Sunrise Acres Airport

71KY · Indiana, United States

Climate Sunrise Acres Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (KCVG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.0 35 50 70 47 47
February 65.5 78 83 58 63 57
March 73.5 71 66 81 85 68
April 82.7 85 78 88 80
May 82.2 88 78 83 78
June 86.4 73 93 87 91
July 89.2 87 84 88 92
August 89.4 87 83 93 90
September 87.9 86 90 88 88
October 79.4 76 93 73 71
November 73.9 83 71 85 82
December 64.7 56 59 70 59
Average 76.6 61.6 77.4 79.6 80.6 76.7

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 79.4 72 79 86 79 82
February 84.2 95 97 85 85 74
March 88.9 87 85 98 94 85
April 93.5 93 93 95 93
May 92.3 94 93 93 93
June 94.0 84 97 95 97
July 95.4 95 95 95 95
August 95.0 96 91 97 96
September 94.9 96 95 96 95
October 90.8 91 97 85 85
November 88.2 93 88 91 92
December 87.6 86 78 90 92
Average 90.1 84.7 90.9 92.2 91.7 90.5

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 5.0 3 8 3 4 8
February 8.8 12 12 8 2 6
March 13.2 15 13 15 16 15
April 18.1 19 16 18 17
May 23.7 23 25 22 22
June 28.0 27 29 28 29
July 29.9 29 30 29 31
August 28.7 29 29 30 28
September 26.4 27 25 26 25
October 19.8 19 19 21 18
November 11.7 14 13 11 15
December 8.3 10 7 12 7
Average 17.5 10.0 19.0 18.6 18.4 18.4

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 -3.5 -3 1 -6 -2 0
February -1.4 1 1 -2 -5 -2
March 2.7 4 2 4 4 5
April 7.3 7 7 7 7
May 13.4 12 14 11 12
June 17.6 16 18 19 18
July 20.3 20 21 20 21
August 19.2 19 19 20 19
September 16.2 16 15 16 15
October 9.8 10 7 13 9
November 2.4 3 4 1 5
December 0.1 2 1 3 -1
Average 7.9 0.5 9.0 8.8 9.0 9.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.0 28 15 16 14 18
February 14.6 5 5 22 16 27
March 11.6 10 15 8 5 11
April 9.5 6 13 11 11
May 8.6 8 8 7 12
June 4.4 5 1 8 2
July 4.5 3 10 5 4
August 4.7 3 7 6 4
September 5.6 3 4 8 3
October 7.7 7 4 9 10
November 9.8 8 11 8 9
December 11.3 12 12 9 8
Average 9.5 14.1 7.3 9.0 8.5 9.3

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 8.7 9 8 9 8 8
February 9.3 9 10 9 9 9
March 10.1 10 11 11 9 10
April 9.4 9 10 9 10
May 8.0 8 8 7 8
June 7.5 8 7 7 8
July 6.5 7 7 6 6
August 6.4 7 7 6 6
September 6.8 6 7 7 7
October 7.9 8 9 8 7
November 8.3 8 8 8 9
December 8.3 8 8 9 8
Average 8.2 9.6 8.1 8.3 7.7 7.9

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 237° 236° 277° 254° 229°
February 248° 230° 235° 329° 265°
March 240° 248° 239° 222° 248°
April 241° 222° 240° 264°
May 040° 186° 244° 254°
June 324° 260° 210° 236°
July 244° 243° 268° 259°
August 276° 251° 203° 282°
September 023° 296° 240° 168°
October 255° 232° 215° 212°
November 227° 222° 227° 226°
December 223° 208° 208° 238°

Prevailing wind direction

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