Ring Hill Airport

14ME · Maine, United States

Climate Ring Hill Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bangor International Airport (KBGR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 69.6 64 62 67 75 75
February 76.6 75 82 70 79 75
March 73.2 55 70 68 82 79
April 72.3 69 77 76 82
May 80.0 86 77 91 84
June 74.9 46 77 90 80
July 79.1 66 96 67 68
August 77.9 76 71 69 90
September 78.1 71 76 74 83
October 72.5 67 76 76 73
November 79.0 82 78 90 80
December 69.3 51 61 70 67
Average 74.5 64.1 68.6 75.5 78.4 78.3

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 80.7 85 70 75 89 87
February 83.7 85 89 82 87 81
March 82.1 71 81 78 89 87
April 83.9 83 87 94 93
May 89.4 95 86 95 90
June 84.7 66 85 93 86
July 86.7 77 97 81 81
August 87.8 87 86 83 92
September 86.3 79 84 87 87
October 84.8 84 80 91 89
November 87.8 94 85 94 87
December 80.5 66 78 79 85
Average 84.6 79.2 80.6 84.1 88.6 87.2

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 -1.4 0 2 -3 -1 0
February 0.9 2 0 2 -1 1
March 4.8 6 5 6 7 6
April 11.7 13 12 14 10
May 18.7 20 21 19 19
June 23.2 22 23 26 25
July 26.8 27 28 24 27
August 25.9 24 27 27 26
September 21.9 23 21 22 22
October 15.6 17 17 17 14
November 7.3 7 10 8 10
December 1.7 4 5 2 3
Average 11.9 2.6 13.7 14.3 13.7 13.6

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 -10.5 -8 -6 -14 -8 -9
February -10.8 -7 -11 -10 -9 -8
March -5.7 -2 -3 -4 -4 -3
April 1.7 2 2 3 1
May 6.9 7 8 7 7
June 12.2 12 12 14 13
July 16.1 18 16 15 17
August 15.6 15 17 17 15
September 11.5 13 11 13 10
October 6.1 9 5 7 5
November -2.6 -2 1 -1 1
December -7.5 -4 -3 -7 -4
Average 2.2 -6.4 4.2 3.6 4.0 3.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 19.4 18 23 25 14 17
February 15.3 9 13 23 13 18
March 15.2 30 21 16 7 10
April 14.6 11 19 13 16
May 9.5 8 9 8 6
June 10.1 24 9 3 6
July 6.2 8 4 13 5
August 5.6 10 7 5 5
September 6.8 10 11 8 2
October 10.5 11 9 6 10
November 14.4 11 14 9 13
December 17.5 20 25 20 16
Average 12.4 19.7 14.0 12.9 9.5 9.5

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 7.6 8 8 8 8 6
February 8.0 9 7 9 7 7
March 9.4 9 9 9 10 9
April 9.0 8 10 10 10
May 8.5 10 8 8 10
June 7.0 6 7 8 7
July 6.7 6 8 7 7
August 6.3 7 7 6 6
September 6.9 6 7 7 9
October 7.0 6 6 6 8
November 7.3 7 8 6 7
December 7.3 7 11 6 9
Average 7.7 9.0 7.2 7.8 7.4 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 327° 336° 334° 335° 321°
February 292° 331° 291° 320° 292°
March 322° 333° 290° 275° 320°
April 235° 319° 339° 316°
May 311° 188° 293° 269°
June 069° 203° 210° 197°
July 184° 224° 321° 195°
August 223° 198° 192° 235°
September 326° 305° 232° 210°
October 230° 182° 341° 254°
November 281° 270° 288° 253°
December 329° 337° 307° 268°

Prevailing wind direction

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