Ohio State University Airport

KOSU · Ohio, United States

Climate Ohio State University Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ohio State University Airport (KOSU) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.0 35 41 64 47 49
February 66.3 83 78 63 63 63
March 73.0 70 65 78 85 61
April 81.6 82 78 89 79
May 82.2 86 75 82 83
June 85.2 68 92 89 90
July 85.8 75 87 83 95
August 87.6 84 83 90 90
September 85.8 78 87 87 89
October 76.6 73 91 69 67
November 73.9 82 70 84 83
December 59.4 50 54 68 56
Average 75.4 63.2 72.6 78.4 79.4 76.9

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 80.8 71 76 86 83 85
February 85.7 93 98 88 87 76
March 90.8 91 90 97 94 87
April 93.6 96 92 96 92
May 92.3 96 88 92 94
June 93.6 82 96 96 97
July 94.5 89 94 96 98
August 95.4 96 94 96 97
September 94.4 94 96 95 97
October 91.9 93 99 92 87
November 90.0 90 90 93 93
December 84.8 81 83 89 83
Average 90.5 85.4 90.1 92.2 92.8 90.9

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 3.7 3 7 1 3 6
February 7.3 11 12 6 1 5
March 11.8 15 12 14 15 13
April 17.2 19 16 18 15
May 23.3 23 25 22 21
June 27.6 27 29 29 28
July 29.5 29 30 29 31
August 28.3 28 29 30 29
September 25.9 26 25 27 25
October 19.3 20 19 22 17
November 10.9 13 13 11 14
December 6.9 10 6 11 5
Average 16.6 9.6 18.9 18.1 18.1 17.4

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 -4.7 -3 0 -7 -2 -1
February -2.0 0 0 -3 -6 -3
March 1.4 4 1 2 3 4
April 6.1 7 6 7 4
May 12.4 11 14 11 11
June 17.0 15 17 19 17
July 19.4 19 20 20 20
August 18.2 18 19 20 18
September 15.2 15 15 16 13
October 9.2 10 7 13 8
November 1.6 2 4 1 4
December -1.4 3 0 2 -1
Average 7.0 0.3 8.5 8.2 8.6 7.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.9 26 19 16 12 17
February 12.4 7 8 18 9 17
March 12.2 11 14 13 7 11
April 10.6 8 17 9 14
May 8.7 7 11 7 14
June 5.4 7 3 6 5
July 4.9 4 10 6 4
August 3.4 4 3 5 3
September 5.5 3 6 6 4
October 7.8 10 1 9 8
November 9.2 7 10 7 13
December 12.0 13 14 11 11
Average 9.5 14.2 8.3 9.7 7.5 9.5

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 8.6 9 8 9 8 8
February 9.2 9 10 10 9 9
March 9.8 10 11 10 10 9
April 9.2 9 9 9 10
May 8.0 7 8 7 9
June 7.3 7 7 8 7
July 6.4 6 7 7 6
August 6.4 7 7 6 6
September 6.4 6 7 8 7
October 7.6 7 9 7 7
November 8.3 8 9 8 9
December 8.0 7 7 8 8
Average 8.0 9.2 7.6 8.0 7.7 7.7

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 244° 239° 260° 262° 237°
February 259° 234° 237° 299° 266°
March 250° 263° 239° 247° 247°
April 244° 237° 251° 276°
May 357° 169° 291° 226°
June 316° 256° 217° 259°
July 249° 247° 265° 263°
August 272° 248° 243° 270°
September 005° 275° 248° 204°
October 264° 239° 209° 228°
November 232° 229° 230° 238°
December 220° 244° 210° 239°

Prevailing wind direction

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