General Mitchell International Airport

KMKE · Wisconsin, United States

Climate General Mitchell International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of General Mitchell International Airport (KMKE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.4 35 30 75 51 46
February 71.6 72 68 76 78 80
March 72.5 74 61 71 79 59
April 77.5 81 77 77 84 75
May 81.1 89 80 87 77
June 85.6 72 87 91 99
July 90.4 93 86 84 94
August 88.6 83 83 91 93
September 80.6 78 78 88 78
October 76.8 77 86 69 81
November 73.3 84 73 84 82
December 61.7 53 40 62 70
Average 76.1 66.5 73.3 77.9 80.4 78.9

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 79.7 64 73 96 79 84
February 86.5 91 82 95 90 94
March 87.3 87 81 83 97 82
April 88.2 88 90 89 95 87
May 89.7 94 91 95 86
June 91.7 82 91 96 100
July 96.4 97 92 94 99
August 96.4 95 93 95 99
September 93.7 93 94 99 96
October 92.1 92 95 89 94
November 92.6 92 90 98 94
December 86.4 84 80 87 96
Average 89.7 83.0 88.3 90.9 93.3 92.6

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 0.3 0 3 -2 1 2
February 2.7 8 4 2 -3 2
March 7.0 9 6 8 10 8
April 13.0 15 16 12 15 11
May 19.1 19 20 20 17
June 25.4 25 27 28 26
July 27.8 28 28 27 29
August 26.9 27 27 29 28
September 23.5 24 23 25 22
October 16.2 17 17 19 14
November 8.6 10 11 9 13
December 4.1 7 4 6 4
Average 13.7 7.8 15.4 15.0 15.4 14.6

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 -6.2 -4 -2 -10 -5 -4
February -6.6 -1 -4 -7 -10 -5
March -1.6 1 -1 -1 2 1
April 4.1 6 5 4 6 3
May 9.9 10 12 11 9
June 15.8 15 17 18 16
July 19.6 19 19 19 21
August 18.8 19 19 19 19
September 15.4 16 15 16 14
October 8.2 10 7 13 5
November 1.3 2 3 1 5
December -3.9 2 -1 -1 -3
Average 5.8 0.3 7.7 6.6 7.4 6.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.0 23 28 10 15 14
February 11.8 3 19 11 9 9
March 11.2 13 20 19 5 11
April 12.7 14 12 15 7 13
May 8.2 8 6 7 11
June 5.3 5 6 3 5
July 2.8 5 5 1 1
August 3.2 3 3 2 1
September 6.7 10 7 1 11
October 10.0 15 5 10 10
November 10.4 10 19 9 7
December 11.9 17 21 9 7
Average 9.4 13.5 11.9 9.8 5.9 8.0

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 9.2 9 9 10 9 9
February 10.1 10 11 11 9 11
March 10.4 11 10 10 11 11
April 10.5 11 11 11 10 10
May 9.4 9 10 10 10
June 8.9 8 9 9 9
July 8.4 8 9 9 8
August 8.3 9 9 8 8
September 8.8 9 9 9 10
October 9.8 10 9 9 10
November 10.0 10 11 10 11
December 9.4 9 10 10 9
Average 9.5 10.4 9.2 9.8 9.3 9.5

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 289° 269° 277° 301° 264°
February 263° 270° 264° 281° 288°
March 305° 356° 314° 213° 239°
April 288° 233° 208° 153° 322°
May 054° 123° 157° 058°
June 037° 250° 197° 131°
July 084° 289° 349° 077°
August 045° 011° 163° 178°
September 138° 315° 277° 227°
October 263° 247° 049° 278°
November 256° 238° 251° 241°
December 270° 185° 242° 275°

Prevailing wind direction

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