Portage County Airport

KPOV · Ohio, United States

Climate Portage County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Portage County Airport (KPOV) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 43.7 33 29 64 40 48
February 61.4 74 72 62 55 62
March 67.0 61 61 71 83 54
April 74.8 73 81 72 77 70
May 79.7 86 83 77 80
June 83.1 74 91 85 89
July 85.2 78 87 82 92
August 84.8 85 84 83 86
September 80.1 75 75 85 83
October 74.5 72 87 62 72
November 75.6 78 68 84 95
December 53.1 51 55 65 39
Average 69.9 61.0 70.3 76.5 73.4 74.5

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 74.1 70 63 85 77 77
February 83.7 92 90 83 87 81
March 85.4 80 82 90 94 82
April 90.6 91 94 90 92 88
May 91.5 97 92 88 92
June 92.1 86 96 93 97
July 93.5 90 94 92 96
August 93.3 96 95 91 93
September 92.6 96 91 93 91
October 87.4 85 95 80 85
November 90.3 89 88 96 99
December 80.3 81 77 85 77
Average 86.8 83.5 87.5 90.6 88.7 88.8

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 1.6 1 5 0 1 4
February 5.0 8 9 5 -1 3
March 8.8 11 7 12 13 10
April 14.9 17 16 15 16 12
May 20.3 21 24 19 19
June 24.9 24 27 25 25
July 27.2 27 28 26 30
August 26.3 24 28 28 27
September 23.1 22 23 24 22
October 16.5 16 17 19 15
November 9.5 10 11 9 16
December 4.3 7 4 7 4
Average 13.2 9.2 14.8 16.5 15.2 15.4

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 -5.0 -4 -1 -10 -4 -2
February -5.7 -2 -3 -7 -8 -4
March -1.2 1 -1 -1 0 2
April 4.9 7 4 3 4 3
May 9.4 7 11 8 9
June 14.0 12 13 15 15
July 17.5 17 16 17 18
August 16.0 15 16 17 15
September 12.8 12 12 13 11
October 6.8 8 4 11 7
November 0.9 0 1 0 4
December -2.1 1 -2 0 -2
Average 4.2 0.3 5.1 5.0 5.8 6.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.7 0 0 0 0 0
February 3.9 0 0 0 0 0
March 4.8 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
May 0.6 0 0 0 0
June 0.3 0 0 0 0
July 1.2 0 0 0 0
August 0.2 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.1 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 4.6 0 0 0 0
Average 3.6

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 6.1 7 5 6 6 6
February 6.5 6 7 6 7 6
March 7.2 7 8 7 7 7
April 6.4 7 6 7 6 7
May 5.5 5 6 5 7
June 4.8 5 5 4 5
July 4.1 4 5 4 4
August 3.6 4 4 3 3
September 4.3 4 4 5 4
October 5.2 5 6 4 5
November 6.0 6 6 5 6
December 5.6 5 6 6 6
Average 5.7 6.5 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.2

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 246° 249° 268° 268° 248°
February 265° 250° 252° 273° 264°
March 254° 271° 255° 276° 253°
April 269° 253° 253° 273° 278°
May 353° 150° 312° 263°
June 333° 279° 274° 272°
July 275° 269° 286° 291°
August 283° 269° 291° 284°
September 034° 282° 259° 232°
October 263° 253° 217° 261°
November 254° 239° 252° 241°
December 238° 210° 233° 240°

Prevailing wind direction

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