Fairplains Airpark

02MI · Michigan, United States

Climate Fairplains Airpark 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ionia County Airport (KY70) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 38.5 16 25 55 36 41
February 60.2 73 60 60 68 68
March 67.5 65 64 66 86 57
April 75.3 81 75 89 72
May 80.5 87 82 90 87
June 84.1 82 94 80 93
July 86.5 87 87 69 89
August 82.8 80 80 87 87
September 79.3 70 76 86 97
October 69.8 72 86 52 65
November 69.5 78 71 78 78
December 46.4 40 39 61 44
Average 69.7 53.2 70.9 75.0 71.5 75.2

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 74.8 62 73 86 72 77
February 83.2 89 89 85 93 85
March 86.8 87 86 85 98 87
April 90.9 96 93 97 86
May 92.4 99 92 97 99
June 94.1 90 98 92 97
July 95.2 94 97 89 96
August 93.2 91 95 92 92
September 91.8 88 94 97 100
October 86.6 95 96 75 85
November 89.2 93 87 91 93
December 80.1 69 93 86 94
Average 87.8 80.3 89.2 92.0 88.3 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 -1.5 -1 2 -3 -1 2
February 1.7 7 4 0 -4 0
March 7.0 10 6 7 9 8
April 13.0 16 12 13 12
May 20.4 22 22 18 19
June 25.7 27 27 26 26
July 27.7 27 28 25 30
August 26.4 26 27 26 27
September 23.4 23 22 23 24
October 15.7 16 17 18 9
November 7.5 9 10 7 12
December 2.8 6 3 5 2
Average 13.1 5.6 15.3 14.7 13.9 12.8

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 -6.4 -4 -2 -11 -5 -2
February -6.8 -2 -4 -8 -9 -6
March -2.7 1 -2 -2 1 0
April 3.9 4 3 6 2
May 10.1 8 11 10 8
June 15.5 14 15 18 14
July 17.6 17 17 19 18
August 16.2 16 17 18 16
September 13.1 13 13 12 16
October 7.1 8 5 10 4
November 0.2 0 1 0 3
December -3.8 1 -2 -2 -1
Average 4.8 -2.0 6.0 5.1 6.7 4.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.9 36 21 16 28 13
February 15.5 2 11 16 10 21
March 11.1 12 14 13 0 7
April 11.0 11 12 10 12
May 7.2 5 8 3 4
June 4.8 6 4 8 1
July 3.4 5 2 7 3
August 5.7 6 8 0 5
September 5.0 6 7 5 0
October 13.0 15 7 15 11
November 12.3 10 15 12 10
December 13.0 15 7 10 11
Average 10.4 15.7 9.8 9.3 9.6 7.7

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 8.1 8 7 9 6 8
February 9.2 8 11 10 7 9
March 9.2 10 9 9 10 9
April 9.3 9 10 9 8
May 7.8 6 8 8 8
June 7.1 6 8 8 6
July 6.0 5 7 6 6
August 5.8 7 6 4 6
September 6.1 5 5 7 8
October 7.7 7 8 7 8
November 8.6 8 9 8 10
December 8.1 7 9 9 8
Average 7.8 8.6 7.1 8.0 7.5 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 246° 241° 241° 293° 236°
February 243° 245° 230° 261° 283°
March 239° 270° 259° 248° 235°
April 239° 226° 235° 270°
May 013° 175° 260° 290°
June 007° 252° 246° 241°
July 256° 255° 265° 255°
August 267° 236° 213° 246°
September 165° 254° 251° 237°
October 246° 229° 220° 259°
November 242° 222° 231° 233°
December 259° 204° 231° 255°

Prevailing wind direction

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