Watertown Regional Airport

KATY · South Dakota, United States

Climate Watertown Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Watertown Regional Airport (KATY) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.1 46 46 67 52 54
February 68.3 57 66 70 68 75
March 66.2 70 45 71 81 74
April 70.1 64 69 52 70 88
May 79.6 81 70 85 79
June 92.0 90 96 97 92
July 89.9 89 86 82 95
August 83.1 87 84 89 87
September 81.3 76 88 90 91
October 76.1 65 92 81 81
November 68.7 81 56 83 88
December 61.3 54 42 80 64
Average 74.1 59.9 71.5 74.1 80.6 81.8

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 69.5 61 58 79 71 67
February 79.4 72 74 85 77 82
March 80.4 85 61 89 90 86
April 83.5 80 82 74 89 95
May 91.3 88 91 95 93
June 96.8 98 99 99 97
July 95.5 95 94 88 100
August 92.9 93 91 95 95
September 90.5 90 91 94 96
October 88.6 83 97 90 88
November 86.0 94 78 90 94
December 73.3 65 52 89 79
Average 85.4 74.8 82.3 86.3 89.5 90.3

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 -6.9 -6 -6 -6 -2 -5
February -4.3 4 -3 -3 -8 -3
March 3.4 6 -2 4 9 5
April 10.9 14 10 8 13 12
May 20.0 24 19 20 18
June 27.3 28 27 30 28
July 28.0 28 28 29 29
August 26.3 28 27 28 28
September 23.0 25 25 24 21
October 12.7 14 16 16 10
November 5.0 8 3 7 9
December -1.0 4 -3 -1 1
Average 11.3 4.5 13.2 12.6 13.7 12.6

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 -14.0 -13 -14 -18 -9 -14
February -14.2 -6 -14 -17 -17 -14
March -6.0 -5 -11 -6 -2 -4
April -1.7 2 -1 -1 0 -1
May 8.3 10 9 8 8
June 15.3 16 15 16 17
July 16.7 15 17 17 18
August 15.3 16 16 16 16
September 11.5 13 11 12 10
October 2.5 3 3 6 1
November -5.3 -3 -5 -3 -3
December -10.3 -5 -12 -11 -9
Average 0.8 -6.5 2.2 1.4 2.8 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 9.6 14 10 12 7 10
February 9.9 9 19 12 7 4
March 9.5 17 21 4 4 3
April 11.2 14 21 17 7 5
May 5.3 3 3 5 8
June 3.1 3 1 2 6
July 3.0 1 5 4 1
August 3.1 5 4 1 1
September 4.4 5 1 7 7
October 7.2 10 3 8 7
November 8.6 8 21 7 1
December 10.9 14 31 9 7
Average 7.5 13.6 9.7 8.4 5.4 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 10.1 10 9 11 10 10
February 10.6 9 12 13 9 10
March 11.3 13 12 12 11 11
April 12.3 13 13 15 12 11
May 10.0 10 11 10 10
June 9.3 8 10 8 11
July 8.3 8 9 8 9
August 8.5 9 9 9 9
September 9.4 8 9 10 10
October 11.0 11 11 10 11
November 10.7 10 12 10 11
December 10.2 9 12 10 10
Average 10.2 11.5 9.8 11.1 9.7 10.1

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 285° 319° 287° 299° 246°
February 274° 339° 309° 250° 284°
March 350° 007° 341° 168° 236°
April 332° 333° 312° 335° 310°
May 141° 215° 183° 360°
June 152° 227° 206° 162°
July 287° 239° 164° 194°
August 217° 210° 168° 181°
September 138° 195° 203° 259°
October 314° 266° 227° 272°
November 268° 292° 262° 232°
December 285° 310° 282° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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