Waterloo Regional Airport

KALO · Iowa, United States

Climate Waterloo Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Waterloo Regional Airport (KALO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.6 33 36 77 57 41
February 75.8 85 73 80 70 87
March 70.3 82 62 69 75 54
April 76.0 74 80 68 84 78
May 76.4 86 76 76 74
June 88.1 83 88 93 92
July 90.4 89 89 89 93
August 86.8 84 83 93 96
September 85.7 81 90 89 85
October 77.7 73 93 77 88
November 73.7 91 61 90 84
December 63.3 47 42 80 70
Average 76.4 68.6 74.9 77.8 81.6 79.1

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 74.8 60 59 92 80 73
February 87.3 92 89 94 82 94
March 87.9 93 84 88 91 80
April 92.4 92 92 91 98 92
May 92.5 96 91 93 91
June 94.4 91 95 98 95
July 96.8 95 97 97 98
August 93.6 90 95 97 98
September 93.7 90 97 95 92
October 92.0 91 97 94 95
November 89.5 98 81 99 88
December 85.4 82 65 91 88
Average 89.9 84.4 88.7 91.3 93.3 90.8

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 -2.0 -2 0 -4 -1 -1
February 1.1 10 3 0 -7 1
March 8.2 13 7 8 11 10
April 15.3 17 17 13 17 16
May 22.7 26 23 21 21
June 28.8 30 29 31 29
July 29.5 29 30 30 31
August 28.1 30 28 30 29
September 25.6 28 25 27 23
October 16.4 18 18 19 14
November 8.2 11 9 10 12
December 3.4 7 2 6 2
Average 14.6 9.3 17.2 15.6 16.3 15.7

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 -8 -7 -15 -9 -8
February -10.5 -4 -8 -12 -16 -9
March -2.3 0 -3 -1 0 1
April 3.2 5 4 2 5 2
May 10.4 11 11 10 10
June 16.5 16 16 18 18
July 18.4 17 19 18 20
August 16.3 16 18 17 17
September 13.3 15 13 13 11
October 5.5 7 4 9 3
November -2.0 -1 -2 -1 0
December -6.3 -2 -6 -5 -7
Average 3.7 -2.0 5.6 4.2 5.2 4.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.2 11 14 6 4 8
February 7.0 0 9 6 10 4
March 7.5 9 13 8 5 7
April 7.0 10 6 8 2 6
May 4.8 2 5 7 6
June 3.1 2 3 2 6
July 1.5 2 2 2 1
August 2.4 3 2 2 2
September 4.0 3 4 1 9
October 6.3 4 6 9 4
November 6.3 1 22 1 1
December 6.8 7 20 2 6
Average 5.5 8.1 5.2 6.9 3.8 4.9

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 9.5 9 9 11 8 9
February 10.1 11 10 12 9 9
March 10.9 12 11 11 11 10
April 12.1 13 13 14 11 12
May 9.4 10 10 10 10
June 8.3 7 9 8 10
July 7.4 7 8 7 7
August 7.5 8 7 8 8
September 8.5 8 9 8 9
October 9.8 11 9 9 10
November 10.2 9 11 11 11
December 9.3 10 11 10 8
Average 9.6 11.5 9.2 9.9 9.2 9.5

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 298° 289° 282° 336° 279°
February 266° 277° 301° 310° 302°
March 316° 276° 321° 137° 279°
April 320° 259° 244° 279° 296°
May 126° 158° 161° 044°
June 107° 213° 213° 162°
July 285° 214° 212° 187°
August 206° 180° 168° 202°
September 167° 240° 202° 224°
October 286° 253° 016° 291°
November 253° 256° 262° 227°
December 272° 180° 235° 267°

Prevailing wind direction

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