Downwind Acres Airport

86MI · Michigan, United States

Climate Downwind Acres Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Willow Run Airport (KYIP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 47.6 23 32 68 48 50
February 66.4 72 66 64 71 71
March 70.5 61 61 71 93 61
April 81.5 80 81 89 83
May 81.5 91 82 76 82
June 85.6 72 93 86 96
July 89.1 78 91 85 93
August 88.1 80 83 96 93
September 81.5 69 82 89 83
October 75.8 75 78 66 85
November 73.1 78 74 79 81
December 56.4 41 48 64 53
Average 73.8 51.9 69.8 77.9 79.8 79.0

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 75.6 56 69 90 81 84
February 85.2 93 85 77 91 91
March 87.9 90 81 84 99 87
April 92.9 93 90 96 92
May 93.0 100 93 89 92
June 93.3 84 98 94 99
July 95.3 91 97 92 95
August 94.9 93 91 97 98
September 93.6 89 96 98 92
October 89.1 94 88 82 94
November 89.8 92 85 91 90
December 83.7 69 91 85 88
Average 89.1 79.8 87.0 90.4 91.8 92.2

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 1.6 0 3 -1 2 4
February 4.7 8 6 3 0 3
March 9.3 11 7 10 15 11
April 15.5 16 14 18 15
May 22.6 22 24 23 21
June 28.0 26 29 29 30
July 29.9 28 30 29 32
August 28.5 26 30 29 29
September 25.5 24 26 27 24
October 18.2 17 19 21 17
November 9.4 10 11 10 14
December 5.2 7 4 8 5
Average 15.3 6.0 15.9 17.0 17.5 17.0

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 -5.0 -5 -2 -10 -3 -2
February -5.4 -3 -4 -6 -8 -4
March -1.4 1 -1 0 1 1
April 4.3 4 4 5 4
May 10.5 8 13 9 11
June 15.8 14 16 19 15
July 18.6 18 19 19 19
August 17.2 15 19 17 17
September 14.3 14 15 15 12
October 8.0 8 6 13 7
November 0.6 -1 -1 1 3
December -2.5 2 -1 0 -2
Average 5.4 -3.7 6.3 6.2 7.4 6.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 16.9 32 17 13 11 15
February 12.1 3 11 23 12 10
March 11.7 12 21 14 2 7
April 11.8 15 14 11 11
May 8.9 5 11 11 10
June 4.4 7 2 8 1
July 4.0 6 5 8 2
August 3.8 5 6 1 4
September 4.3 3 4 8 3
October 9.6 12 4 11 7
November 9.9 7 9 12 11
December 11.4 19 7 7 11
Average 9.4 15.5 10.3 9.1 8.1 7.1

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 9.3 10 8 10 8 9
February 10.1 9 12 11 9 11
March 10.3 11 10 10 11 9
April 10.1 9 10 10 10
May 8.6 8 9 8 10
June 8.0 7 8 8 8
July 6.8 6 8 7 6
August 6.8 7 7 6 6
September 7.0 6 7 8 8
October 8.6 9 9 8 9
November 8.7 9 5 9 11
December 8.6 7 8 9 9
Average 8.7 9.7 8.0 8.5 8.4 8.6

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 244° 258° 265° 281° 244°
February 249° 240° 251° 275° 271°
March 253° 285° 261° 251° 253°
April 240° 242° 263° 274°
May 358° 170° 259° 292°
June 360° 261° 229° 240°
July 269° 249° 296° 268°
August 288° 256° 233° 284°
September 157° 272° 262° 245°
October 271° 239° 253° 242°
November 251° 222° 234° 240°
December 237° 226° 227° 257°

Prevailing wind direction

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