Quonset State Airport

KOQU · Rhode Island, United States

Climate Quonset State Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Quonset State Airport (KOQU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 74.7 66 59 81 79 86
February 75.4 82 76 70 68 74
March 77.0 62 77 74 83 75
April 70.5 71 83 80 54
May 77.5 90 68 85 82
June 77.3 63 86 84 80
July 78.3 72 91 66 74
August 79.8 74 87 78 81
September 73.9 63 76 81 78
October 72.9 84 71 70 69
November 82.1 90 81 89 86
December 74.4 61 73 74 81
Average 75.5 69.2 73.5 78.8 77.8 76.1

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 84.6 75 74 95 93 92
February 83.8 93 85 76 81 81
March 87.1 83 88 81 86 85
April 83.0 83 91 89 70
May 87.3 97 81 90 89
June 89.1 90 95 90 90
July 90.8 90 96 84 91
August 90.5 86 94 88 93
September 85.9 80 94 92 87
October 86.0 91 78 90 80
November 90.7 94 89 98 92
December 84.0 75 83 83 89
Average 86.6 83.5 86.3 88.0 88.7 86.3

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 4.4 4 8 2 4 7
February 5.9 6 7 6 3 6
March 8.6 10 9 10 10 11
April 13.7 16 14 14 12
May 19.4 21 20 20 19
June 25.0 24 25 26 26
July 28.3 30 30 27 29
August 27.5 27 30 28 27
September 22.8 24 23 21 23
October 17.9 19 18 17 18
November 10.3 11 14 11 13
December 6.0 8 8 8 5
Average 14.8 6.9 16.6 17.1 15.7 15.9

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 -1.1 0 3 -2 -1 0
February -1.9 2 1 -1 -1 1
March 2.6 5 4 2 3 5
April 7.6 10 9 7 6
May 12.8 14 14 13 11
June 18.4 18 19 20 19
July 21.7 24 24 21 16
August 20.3 21 24 23 11
September 16.8 19 17 16 13
October 10.9 13 12 11 7
November 4.7 5 8 5 8
December 0.7 4 4 1 0
Average 8.7 2.1 11.0 11.3 9.7 8.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.5 13 16 12 8 4
February 11.2 6 8 14 18 12
March 10.9 16 15 11 3 9
April 11.1 9 3 8 14
May 7.0 5 4 9 4
June 4.0 5 1 1 4
July 2.9 2 0 6 1
August 3.8 6 1 3 4
September 9.0 14 7 7 4
October 11.3 6 13 10 14
November 7.6 4 9 5 2
December 12.1 11 21 6 11
Average 8.7 11.9 8.2 6.6 6.8 6.8

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 11.6 11 12 13 12 12
February 11.3 12 12 11 12 11
March 13.4 14 13 12 13 14
April 13.3 12 14 14 16
May 12.4 13 13 13 14
June 11.9 12 11 15 12
July 11.5 11 12 12 12
August 11.1 12 13 10 12
September 12.0 12 13 12 12
October 11.7 9 13 12 11
November 11.5 12 12 12 11
December 11.3 9 16 12 12
Average 12.0 12.5 11.7 12.5 12.3 12.5

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 325° 323° 304° 339° 305°
February 311° 309° 262° 339° 295°
March 338° 348° 270° 268° 022°
April 185° 289° 292° 315°
May 205° 156° 255° 258°
June 189° 206° 211° 200°
July 207° 229° 208° 200°
August 217° 216° 204° 209°
September 065° 354° 279° 190°
October 250° 035° 016° 266°
November 302° 273° 301° 260°
December 331° 349° 320° 309°

Prevailing wind direction

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