Cherry Capital Airport

KTVC · Michigan, United States

Climate Cherry Capital Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cherry Capital Airport (KTVC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 35.5 18 19 44 41 40
February 58.7 62 51 61 61 67
March 67.3 75 63 53 79 65
April 73.3 83 75 64 75 77
May 82.9 83 83 84 82 86
June 85.0 78 77 90 83 92
July 87.6 85 91 90 82 90
August 86.5 89 81 83 86 92
September 85.4 93 78 77 92 93
October 72.0 61 81 64 79
November 67.0 77 62 74 71
December 44.0 50 31 52 44
Average 73.2 75.8 69.0 71.1 74.4 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 73.0 61 80 75 89 80
February 82.2 81 84 89 82 85
March 86.3 93 82 76 96 91
April 89.8 96 96 86 92 89
May 94.1 91 94 98 93 95
June 93.4 93 86 94 91 97
July 96.0 96 97 98 93 99
August 96.3 99 92 95 96 99
September 96.4 98 96 95 98 99
October 92.7 92 98 86 94
November 88.1 93 80 88 93
December 80.9 83 92 81 88
Average 90.1 90.9 89.8 89.9 90.9 93.1

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 -1.5 0 2 -3 1 2
February 1.4 6 3 0 -2 1
March 5.5 9 5 4 10 7
April 11.9 15 15 11 13 10
May 20.0 22 21 22 20 17
June 25.3 25 25 26 27 26
July 27.6 28 27 28 26 29
August 26.5 27 25 26 28 27
September 23.4 26 24 23 23 21
October 15.1 15 16 18 12
November 7.2 8 10 8 12
December 2.4 6 2 3 2
Average 14.2 17.5 14.6 14.1 14.6 13.8

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 -6.5 -3 -2 -10 -4 -3
February -7.6 -3 -5 -9 -9 -6
March -3.1 -1 -3 -4 -1 -1
April 2.0 4 4 2 3 0
May 7.6 9 7 9 7 7
June 13.8 16 13 14 15 14
July 17.0 17 17 17 17 18
August 16.2 16 15 16 18 17
September 13.0 13 14 13 12 11
October 7.1 9 6 11 4
November 0.4 1 2 1 3
December -3.3 1 -2 -2 -2
Average 5.3 7.6 5.9 4.7 5.6 5.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.0 54 46 55 31 40
February 30.7 20 34 34 28 26
March 22.5 26 28 38 8 13
April 16.2 13 13 27 14 18
May 8.0 8 10 5 7 10
June 6.1 9 6 5 7 4
July 3.2 6 1 1 5 2
August 3.7 2 8 8 2 3
September 6.1 3 6 12 6 8
October 15.9 23 15 9 18
November 24.2 18 36 25 13
December 29.8 22 27 26 27
Average 15.5 13.9 16.5 20.1 12.5 13.6

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 7.1 7 7 9 7 7
February 8.2 8 9 10 7 9
March 8.3 8 8 8 9 9
April 8.1 9 9 9 7 8
May 6.8 7 6 7 7 7
June 6.6 8 6 8 7 7
July 6.3 6 6 8 6 7
August 6.2 6 7 6 6 7
September 6.3 6 6 7 7 7
October 7.1 7 7 6 8
November 7.7 8 8 8 9
December 7.1 7 7 8 8
Average 7.1 7.2 7.0 7.6 7.1 7.6

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 269° 255° 261° 261° 266°
February 262° 267° 279° 254° 270°
March 292° 321° 292° 272° 261°
April 287° 254° 254° 316° 309°
May 339° 352° 169° 320° 360°
June 262° 012° 267° 269° 285°
July 302° 332° 281° 331° 316°
August 325° 317° 317° 254° 292°
September 321° 090° 300° 284° 248°
October 292° 250° 330° 254°
November 251° 234° 245° 242°
December 273° 199° 249° 270°

Prevailing wind direction

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