Milbank Municipal Airport

1D1 · South Dakota, United States

Climate Milbank Municipal Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Milbank Municipal Airport (K1D1) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 47.1 29 52
February 82.4 82 83
March 65.8 75 57
April 77.4 77
May
June
July 93.8 94
August 87.5 88
September 81.2 77 89
October 84.1 73 95
November 71.6 82 62
December 54.1 55 53
Average 72.3 67.2 72.7 77.0

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
January 65.5 68 65
February 89.4 96 89
March 81.6 87 76
April 88.7 89
May
June
July 98.2 98
August 92.5 93
September 89.8 87 94
October 92.0 86 98
November 90.2 97 84
December 65.8 70 60
Average 85.1 84.2 84.4 86.6

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
January -5.4 -1 -6
February -3.4 -4 -2
March 2.7 7 -2
April 7.8 8
May
June
July 30.6 31
August 28.4 29
September 24.5 25 23
October 16.0 15 17
November 6.3 9 4
December 1.6 5 -3
Average 7.9 4.2 9.8 9.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January -13.1 -11 -14
February -14.3 -14 -14
March -9.6 -5 -11
April -2.3 -2
May
June
July 17.3 17
August 15.7 16
September 11.5 12 10
October 3.6 4 3
November -4.2 -3 -5
December -8.9 -4 -11
Average -4.9 -8.8 -1.0 -2.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022
January 22.3 26 21
February 9.9 4 11
March 17.4 14 21
April 14.1 14
May
June
July 0.0 0
August 1.8 2
September 4.3 5 3
October 3.7 5 3
November 13.2 7 20
December 16.2 10 26
Average 12.2 15.0 10.0 11.6

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
January 10.0 10 10
February 11.2 13 11
March 12.3 13 12
April 12.7 13
May
June
July 6.8 7
August 7.8 8
September 8.3 8 10
October 11.0 11 11
November 12.5 12 13
December 10.5 9 13
Average 11.3 12.2 10.2 11.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022
January 327° 314°
February 314° 312°
March 335° 339°
April 327°
May
June
July 052°
August 332°
September 105° 280°
October 302° 279°
November 282° 296°
December 284° 304°

Prevailing wind direction

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