Moorhead Airpark

PN40 · Pennsylvania, United States

Climate Moorhead Airpark 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Erie International/Tom Ridge Field (KERI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 41.3 25 26 46 40 54
February 57.9 65 57 57 50 51
March 67.8 60 52 67 88 64
April 77.6 82 75 82 80
May 80.9 84 79 86 82
June 86.2 72 92 93 95
July 86.0 74 89 78 94
August 88.9 78 92 89 92
September 82.9 78 65 86 91
October 75.6 72 84 70 77
November 71.2 74 60 84 82
December 55.9 57 43 69 48
Average 71.6 49.3 67.6 72.8 77.6 77.8

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 70.9 54 60 67 86 87
February 81.3 94 82 78 83 73
March 82.5 77 73 76 95 88
April 88.8 93 89 91 88
May 90.0 95 86 95 90
June 92.7 79 97 99 97
July 95.7 91 95 91 98
August 97.6 93 99 97 99
September 95.1 97 85 95 97
October 91.6 96 96 90 92
November 90.4 90 76 95 94
December 83.2 84 79 90 87
Average 87.3 73.9 85.9 85.9 92.6 91.3

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 2.3 2 4 -1 2 5
February 4.6 6 7 4 0 3
March 7.9 11 6 10 12 10
April 13.2 15 13 15 11
May 19.7 19 21 19 19
June 24.6 23 25 27 26
July 27.2 26 27 26 29
August 26.4 24 26 28 27
September 23.5 22 22 24 24
October 17.6 17 16 20 16
November 9.6 10 11 10 13
December 5.4 8 4 8 5
Average 14.1 6.3 15.1 15.1 15.9 15.6

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 -4.2 -3 -1 -7 -2 -1
February -4.9 -1 -3 -5 -5 -2
March -1.5 2 -1 0 1 2
April 4.5 5 4 6 3
May 10.5 9 12 11 10
June 16.3 14 16 19 17
July 19.2 19 19 19 21
August 18.5 17 19 20 19
September 15.4 15 15 15 15
October 9.9 10 7 13 9
November 2.8 3 4 3 6
December -1.8 3 -1 2 -1
Average 6.4 -1.0 7.5 7.1 8.5 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 27.7 42 35 34 14 15
February 17.8 8 14 31 18 15
March 17.6 20 31 23 6 12
April 12.0 13 15 10 12
May 9.6 10 9 10 11
June 6.4 8 5 6 3
July 4.7 5 3 11 3
August 4.7 6 5 5 7
September 7.2 6 16 5 8
October 14.4 15 18 15 15
November 16.3 17 28 17 14
December 18.8 20 18 12 18
Average 13.6 23.8 14.5 16.1 10.1 10.1

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 9.6 10 8 11 8 10
February 10.2 10 11 12 9 10
March 10.0 10 10 10 11 10
April 9.4 9 9 8 10
May 8.5 8 9 8 9
June 8.1 7 8 8 8
July 7.3 7 8 8 7
August 7.5 8 7 6 8
September 8.0 7 8 8 9
October 8.8 8 10 8 9
November 10.0 10 10 10 10
December 9.3 8 10 10 11
Average 8.9 10.0 8.3 9.1 8.4 9.0

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 225° 236° 252° 264° 226°
February 237° 235° 228° 251° 255°
March 246° 261° 251° 247° 236°
April 252° 252° 266° 274°
May 003° 179° 293° 236°
June 300° 252° 224° 266°
July 258° 255° 263° 266°
August 276° 245° 249° 255°
September 004° 244° 215° 201°
October 246° 199° 205° 223°
November 225° 219° 225° 228°
December 218° 200° 212° 221°

Prevailing wind direction

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