Lake Elmo Airport

21D · Minnesota, United States

Climate Lake Elmo Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Lake Elmo Airport (K21D) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 61.5 40 39 82 0 47
February 80.2 84 79 80 0 87
March 77.3 86 67 75 66
April 76.5 76 69 63 85
May 85.9 92 84 68 93
June 89.5 86 93 93 93
July 92.3 96 89 91 92
August 84.2 87 76 88 84
September 81.9 74 85 90 85
October 72.8 72 90 72 77
November 70.6 85 61 89 78
December 64.1 45 54 73
Average 79.1 72.5 75.9 79.5 84.0 79.8

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 81.9 76 60 93 0 85
February 90.0 98 89 93 0 94
March 90.0 92 85 87 88
April 90.4 91 87 91 93
May 95.1 96 95 90 98
June 96.7 95 99 97 97
July 97.0 98 97 96 97
August 95.5 97 93 98 100
September 91.9 93 96 95 89
October 90.8 93 99 92 83
November 91.2 99 84 98 95
December 84.7 77 84 87
Average 91.7 89.5 89.8 93.2 94.3 92.1

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 -4.2 -3 -3 -6 -13 -3
February -2.9 5 -1 -4 -25 -2
March 4.1 7 2 3 6
April 11.5 14 11 9 13
May 20.3 22 21 21 16
June 26.4 27 27 29 26
July 24.1 27 28 28 28
August 23.0 27 26 27 25
September 22.1 24 23 23 19
October 13.0 14 15 16 9
November 4.6 7 6 6 9
December -1.6 4 -2 0
Average 11.7 5.7 13.5 12.4 18.3 11.6

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 -12.9 -8 -9 -17 -13 -10
February -11.1 -5 -12 -16 -25 -10
March -5.7 -3 -6 -5 -1
April 1.2 3 2 1 1
May 8.8 10 9 10 5
June 15.0 15 15 16 16
July 14.1 15 17 16 17
August 13.6 16 15 16 15
September 11.9 14 11 11 8
October 4.2 5 4 7 -1
November -3.3 -2 -2 -2 -1
December -8.4 -3 -9 -9
Average 2.4 -4.7 3.7 2.2 7.8 2.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.8 2 15 6 0 12
February 9.6 4 12 9 0 5
March 8.2 10 14 8 9
April 11.5 11 14 14 9
May 6.3 3 7 9 8
June 3.7 1 3 3 5
July 2.1 1 3 1 3
August 3.5 2 3 3 2
September 3.9 3 2 2 7
October 6.6 6 4 4 7
November 7.1 1 14 4 5
December 9.9 5 12 12
Average 6.6 7.1 6.0 6.4 4.2 6.7

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 6.1 6 5 7 0 4
February 7.0 8 7 8 0 6
March 7.3 8 7 7 7
April 8.4 10 10 10 7
May 7.0 7 8 7 8
June 6.5 6 8 6 6
July 5.4 6 7 5 5
August 5.9 6 6 7 7
September 6.3 6 7 6 6
October 7.1 8 7 6 7
November 7.8 8 8 9 8
December 6.4 6 7 8
Average 6.9 8.2 6.7 7.5 6.5 6.2

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 271° 301° 244° 360° 274°
February 252° 242° 284° 360° 257°
March 321° 001° 324° 261°
April 312° 277° 238° 308°
May 134° 183° 170° 359°
June 104° 231° 241° 175°
July 265° 253° 199° 208°
August 207° 202° 203° 166°
September 157° 201° 218° 231°
October 295° 239° 194° 264°
November 237° 245° 264° 213°
December 209° 161° 246°

Prevailing wind direction

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