253° 221° 215° 233°
November 238° 225° 229° 233°
December 221° 218° 216° 235°

Prevailing wind direction

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