Chamberlain Municipal Airport

9V9 · South Dakota, United States

Climate Chamberlain Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chamberlain Municipal Airport (K9V9) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.6 62 74 92 60 70
February 80.3 72 86 92 82 84
March 71.5 78 63 96 75 67
April 79.7 77 89 78 81 90
May 83.3 86 87 82 80
June 94.5 95 93 98 96
July 92.3 93 94 78 98
August 86.5 87 90 94 92
September 84.7 83 98 88 92
October 81.1 75 99 78 81
November 81.0 97 78 91 94
December 77.1 76 61 90 76
Average 81.5 72.6 83.8 89.3 83.5 85.6

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 82.0 72 83 97 74 78
February 88.8 83 91 92 88 95
March 86.3 89 81 96 88 90
April 91.5 86 97 94 94 97
May 93.0 92 98 93 94
June 98.5 99 98 100 99
July 96.2 98 96 86 100
August 94.1 94 96 96 96
September 92.4 91 100 94 95
October 90.8 87 100 87 90
November 93.3 100 93 97 98
December 85.5 80 69 95 90
Average 90.6 83.0 91.3 95.1 91.4 93.8

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 -2.9 -5 -2 1 2 -1
February 0.8 7 0 3 -4 3
March 7.4 9 2 9 13 8
April 14.5 15 15 14 15 15
May 21.7 25 21 21 19
June 28.8 29 27 32 29
July 30.5 29 30 31 30
August 29.0 30 29 31 30
September 25.9 27 28 26 25
October 15.5 16 19 17 13
November 9.3 11 6 11 13
December 2.6 6 -2 2 5
Average 14.4 6.6 15.6 16.1 16.4 15.5

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 -11.9 -12 -11 -12 -6 -8
February -11.9 -4 -11 -12 -14 -7
March -4.9 -4 -7 -5 -1 1
April 1.5 3 1 0 1 1
May 9.1 10 7 9 9
June 14.8 16 7 16 17
July 16.0 16 4 18 18
August 14.4 16 3 16 17
September 12.4 12 11 13 11
October 3.5 4 4 6 1
November -3.2 -3 -5 -1 -2
December -8.6 -5 -11 -8 -7
Average 2.3 -5.9 3.1 -1.5 4.1 4.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.8 3 11 3 7 6
February 9.0 5 6 6 6 3
March 7.7 3 10 4 12 7
April 7.8 12 6 13 8 5
May 7.1 2 2 6 11
June 3.8 4 4 2 4
July 2.0 2 2 3 2
August 3.5 4 3 2 2
September 4.6 5 1 8 1
October 7.8 11 4 6 8
November 4.5 1 7 4 1
December 9.8 9 26 6 8
Average 6.1 6.3 5.6 5.3 5.6 4.8

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 8.4 8 7 10 9 8
February 8.7 8 8 11 8 8
March 9.7 10 9 11 11 10
April 11.1 12 11 15 11 11
May 8.9 9 9 9 10
June 8.5 7 9 8 10
July 7.3 6 8 7 7
August 7.3 7 8 8 7
September 8.0 7 9 8 8
October 9.6 10 10 9 9
November 8.7 8 11 8 9
December 8.5 8 10 8 8
Average 8.9 9.9 8.0 9.9 8.7 8.9

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 297° 314° 300° 297° 262°
February 301° 316° 310° 297° 303°
March 335° 350° 328° 313° 067°
April 327° 323° 318° 325° 309°
May 141° 277° 134° 177°
June 170° 221° 171° 157°
July 135° 183° 138° 150°
August 181° 130° 149° 150°
September 139° 176° 202° 309°
October 318° 296° 290° 297°
November 300° 298° 303° 249°
December 296° 302° 313° 302°

Prevailing wind direction

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