Albert Lea Municipal Airport

KAEL · Minnesota, United States

Climate Albert Lea Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Albert Lea Municipal Airport (KAEL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 48.7 37 37 75 49 39
February 71.2 79 74 77 64 77
March 71.8 86 58 72 79 56
April 71.6 70 76 62 74 82
May 77.8 87 83 78 71
June 89.0 84 91 96 94
July 89.8 92 93 81 96
August 87.0 90 79 88 96
September 83.9 81 89 88 89
October 75.6 67 98 76 86
November 69.3 88 58 88 77
December 59.0 52 45 76 67
Average 74.1 69.2 75.0 78.9 78.9 78.8

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 65.0 63 46 88 67 56
February 82.8 92 84 90 76 91
March 84.9 93 82 85 88 76
April 88.5 90 90 88 93 91
May 91.1 95 94 91 89
June 95.3 92 97 98 98
July 95.1 98 97 90 99
August 93.9 94 91 95 100
September 92.6 92 95 94 97
October 88.8 85 100 89 91
November 87.4 98 81 96 88
December 76.7 72 65 86 82
Average 86.9 85.4 86.6 90.7 89.2 89.0

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 -4.4 -4 -4 -5 -2 -3
February -3.3 7 -1 -4 -9 -2
March 5.4 10 3 6 10 6
April 11.7 15 14 9 15 13
May 20.7 24 22 20 20
June 27.3 28 28 30 28
July 27.2 27 28 27 28
August 26.2 28 26 27 27
September 23.5 25 23 25 21
October 14.2 16 16 18 11
November 5.8 9 6 7 9
December 1.0 5 -1 2 1
Average 12.3 6.6 14.5 13.3 14.3 13.1

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 -12.7 -10 -10 -17 -9 -10
February -13.9 -5 -11 -15 -16 -11
March -3.1 -2 -5 -3 0 -1
April 1.6 4 3 1 4 1
May 10.0 11 10 10 9
June 16.3 15 16 17 17
July 16.5 15 18 17 18
August 15.7 18 16 17 16
September 12.9 14 12 12 11
October 4.4 5 4 8 2
November -3.1 -1 -3 -2 -1
December -7.2 -3 -8 -7 -8
Average 2.9 -4.7 4.3 2.9 4.2 3.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.0 12 16 6 6 19
February 9.1 1 14 7 7 8
March 7.4 5 12 6 8 8
April 12.0 12 11 16 4 9
May 8.8 5 8 11 8
June 5.2 5 8 3 5
July 2.3 2 1 4 1
August 3.7 6 3 4 1
September 5.0 3 4 2 8
October 8.2 11 2 8 8
November 8.4 5 17 2 4
December 9.5 8 22 7 4
Average 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.3 5.4 6.5

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 7.1 7 6 8 7 8
February 7.5 8 7 9 7 7
March 8.6 9 8 9 9 8
April 9.4 11 10 11 9 8
May 7.9 8 9 8 8
June 6.8 6 8 6 8
July 5.2 5 6 4 5
August 5.7 6 5 6 6
September 6.5 6 6 6 7
October 7.5 7 7 7 8
November 8.4 8 9 9 8
December 7.5 8 8 8 7
Average 7.5 8.8 6.9 7.9 7.0 7.3

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 271° 284° 245° 296° 252°
February 240° 206° 289° 278° 269°
March 321° 340° 344° 162° 214°
April 263° 265° 198° 283° 305°
May 138° 165° 154° 058°
June 152° 211° 220° 157°
July 249° 198° 183° 180°
August 210° 180° 172° 188°
September 169° 182° 180° 233°
October 292° 240° 150° 274°
November 232° 243° 246° 224°
December 199° 167° 212° 252°

Prevailing wind direction

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