Stanley Municipal Airport

08D · North Dakota, United States

Climate Stanley Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Stanley Municipal Airport (K08D) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.2 63 54 67 59 68
February 79.2 63 84 85 85 88
March 68.4 72 71 80 85 76
April 78.2 85 71 74 92
May 85.8 90 81 80 88
June 93.5 97 94 94 91
July 93.0 93 86 93 94
August 91.7 91 92 80 99
September 88.3 86 90 98 98
October 80.3 64 83 79 86
November 64.6 58 64 82 75
December 75.6 90 63 77 79
Average 79.6 66.3 81.7 81.2 83.0 87.2

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 74.5 72 62 73 74 78
February 87.1 78 88 94 91 97
March 79.2 85 76 90 95 92
April 87.8 92 77 89 95
May 93.5 94 91 91 93
June 97.2 98 98 96 96
July 97.1 97 94 98 99
August 95.6 94 95 90 100
September 93.7 92 96 100 99
October 90.0 76 92 88 93
November 78.8 68 79 90 78
December 82.7 93 67 81 86
Average 87.8 78.7 86.9 88.5 91.0 92.8

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 -7.9 -7 -5 -7 -2 -6
February -6.3 1 -4 -2 -10 0
March 1.4 0 -5 3 9 5
April 9.0 7 5 13 10
May 19.5 22 18 18 19
June 24.9 26 24 27 25
July 27.6 27 27 30 27
August 26.7 27 28 27 28
September 21.1 23 23 25 21
October 11.3 11 13 15 10
November 2.3 5 -1 5 6
December -4.7 2 -10 -8 1
Average 9.0 -2.0 11.3 10.8 12.6 12.3

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 -15.2 -15 -14 -19 -11 -14
February -16.2 -8 -14 -18 -20 -10
March -9.6 -10 -15 -8 -5 -6
April -3.4 -3 -5 -2 -4
May 5.6 8 5 4 5
June 11.5 14 11 13 12
July 13.8 12 15 15 14
August 12.3 14 13 12 12
September 7.8 10 8 8 6
October 0.2 1 2 3 -2
November -7.0 -3 -10 -6 -7
December -13.8 -8 -17 -18 -10
Average -3.9 -11.1 0.1 -2.6 -1.6 -1.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.1 12 13 9 11 7
February 9.6 6 7 5 11 4
March 8.7 14 16 6 4 5
April 6.4 7 17 5 7
May 2.7 5 8 1 2
June 1.7 0 1 3 2
July 0.8 1 1 0 2
August 1.2 1 1 3 1
September 2.6 1 0 1 0
October 5.3 10 2 3 7
November 12.2 1 23 10 7
December 12.8 6 22 17 9
Average 6.2 10.7 5.1 6.8 5.0 3.8

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 9.9 11 8 12 10 9
February 10.4 11 12 13 10 10
March 10.3 10 11 13 11 10
April 11.6 12 15 11 12
May 11.1 10 14 12 11
June 9.9 7 11 10 11
July 8.4 9 9 9 9
August 8.3 9 8 10 9
September 9.8 9 11 10 11
October 11.2 11 12 12 11
November 10.3 9 13 11 10
December 9.5 9 11 10 9
Average 10.1 10.5 9.6 11.7 10.4 10.1

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 282° 280° 282° 277° 272°
February 286° 285° 296° 288° 274°
March 325° 020° 289° 256° 274°
April 008° 348° 316° 302°
May 102° 284° 248° 153°
June 060° 274° 298° 254°
July 288° 288° 139° 241°
August 304° 270° 275° 224°
September 203° 310° 278° 275°
October 324° 308° 305° 276°
November 274° 285° 277° 261°
December 285° 322° 291° 276°

Prevailing wind direction

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