Maple Ridge Airport

03ME · Maine, United States

Climate Maple Ridge Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Eastern Slopes Regional Airport (KIZG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 71.4 47 55 70 84 79
February 78.0 82 82 69 75 81
March 76.8 57 73 70 84 86
April 76.1 80 65 82 85 82
May 82.9 82 77 92 91
June 80.0 55 81 94 86
July 83.1 64 95 72 82
August 82.2 71 84 77 91
September 78.8 71 69 80 86
October 69.0 66 65 73 71
November 81.1 83 80 90 83
December 72.7 51 67 66 76
Average 77.5 68.0 67.9 76.6 81.2 83.3

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 83.4 70 69 79 94 94
February 84.3 88 86 80 79 85
March 83.4 72 76 79 87 93
April 86.2 88 76 88 92 94
May 91.6 89 89 97 96
June 89.3 77 89 98 93
July 90.5 75 96 90 92
August 90.2 79 92 89 95
September 87.2 79 79 91 92
October 81.6 78 72 86 82
November 88.3 89 85 96 89
December 80.8 68 76 76 86
Average 86.4 79.8 78.3 84.4 90.1 91.1

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 0.1 0 2 -3 0 2
February 2.0 4 2 2 0 2
March 5.8 7 6 7 8 8
April 12.5 13 13 12 14 11
May 20.3 21 22 21 20
June 24.8 23 24 28 26
July 27.8 28 30 25 29
August 26.6 25 28 28 27
September 22.7 23 21 23 24
October 15.8 17 17 17 14
November 7.7 7 11 9 11
December 2.0 4 4 3 3
Average 13.1 6.4 14.4 15.1 14.5 14.6

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 -11.1 -8 -6 -17 -10 -10
February -11.9 -8 -11 -11 -12 -10
March -6.5 -2 -4 -5 -6 -4
April 0.5 1 2 1 1 0
May 6.2 5 7 7 6
June 11.8 12 11 14 12
July 15.2 17 14 15 17
August 14.1 14 15 16 14
September 9.9 11 9 11 8
October 4.5 6 3 6 3
November -4.9 -4 -1 -3 -1
December -8.2 -5 -5 -7 -6
Average 1.3 -5.6 3.2 2.0 2.5 2.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 15.4 29 27 17 9 7
February 14.2 6 13 21 19 13
March 12.2 19 19 16 5 8
April 13.5 13 15 16 10 15
May 7.5 10 7 5 4
June 8.3 20 6 1 3
July 7.1 17 6 12 2
August 5.6 12 7 3 3
September 6.7 8 15 5 1
October 11.5 15 9 10 8
November 11.4 10 17 7 6
December 13.2 17 22 14 10
Average 10.6 15.9 15.1 12.1 7.7 6.1

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 3.5 3 3 3 3 3
February 4.2 4 4 4 3 4
March 5.0 5 5 5 5 5
April 5.1 5 5 5 5 6
May 5.0 5 4 5 6
June 4.1 4 4 5 4
July 3.6 3 4 4 4
August 3.4 3 3 3 4
September 3.3 2 3 4 5
October 3.3 3 3 3 4
November 3.8 3 4 3 4
December 3.5 3 5 3 4
Average 4.1 4.2 3.5 3.9 3.9 4.3

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 339° 343° 336° 344° 277°
February 316° 303° 276° 313° 283°
March 319° 345° 292° 287° 329°
April 031° 068° 314° 333° 328°
May 319° 116° 282° 287°
June 072° 232° 225° 015°
July 145° 244° 327° 155°
August 294° 163° 155° 287°
September 023° 329° 257° 202°
October 105° 156° 347° 266°
November 292° 271° 284° 265°
December 192° 335° 292° 280°

Prevailing wind direction

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