Grosse Ile Municipal Airport

KONZ · Michigan, United States

Climate Grosse Ile Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grosse Ile Municipal Airport (KONZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.1 31 38 71 47 49
February 67.1 74 72 69 70 67
March 73.3 68 65 78 93 60
April 81.6 81 81 89 83
May 84.2 93 89 84 85
June 87.4 77 93 89 95
July 88.7 83 87 83 95
August 89.7 87 90 94 91
September 82.8 72 86 87 85
October 78.9 81 87 69 84
November 73.4 80 85 78 80
December 58.7 49 52 63 57
Average 75.6 58.7 74.5 82.6 80.3 79.5

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 78.9 63 77 92 83 82
February 87.1 93 89 87 90 88
March 90.3 95 87 92 99 84
April 91.8 92 92 95 92
May 94.7 100 97 96 93
June 95.0 87 97 95 99
July 96.0 96 93 91 99
August 97.4 97 98 99 99
September 94.3 95 95 95 95
October 92.4 96 96 82 96
November 90.6 93 93 90 91
December 86.2 76 95 86 87
Average 90.9 84.4 91.1 94.0 92.3 92.7

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 1.0 0 3 -1 1 3
February 3.4 7 6 2 -1 2
March 7.3 10 6 9 11 8
April 12.8 15 12 15 11
May 19.5 19 21 20 18
June 25.1 24 26 26 26
July 27.6 27 28 27 29
August 26.5 25 27 28 27
September 23.0 23 23 24 22
October 16.2 16 17 18 15
November 8.0 10 10 8 11
December 4.2 7 4 7 4
Average 13.5 5.6 15.0 15.2 15.3 14.7

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 -5.4 -4 -1 -8 -3 -2
February -5.9 -2 -3 -6 -8 -4
March -1.5 2 0 0 0 1
April 4.0 5 3 5 3
May 10.3 9 12 9 9
June 16.2 14 16 18 16
July 19.1 19 19 19 20
August 18.3 17 18 19 18
September 15.3 15 15 15 13
October 8.9 9 7 12 7
November 1.7 1 3 1 3
December -1.0 2 -1 1 -2
Average 6.0 -2.5 7.4 6.8 7.4 7.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.3 24 12 9 7 14
February 10.6 2 9 16 13 10
March 8.8 8 14 8 2 5
April 9.4 12 8 11 8
May 7.6 5 9 8 9
June 4.1 5 2 7 1
July 4.6 6 4 8 3
August 3.5 2 3 4 4
September 4.2 1 3 6 2
October 8.7 9 5 15 7
November 8.9 7 8 9 10
December 10.9 17 4 7 13
Average 8.0 10.6 7.9 6.3 7.7 6.5

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 7.6 8 6 9 7 7
February 8.0 7 9 9 8 8
March 8.3 8 9 8 9 8
April 7.6 7 8 7 8
May 6.6 6 7 6 7
June 6.4 6 6 6 6
July 5.7 5 7 6 5
August 5.9 6 6 6 6
September 6.2 5 7 7 7
October 7.0 7 7 6 7
November 7.6 8 8 8 8
December 7.1 6 8 8 7
Average 7.1 7.7 6.6 7.3 6.8 6.9

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 257° 263° 269° 293° 247°
February 249° 247° 252° 288° 288°
March 261° 288° 272° 246° 258°
April 230° 241° 259° 270°
May 154° 149° 198° 333°
June 082° 232° 207° 211°
July 207° 237° 301° 213°
August 245° 203° 194° 236°
September 171° 264° 232° 203°
October 270° 232° 228° 252°
November 247° 228° 237° 239°
December 249° 260° 236° 259°

Prevailing wind direction

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