Aberdeen Regional Airport

KABR · South Dakota, United States

Climate Aberdeen Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Aberdeen Regional Airport (KABR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.7 48 53 68 56 58
February 73.6 59 71 69 75 81
March 71.4 76 53 82 85 77
April 78.9 75 65 79 93
May 84.2 84 78 86 82
June 93.9 86 97 99 95
July 92.3 92 91 84 97
August 85.8 78 85 95 94
September 82.3 73 92 94 93
October 81.3 74 96 83 88
November 76.2 84 66 87 91
December 68.4 67 42 82 71
Average 78.3 61.9 74.5 79.4 84.7 86.0

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 2021 2020
January 76.1 68 69 80 77 65
February 83.5 79 79 80 81 89
March 84.6 90 67 96 92 91
April 89.6 84 84 96 96
May 95.6 91 95 97 96
June 97.6 94 98 100 100
July 96.3 95 96 90 99
August 93.8 88 91 97 98
September 91.8 83 98 97 97
October 93.1 90 99 94 92
November 91.0 98 77 98 97
December 78.9 75 46 87 87
Average 89.0 79.3 84.8 88.7 92.8 93.0

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 -5.9 -5 -5 -4 1 -4
February -3.5 6 -3 -2 -5 -1
March 4.6 7 -2 6 12 7
April 11.9 9 10 15 14
May 22.2 26 21 23 20
June 29.4 30 29 32 29
July 30.1 29 30 31 31
August 28.2 29 29 30 30
September 24.4 26 26 26 23
October 14.4 16 18 18 11
November 6.3 9 4 9 11
December 0.0 5 -4 -1 3
Average 12.4 2.7 14.1 14.2 15.9 14.3

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 -14.1 -13 -14 -17 -8 -13
February -14.1 -5 -15 -16 -16 -12
March -7.6 -6 -13 -6 -2 -3
April -1.3 -2 -1 0 -1
May 8.1 10 8 7 8
June 15.0 17 15 15 17
July 16.7 14 18 17 18
August 15.1 16 16 16 17
September 10.7 12 11 12 9
October 1.8 3 2 5 0
November -6.5 -4 -6 -3 -4
December -11.4 -6 -13 -12 -9
Average 0.2 -8.1 1.6 1.4 2.7 2.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.8 8 11 18 9 6
February 10.7 9 16 20 4 4
March 8.7 12 19 1 4 2
April 10.6 15 19 9 5
May 6.6 8 5 8 6
June 3.0 5 1 2 4
July 2.3 2 2 3 2
August 3.4 6 5 2 1
September 5.8 7 1 7 9
October 8.1 8 2 12 7
November 6.7 1 15 5 2
December 10.9 11 35 12 7
Average 7.2 9.9 9.0 8.8 6.1 4.3

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 9.7 8 9 12 10 10
February 10.4 9 11 13 9 10
March 11.3 12 12 13 11 11
April 12.3 13 16 12 11
May 10.5 11 10 11 11
June 9.5 8 10 9 11
July 8.5 8 9 8 9
August 8.4 8 9 9 9
September 9.3 7 9 9 10
October 10.9 11 10 11 11
November 9.9 9 11 10 10
December 10.2 9 13 9 10
Average 10.0 9.7 9.6 11.2 9.8 10.3

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 270° 305° 323° 309° 243°
February 299° 007° 328° 267° 291°
March 357° 010° 348° 205° 347°
April 346° 346° 351° 325°
May 116° 276° 168° 038°
June 084° 236° 170° 162°
July 340° 263° 136° 176°
August 038° 071° 155° 140°
September 050° 174° 205° 303°
October 331° 284° 352° 288°
November 291° 299° 274° 227°
December 313° 335° 315° 302°

Prevailing wind direction

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