Fall River Mills Airport

O89 · United States

Climate Fall River Mills Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Mount Shasta Weather Station (KMHS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.3 41 53 71 65 72
February 78.0 58 67 98 84 97
March 72.8 56 59 82 84 85
April 89.4 92 86 96 89
May 90.0 84 93 96 92
June 96.8 96 97 97 96
July 93.1 99 97 96 99
August 78.0 90 99 63 86
September 87.9 91 97 84 73
October 93.5 96 100 79 95
November 84.7 96 74 89 86
December 71.7 60 53 66 89
Average 80.5 51.6 80.9 88.5 83.9 88.4

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 75.7 60 70 75 80 82
February 86.7 75 76 99 90 98
March 84.8 77 68 94 92 95
April 96.3 99 92 99 97
May 96.5 95 98 99 97
June 99.1 99 100 100 99
July 94.5 99 99 97 99
August 83.3 94 99 72 88
September 92.3 95 98 93 81
October 97.8 99 100 94 98
November 91.7 97 79 96 93
December 84.2 80 68 76 95
Average 88.6 70.9 88.4 92.6 91.1 93.7

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 7.1 7 6 9 7 7
February 9.2 9 8 13 9 13
March 11.0 11 6 15 12 11
April 16.6 16 15 20 18
May 21.8 22 20 23 22
June 27.1 26 27 30 26
July 31.7 33 32 34 31
August 31.1 30 33 31 31
September 26.0 24 28 27 29
October 19.7 20 24 16 23
November 11.5 12 8 13 11
December 6.6 9 3 6 8
Average 17.2 8.8 17.7 19.4 19.0 19.0

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 -1.0 1 -1 -2 -1 -1
February -2.6 1 -2 -2 -1 -2
March -1.8 1 -3 2 -1 0
April 2.6 2 1 2 4
May 5.8 6 5 6 6
June 9.6 9 9 12 10
July 11.4 12 12 13 11
August 11.6 12 13 12 12
September 8.1 8 9 8 9
October 3.5 5 5 4 5
November 0.1 1 -2 1 -1
December -2.4 1 -4 -1 -3
Average 3.6 0.6 4.1 4.0 4.5 4.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 22.0 29 38 8 16 14
February 17.5 34 28 1 9 1
March 21.2 35 38 11 11 12
April 9.1 6 11 2 7
May 5.8 8 6 2 9
June 1.7 2 2 2 1
July 0.4 0 1 1 0
August 0.7 2 2 0 0
September 2.3 7 2 1 0
October 2.5 4 1 10 1
November 10.8 3 15 9 6
December 14.0 23 26 18 7
Average 11.1 32.6 14.0 6.6 6.2 4.7

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 2.4 2 3 2 3 2
February 3.2 2 3 3 4 4
March 2.6 3 2 3 3 3
April 2.9 3 3 3 3
May 2.2 1 2 3 2
June 1.9 1 1 1 2
July 1.1 1 1 1 1
August 1.1 1 1 2 1
September 1.4 1 1 1 1
October 2.0 1 1 1 3
November 2.2 2 2 2 2
December 2.4 2 2 2 2
Average 2.1 2.3 1.8 1.7 2.1 2.2

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 118° 089° 035° 082° 088°
February 121° 029° 314° 324° 321°
March 111° 099° 328° 009° 334°
April 304° 006° 319° 321°
May 157° 338° 322° 025°
June 316° 314° 353° 320°
July 105° 035° 055° 315°
August 341° 065° 327° 321°
September 314° 334° 292° 001°
October 345° 297° 069° 318°
November 135° 322° 059° 352°
December 110° 097° 095° 006°

Prevailing wind direction

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