Rickenbacker International Airport

KLCK · Ohio, United States

Climate Rickenbacker International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rickenbacker International Airport (KLCK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.1 43 47 69 50 49
February 68.6 89 81 73 63 62
March 77.2 78 65 86 87 70
April 81.6 82 89 81 90 82
May 81.1 87 81 83 64
June 76.5 77 96 90 15
July 85.5 82 93 85 80
August 87.7 86 86 89 88
September 86.3 80 86 87 89
October 78.4 80 91 69 69
November 76.2 85 76 85 84
December 64.4 61 65 71 57
Average 77.0 73.6 77.3 83.2 80.1 67.4

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 87.9 84 88 94 86 87
February 89.0 96 99 94 91 78
March 93.7 94 91 100 96 91
April 93.3 96 99 98 97 97
May 92.8 97 95 95 79
June 84.5 91 100 97 17
July 93.9 94 97 97 83
August 95.9 98 95 94 96
September 95.2 98 95 95 96
October 93.1 94 99 92 87
November 92.9 97 90 94 95
December 89.8 87 88 92 87
Average 92.0 92.6 94.4 95.9 93.9 81.7

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 3 7 1 3 6
February 7.3 11 12 6 1 5
March 11.6 14 12 14 15 13
April 17.0 19 19 16 18 15
May 23.0 23 24 21 20
June 27.2 26 29 28 28
July 29.5 32 29 29 31
August 27.9 28 28 30 28
September 25.6 26 24 26 25
October 19.2 19 19 21 17
November 10.7 13 13 11 14
December 6.6 9 6 11 5
Average 16.7 11.8 18.7 17.8 17.7 17.1

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 -4.4 -3 0 -7 -3 -1
February -3.8 -1 0 -4 -7 -3
March 1.0 3 0 2 2 4
April 5.7 9 6 6 6 4
May 11.8 11 14 9 10
June 16.1 15 17 18 17
July 18.0 16 20 19 19
August 17.6 17 17 19 17
September 13.9 14 14 15 13
October 8.3 9 6 12 7
November 0.9 2 2 0 3
December -2.8 2 -1 1 -2
Average 6.6 2.1 7.5 7.4 7.6 7.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.7 23 12 12 13 18
February 11.7 4 6 15 12 21
March 9.1 9 8 4 3 12
April 7.4 6 5 12 8 11
May 7.3 7 8 7 12
June 4.6 4 1 6 3
July 3.5 4 6 3 2
August 2.6 3 1 4 3
September 4.2 2 4 4 2
October 5.9 5 3 7 10
November 8.1 6 9 8 10
December 10.5 8 8 9 15
Average 7.5 9.7 5.6 6.5 6.5 9.2

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 7.7 8 7 8 7 7
February 8.3 8 9 8 8 8
March 9.0 9 9 10 9 9
April 8.2 9 8 9 8 9
May 6.6 6 7 6 8
June 6.8 7 6 7 7
July 5.5 5 6 6 5
August 5.3 6 6 5 5
September 5.7 5 6 7 6
October 7.0 7 8 7 6
November 7.6 8 8 7 8
December 7.1 6 6 7 7
Average 7.2 8.5 6.7 7.2 6.8 7.0

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 243° 234° 246° 252° 237°
February 250° 235° 231° 300° 256°
March 249° 254° 236° 248° 250°
April 242° 241° 233° 241° 270°
May 017° 184° 283° 231°
June 346° 247° 211° 230°
July 230° 230° 246° 235°
August 254° 234° 221° 232°
September 042° 275° 236° 183°
October 250° 241° 209° 222°
November 227° 225° 228° 236°
December 221° 244° 211° 234°

Prevailing wind direction

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