Richard I Bong Airport

KSUW · Wisconsin, United States

Climate Richard I Bong Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Richard I Bong Airport (KSUW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 53.7 35 39 65 56 42
February 75.9 77 77 100 82 82
March 77.8 81 67 73 81 76
April 70.3 63 63 64 85
May 81.1 85 78 77 88
June 83.8 73 89 87 89
July 87.9 90 85 79 87
August 77.4 79 70 77 74
September 72.9 60 80 86 81
October 70.7 69 82 56 85
November 70.8 79 65 91 67
December 54.9 41 52 69 55
Average 73.1 65.7 70.0 75.0 75.6 77.4

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 86.2 81 78 94 88 84
February 89.3 93 89 100 93 96
March 89.3 87 80 89 92 91
April 83.0 79 78 81 90
May 86.3 87 84 88 91
June 88.2 80 92 89 92
July 92.6 94 88 90 91
August 86.8 87 86 85 85
September 83.6 80 86 93 85
October 91.0 90 93 80 95
November 92.9 100 83 99 94
December 85.2 81 74 86 91
Average 87.7 87.1 85.2 86.3 88.4 90.2

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 -5.1 -4 -3 -9 -3 -3
February -4.6 3 -2 -10 -7 -2
March 3.3 5 1 2 7 4
April 7.8 7 5 10 8
May 16.1 16 16 18 15
June 21.8 21 23 25 23
July 25.9 25 25 26 27
August 24.4 24 24 26 25
September 20.0 21 21 22 19
October 12.0 13 14 15 9
November 3.5 6 5 5 7
December -2.3 3 -2 -1 -1
Average 8.9 1.6 11.0 10.0 12.0 10.7

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 -13.3 -10 -11 -17 -11 -11
February -13.3 -7 -13 -10 -17 -14
March -7.7 -5 -8 -6 -3 -4
April -2.4 -1 -2 0 -2
May 3.4 3 3 4 4
June 8.6 8 8 11 9
July 12.6 12 10 13 14
August 12.6 12 13 13 14
September 9.1 11 8 9 7
October 3.1 4 2 6 0
November -5.4 -4 -3 -4 -3
December -10.5 -3 -10 -11 -10
Average -2.9 -8.7 0.9 0.2 1.0 0.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.2 13 18 6 4 13
February 9.8 4 13 0 4 6
March 6.7 11 14 4 6 7
April 11.2 14 14 12 6
May 6.3 3 12 2 3
June 4.2 4 2 5 3
July 2.9 1 4 4 4
August 5.2 2 4 5 5
September 5.5 6 4 4 3
October 8.0 8 2 7 8
November 7.4 3 18 4 5
December 10.6 13 22 10 6
Average 7.4 9.4 7.6 7.4 5.4 5.3

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 6.2 5 6 7 6 6
February 7.4 8 7 10 7 8
March 7.6 8 8 8 8 7
April 7.9 9 9 7 8
May 7.0 8 7 7 7
June 6.3 6 8 6 7
July 5.2 5 6 6 5
August 5.8 6 6 7 6
September 5.7 6 6 7 7
October 6.7 7 7 6 8
November 6.9 7 7 7 7
December 6.0 6 5 7 6
Average 6.6 7.1 6.6 7.1 6.6 6.6

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 260° 277° 254° 260° 270°
February 296° 275° 360° 265° 265°
March 331° 040° 313° 319° 349°
April 026° 025° 006° 349°
May 046° 024° 027° 031°
June 052° 288° 006° 009°
July 320° 288° 024° 318°
August 047° 336° 253° 297°
September 067° 341° 273° 264°
October 341° 276° 032° 270°
November 252° 286° 284° 255°
December 273° 321° 264° 276°

Prevailing wind direction

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