Alexander Field South Wood County

KISW · Wisconsin, United States

Climate Alexander Field South Wood County 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Alexander Field South Wood County (KISW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.6 25 24 78 43 41
February 73.4 79 70 71 74 84
March 71.5 76 65 64 78 56
April 71.6 71 66 62 79 77
May 78.0 85 78 83 76
June 83.2 75 85 85 83
July 87.2 90 81 86 90
August 83.7 84 74 84 94
September 79.3 68 81 89 86
October 72.0 65 78 79 86
November 68.8 85 58 86 76
December 51.9 55 29 62 62
Average 72.7 62.9 70.1 71.7 78.4 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 73.1 64 49 92 68 82
February 87.6 92 89 89 88 94
March 87.5 91 81 83 94 81
April 87.7 85 82 86 95 91
May 89.8 92 92 92 87
June 92.2 86 92 92 88
July 94.3 95 91 94 97
August 92.5 94 85 91 97
September 90.7 87 90 97 95
October 90.9 85 93 93 94
November 88.6 97 73 97 91
December 78.6 77 66 82 95
Average 87.9 83.1 84.7 86.9 90.9 90.8

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 -4.8 -3 -2 -6 -2 -1
February -1.7 8 1 -3 -6 0
March 5.8 9 4 4 10 7
April 12.5 14 14 10 15 12
May 20.7 23 22 20 18
June 26.4 28 26 29 26
July 28.3 28 28 28 29
August 26.5 28 26 27 27
September 22.5 24 22 24 20
October 14.2 15 16 18 11
November 5.9 8 8 7 11
December 0.3 4 0 1 0
Average 12.5 7.0 14.5 13.2 14.2 13.2

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 -11.6 -8 -7 -16 -8 -8
February -11.3 -5 -9 -13 -15 -12
March -4.0 -3 -5 -4 -1 -1
April 1.3 3 2 1 3 0
May 8.1 8 10 8 7
June 14.0 14 14 16 13
July 16.0 15 16 16 18
August 14.9 15 14 16 15
September 11.8 14 11 11 10
October 4.7 6 4 8 2
November -3.2 -2 -2 -3 0
December -7.1 -2 -6 -7 -7
Average 2.2 -4.8 4.0 2.6 3.7 3.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.6 17 17 10 6 9
February 9.8 4 17 14 8 6
March 9.8 12 14 15 8 13
April 13.3 22 20 19 5 6
May 8.9 11 8 9 8
June 7.9 5 9 10 6
July 3.1 3 4 2 2
August 4.7 2 8 5 3
September 7.0 9 7 4 11
October 10.0 16 10 4 6
November 10.8 3 29 7 9
December 11.8 6 28 10 4
Average 9.3 14.3 10.1 12.5 6.5 6.9

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 8.0 8 8 8 8 8
March 8.6 9 8 9 9 8
April 9.0 10 10 10 8 10
May 7.3 7 8 7 8
June 7.0 6 8 7 7
July 6.2 6 7 6 6
August 6.3 7 6 6 6
September 6.8 7 7 7 7
October 7.6 7 7 7 8
November 7.9 8 8 8 8
December 7.2 7 7 8 7
Average 7.5 8.6 7.1 7.7 7.1 7.4

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 299° 296° 273° 328° 280°
February 272° 287° 296° 284° 286°
March 315° 009° 330° 247° 276°
April 324° 266° 248° 287° 313°
May 047° 180° 225° 021°
June 024° 252° 248° 200°
July 291° 271° 288° 258°
August 338° 280° 234° 252°
September 134° 261° 260° 249°
October 306° 251° 035° 281°
November 267° 253° 261° 248°
December 270° 165° 258° 273°

Prevailing wind direction

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