Field Of Dreams

04W · Minnesota, United States

Climate Field Of Dreams 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Field Of Dreams (K04W) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.1 40 42 78 46 42
February 77.2 80 76 79 79 80
March 79.3 84 67 76 84 71
April 71.2 66 61 61 90
May 84.3 90 88 78 90
June 90.7 93 94 98 96
July 88.8 95 84 90 89
August 80.9 82 75 85 84
September 80.0 71 87 92 84
October 72.0 71 92 65 81
November 69.3 83 62 85 81
December 53.4 39 54 67 55
Average 75.8 69.1 73.2 79.2 78.0 80.3

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 79.2 71 65 98 68 79
February 90.2 96 86 94 90 93
March 90.2 90 84 91 93 89
April 90.6 90 86 85 96
May 93.6 95 97 91 97
June 96.5 98 99 98 99
July 95.0 97 94 94 96
August 93.4 96 93 91 98
September 90.1 87 95 96 90
October 90.2 92 99 85 93
November 89.9 100 83 95 94
December 79.5 64 79 83 86
Average 89.9 85.8 88.1 92.9 89.4 92.9

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 -5.2 -4 -3 -8 -3 -4
February -4.8 5 -2 -6 -8 -2
March 4.2 7 2 3 8 5
April 10.0 10 9 12 12
May 20.0 23 20 20 18
June 25.5 27 26 28 26
July 27.0 27 27 28 28
August 24.7 27 26 28 25
September 20.7 23 22 23 19
October 12.0 14 15 16 9
November 3.3 5 5 5 8
December -2.6 3 -2 -1 -1
Average 10.8 2.6 12.9 11.8 12.9 12.0

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 -14.5 -9 -11 -20 -11 -11
February -15.2 -6 -14 -18 -18 -14
March -6.3 -5 -9 -7 -2 -3
April -1.2 -1 0 1 -1
May 6.5 7 6 7 7
June 12.4 14 12 14 13
July 14.3 13 13 14 15
August 13.4 13 14 15 14
September 10.0 11 10 10 8
October 3.4 5 3 6 0
November -4.4 -2 -4 -3 -2
December -10.7 -4 -9 -11 -10
Average 0.5 -7.1 1.9 0.3 1.6 1.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.8 3 20 4 8 14
February 9.7 3 7 11 11 6
March 9.0 10 17 7 10 9
April 11.7 15 16 14 7
May 6.0 2 9 1 7
June 3.8 4 3 2 2
July 3.3 1 3 4 3
August 3.7 1 3 3 4
September 4.7 5 4 1 2
October 8.2 7 6 2 10
November 8.8 1 16 3 6
December 11.7 9 14 11 9
Average 7.2 5.8 7.5 7.3 5.6 6.0

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 5.3 6 5 6 4 4
February 6.2 7 4 7 6 6
March 6.4 7 6 7 6 6
April 7.3 8 9 6 7
May 6.2 6 7 6 6
June 6.0 5 7 6 7
July 4.5 5 6 4 4
August 4.9 5 5 5 5
September 5.2 5 5 5 5
October 6.1 7 7 4 6
November 5.7 6 7 4 5
December 4.9 5 5 3 5
Average 5.9 6.8 5.7 6.4 4.9 5.6

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 265° 305° 239° 319° 273°
February 259° 242° 284° 249° 263°
March 317° 347° 315° 205° 260°
April 323° 280° 321° 305°
May 069° 207° 229° 358°
June 037° 237° 247° 174°
July 281° 247° 176° 215°
August 192° 201° 204° 204°
September 136° 201° 229° 235°
October 299° 234° 200° 248°
November 257° 250° 276° 210°
December 246° 163° 261° 283°

Prevailing wind direction

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