Wingfoot Lake Airship Operations Balloonport

4OH6 · Ohio, United States

Climate Wingfoot Lake Airship Operations Balloonport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Akron Fulton International Airport (KAKR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.3 31 27 55 41 47
February 62.6 74 70 59 54 62
March 68.2 58 59 68 88 56
April 78.4 80 76 83 73
May 81.6 83 82 80 84
June 83.2 70 85 92 91
July 89.1 81 87 83 93
August 86.7 80 86 86 89
September 81.4 73 73 83 87
October 75.2 72 82 72 74
November 71.0 80 69 81 81
December 55.8 51 37 67 47
Average 72.3 53.9 69.5 73.6 77.2 75.3

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 77.6 72 64 79 85 84
February 85.0 93 88 81 89 83
March 86.8 81 84 86 96 87
April 92.0 94 92 96 88
May 93.7 95 92 93 95
June 93.1 84 91 97 97
July 96.3 94 96 92 98
August 95.4 92 96 96 97
September 93.4 94 87 96 95
October 91.9 89 93 91 90
November 89.3 93 79 95 94
December 79.9 83 60 87 80
Average 89.2 81.7 87.9 87.5 92.9 91.2

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 3.4 2 7 1 3 6
February 6.8 9 11 5 1 5
March 10.6 12 10 13 15 13
April 16.8 19 15 18 15
May 22.9 23 24 22 21
June 27.0 25 28 28 28
July 29.6 29 30 28 32
August 28.4 26 29 30 29
September 25.4 24 24 26 25
October 18.9 17 18 22 17
November 10.5 11 13 11 14
December 6.4 8 6 10 5
Average 16.1 7.6 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.5

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 -4.5 -3 1 -8 -2 -1
February -3.5 -2 -1 -5 -6 -2
March 0.9 2 1 2 2 4
April 5.7 7 6 6 4
May 11.9 10 14 10 11
June 16.6 13 17 19 17
July 19.0 18 19 20 19
August 18.1 17 19 20 19
September 15.3 14 15 16 15
October 9.5 8 7 13 9
November 2.0 1 4 1 5
December -1.5 2 1 1 -1
Average 6.7 -1.1 7.6 7.8 8.3 8.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 21.1 30 24 22 12 20
February 14.6 7 13 23 12 13
March 15.6 19 21 22 5 10
April 11.2 13 13 7 14
May 9.8 10 8 11 13
June 5.0 6 4 6 4
July 3.6 4 4 7 1
August 3.8 6 2 4 4
September 5.9 3 11 7 2
October 8.5 11 7 6 6
November 11.1 9 16 6 10
December 13.0 17 7 9 12
Average 10.8 18.8 10.9 11.1 7.4 8.7

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 8.2 8 7 8 7 8
February 8.9 9 10 10 8 9
March 9.1 9 10 10 9 8
April 8.4 8 9 8 8
May 7.2 7 7 6 8
June 7.2 7 7 8 7
July 6.5 6 7 7 7
August 6.3 7 6 6 6
September 6.4 5 7 8 7
October 7.5 7 8 7 7
November 8.4 8 9 8 9
December 7.6 7 7 8 9
Average 7.7 8.6 7.3 7.9 7.4 7.5

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° 264° 263° 245°
February 249° 244° 244° 280° 261°
March 258° 268° 254° 260° 244°
April 247° 249° 267° 277°
May 314° 198° 306° 265°
June 310° 272° 227° 264°
July 248° 252° 283° 274°
August 270° 245° 252° 253°
September 317° 270° 226° 224°
October 249° 237° 225° 242°
November 241° 237° 239° 240°
December 231° 235° 227° 242°

Prevailing wind direction

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