Northern Lite Airport

00WI · Wisconsin, United States

Climate Northern Lite Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Waupaca Municipal Airport (KPCZ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.0 37 31 83 47 47
February 74.5 80 76 78 62 85
March 74.3 80 71 68 80 57
April 75.4 74 74 83 74
May 80.0 89 83 71 82
June 87.0 81 88 87 93
July 90.6 97 85 89 94
August 85.4 88 81 85 93
September 80.8 73 77 93 89
October 76.6 73 87 75 86
November 74.2 88 76 88 77
December 58.3 72 38 67 66
Average 76.2 67.6 77.4 78.1 78.6 79.6

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 79.0 75 61 96 73 86
February 86.9 91 92 96 69 96
March 89.8 97 84 88 96 82
April 89.9 89 90 94 91
May 90.8 96 94 80 93
June 94.5 91 93 91 97
July 97.2 99 95 95 99
August 93.7 95 90 90 97
September 90.8 90 87 97 95
October 92.0 91 97 86 96
November 92.4 96 88 96 92
December 83.9 88 83 82 98
Average 90.2 88.4 90.0 91.5 88.5 93.5

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 -2.5 -1 0 -4 -1 1
February 1.8 8 3 -1 -1 1
March 6.7 10 5 5 11 7
April 13.3 15 11 16 13
May 21.6 23 22 21 20
June 27.1 28 27 29 28
July 29.0 29 28 28 30
August 27.3 28 27 29 29
September 23.4 24 23 25 21
October 15.2 16 16 18 12
November 7.2 9 9 8 12
December 1.7 5 1 2 2
Average 13.3 5.6 15.4 14.2 15.8 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 -9.7 -6 -5 -14 -7 -6
February -9.6 -4 -7 -11 -10 -10
March -3.2 -2 -3 -3 0 0
April 2.2 3 2 4 2
May 9.3 9 11 9 9
June 14.7 14 14 16 14
July 17.0 16 16 16 19
August 15.8 16 16 17 16
September 12.0 14 12 11 11
October 5.5 7 4 9 3
November -2.5 -1 -1 -2 1
December -6.7 -1 -4 -6 -5
Average 3.2 -4.1 5.0 3.8 5.2 4.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.8 12 15 6 5 8
February 7.1 1 13 8 5 6
March 8.3 7 11 12 4 13
April 8.3 8 8 5 5
May 5.8 7 0 6 8
June 6.6 6 7 7 7
July 3.3 2 3 5 3
August 3.9 3 4 5 3
September 6.2 7 8 3 9
October 7.0 9 5 3 7
November 8.1 3 16 6 9
December 9.6 5 21 9 3
Average 6.8 6.3 7.0 7.2 5.1 6.6

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 5.6 6 5 7 5 6
February 6.7 7 7 8 7 7
March 7.3 8 6 7 8 7
April 6.6 8 10 7 0
May 6.1 5 7 6 6
June 5.8 5 7 6 6
July 4.7 5 5 4 5
August 4.9 5 5 5 5
September 5.5 5 5 5 6
October 6.5 6 6 5 7
November 6.9 6 7 7 8
December 6.0 5 6 6 6
Average 6.1 6.8 5.7 6.6 5.9 5.5

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 268° 274° 257° 293° 266°
February 241° 259° 270° 250° 272°
March 284° 319° 300° 221° 242°
April 241° 222° 275° 360°
May 037° 161° 226° 019°
June 024° 246° 233° 179°
July 267° 257° 287° 254°
August 295° 249° 207° 230°
September 119° 260° 260° 237°
October 283° 242° 349° 262°
November 250° 239° 244° 236°
December 261° 177° 256° 263°

Prevailing wind direction

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