Rolla Municipal/Leonard Krech Field

06D · North Dakota, United States

Climate Rolla Municipal/Leonard Krech Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Rolla Municipal/Leonard Krech Field (K06D) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 49.6 48 57 51 56 57
February 73.2 60 83 59 73 78
March 74.2 75 74 77 84 72
April 74.7 69 58 72 85
May 85.1 88 69 81 84
June 91.0 92 92 93 92
July 92.6 96 83 90 94
August 85.2 86 76 76 89
September 82.3 76 87 98 95
October 70.2 62 77 79 77
November 59.0 64 54 74 66
December 69.8 89 41 75 71
Average 75.6 61.9 79.2 71.5 80.1 81.7

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 61.9 62 68 64 79 67
February 84.5 75 88 78 84 94
March 86.8 90 81 93 96 89
April 87.3 84 72 88 92
May 93.1 94 89 89 92
June 96.3 95 98 98 98
July 97.4 99 93 98 97
August 91.8 93 84 87 94
September 91.0 87 96 99 99
October 87.8 79 91 93 88
November 76.7 83 78 77 78
December 80.3 92 50 84 86
Average 86.3 76.6 87.6 84.7 90.0 90.6

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 -8.7 -8 -8 -10 -5 -8
February -8.6 0 -4 -10 -11 -4
March -1.3 -1 -6 -2 7 3
April 7.4 4 3 11 7
May 18.7 23 16 18 17
June 24.6 27 24 26 26
July 25.1 24 25 27 25
August 24.1 25 23 25 25
September 19.7 22 22 23 19
October 9.7 10 12 14 6
November 0.5 2 0 3 4
December -5.2 1 -10 -8 -1
Average 7.7 -3.1 10.0 8.4 10.9 9.8

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 -16.8 -15 -17 -22 -12 -17
February -19.9 -9 -18 -23 -22 -15
March -11.7 -11 -17 -10 -6 -8
April -4.4 -4 -5 -4 -4
May 5.1 8 5 3 4
June 12.0 14 12 13 12
July 13.7 11 15 15 15
August 11.2 12 11 12 11
September 7.5 10 8 9 6
October 0.0 1 1 3 -2
November -9.5 -6 -9 -7 -8
December -14.1 -8 -17 -18 -11
Average -3.1 -12.5 -1.0 -3.6 -1.0 -2.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.9 15 14 17 13 11
February 10.8 9 5 13 8 10
March 7.8 10 11 7 4 6
April 7.6 15 15 5 11
May 2.6 1 8 1 3
June 1.9 2 1 3 1
July 0.8 1 2 1 1
August 1.7 3 0 2 2
September 3.1 3 2 0 1
October 6.9 11 2 3 6
November 14.6 9 27 9 9
December 11.0 6 28 9 8
Average 6.6 11.2 6.0 8.3 4.2 5.1

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 9.4 11 6 13 10 10
February 10.9 9 11 15 10 11
March 11.6 12 11 13 12 12
April 11.9 14 13 12 12
May 11.7 11 14 12 11
June 10.8 8 12 11 12
July 8.8 8 10 9 9
August 7.9 8 7 9 8
September 10.4 9 11 10 12
October 11.9 10 12 12 13
November 10.9 12 12 11 11
December 10.1 12 8 10 10
Average 10.5 10.6 9.9 11.6 10.7 10.9

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 280° 269° 293° 276° 263°
February 282° 285° 309° 279° 270°
March 327° 332° 292° 249° 270°
April 351° 008° 333° 299°
May 058° 265° 310° 205°
June 027° 266° 284° 236°
July 283° 302° 199° 242°
August 306° 263° 282° 253°
September 212° 281° 263° 278°
October 328° 310° 302° 284°
November 278° 282° 268° 252°
December 278° 284° 262° 284°

Prevailing wind direction

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