Porter County Regional Airport

KVPZ · Indiana, United States

Climate Porter County Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Porter County Regional Airport (KVPZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 39.4 23 24 68 47 36
February 61.6 75 59 63 61 64
March 68.3 69 58 64 87 53
April 77.9 73 82 80 84 70
May 79.8 87 73 87 84
June 84.1 71 93 85 95
July 84.1 71 84 76 88
August 80.4 73 77 92 68
September 82.3 77 76 93 76
October 71.2 64 82 60 75
November 68.6 75 70 81 75
December 54.5 42 42 62 50
Average 71.3 60.5 66.2 74.3 77.9 71.1

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 66.6 56 64 85 76 63
February 79.7 88 81 83 80 80
March 85.9 86 82 82 96 83
April 91.1 93 98 94 92 84
May 91.3 97 84 94 95
June 92.3 83 96 95 99
July 93.0 86 94 87 94
August 88.7 86 90 97 70
September 91.8 92 85 97 88
October 86.5 84 90 82 89
November 90.2 92 91 95 91
December 77.6 70 66 83 74
Average 86.4 81.2 85.1 87.6 90.1 84.7

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 1.1 0 4 -2 1 3
February 4.3 9 7 2 -3 2
March 9.5 13 8 10 12 10
April 15.5 17 18 13 16 14
May 22.1 23 23 20 20
June 27.8 27 29 28 29
July 28.7 28 29 27 29
August 26.8 27 28 29 21
September 25.5 24 25 27 23
October 17.9 17 19 19 16
November 9.4 11 11 8 13
December 5.1 7 3 7 4
Average 15.3 9.5 16.5 15.9 16.0 15.3

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 -6.3 -6 -3 -11 -5 -3
February -5.2 -2 -3 -7 -10 -5
March -1.7 1 -1 -1 1 0
April 4.5 7 4 4 5 3
May 11.0 10 12 9 10
June 16.1 14 16 17 17
July 18.4 17 19 18 18
August 16.2 17 17 18 11
September 14.1 13 13 14 12
October 7.7 9 6 11 5
November 0.5 0 0 -1 3
December -3.6 1 -3 -2 -3
Average 5.5 -1.9 6.5 5.5 6.4 5.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.0 18 26 15 11 12
February 13.6 5 17 18 21 19
March 11.0 9 16 21 7 10
April 9.9 9 8 10 13 13
May 8.1 9 13 9 9
June 4.4 3 5 7 1
July 3.3 5 4 4 3
August 2.5 6 1 1 2
September 4.0 4 1 5 6
October 10.2 12 3 13 14
November 6.9 4 5 6 8
December 9.1 13 13 5 6
Average 8.2 10.3 9.7 8.7 8.1 8.1

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 8.9 9 9 9 8 9
February 9.2 8 11 10 8 9
March 9.9 10 10 10 10 9
April 9.9 11 10 11 9 10
May 8.3 7 9 8 8
June 7.5 7 7 7 8
July 6.1 6 6 6 6
August 6.0 7 6 6 4
September 6.7 6 7 8 7
October 8.2 8 9 7 8
November 9.2 9 11 9 10
December 8.7 8 9 10 8
Average 8.3 9.7 7.9 8.6 8.0 7.8

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 250° 251° 256° 239° 238°
February 246° 245° 245° 272° 271°
March 249° 288° 258° 237° 236°
April 242° 235° 220° 258° 292°
May 031° 173° 236° 021°
June 350° 263° 241° 207°
July 251° 254° 292° 245°
August 288° 236° 195° 255°
September 150° 251° 244° 241°
October 241° 237° 208° 242°
November 243° 231° 242° 234°
December 235° 189° 227° 240°

Prevailing wind direction

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