Algona Municipal Airport

KAXA · Iowa, United States

Climate Algona Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Algona Municipal Airport (KAXA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.3 47 47 83 55 40
February 72.3 83 80 76 63 79
March 70.2 84 59 74 81 59
April 77.1 83 85 76 80 85
May 76.7 84 83 79 69
June 90.2 88 91 97 93
July 90.0 93 90 84 91
August 86.6 90 80 90 94
September 84.9 83 91 89 87
October 76.4 76 96 75 80
November 72.1 89 64 90 78
December 66.3 60 51 86 70
Average 77.2 75.1 78.6 81.1 81.4 78.1

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 72.8 70 60 92 75 61
February 83.5 92 89 91 81 90
March 86.3 93 84 91 90 82
April 89.8 93 94 91 94 93
May 91.1 95 96 91 90
June 95.4 94 94 98 98
July 94.6 96 95 87 96
August 94.0 95 93 95 97
September 93.0 92 95 95 94
October 89.3 87 98 90 90
November 89.6 98 90 97 89
December 83.2 83 63 93 82
Average 88.8 87.6 89.4 91.9 90.7 89.2

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 -3.3 -3 -3 -3 -1 -3
February -1.4 8 0 -1 -8 -1
March 6.7 11 4 7 11 8
April 13.8 16 15 11 16 15
May 21.8 24 23 21 20
June 28.2 28 28 30 29
July 28.5 28 29 28 29
August 27.0 28 28 28 28
September 24.9 26 25 26 23
October 15.2 17 17 19 13
November 7.2 11 8 9 11
December 1.5 5 -1 3 2
Average 13.4 7.7 15.2 14.7 15.2 14.4

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 -11.1 -10 -10 -16 -8 -10
February -11.9 -4 -10 -13 -15 -10
March -3.7 -2 -4 -3 1 0
April 2.7 5 3 1 4 2
May 10.2 11 10 10 10
June 16.7 16 16 17 18
July 17.5 16 18 17 18
August 16.2 17 17 17 16
September 13.4 14 12 13 11
October 4.8 7 4 8 2
November -3.3 -2 -3 -2 -1
December -7.0 -3 -8 -6 -8
Average 3.2 -3.3 4.6 3.3 4.8 4.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 2.5 0 0 0 0 0
February 3.7 0 0 0 0 0
March 2.3 0 0 0 0 0
April 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
May 2.1 0 0 0 0
June 0.9 0 0 0 0
July 0.5 0 0 0 0
August 1.1 0 0 0 0
September 0.8 0 0 0 0
October 2.3 0 0 0 0
November 0.7 0 0 0 0
December 1.8 0 0 0 0
Average 1.5

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 10.8 11 10 12 10 11
February 10.9 12 12 13 9 11
March 12.0 13 12 13 12 11
April 13.1 15 15 15 13 12
May 10.8 11 13 11 10
June 9.6 8 11 9 11
July 7.6 7 8 7 7
August 7.7 8 8 8 9
September 9.0 9 9 9 10
October 10.6 11 10 10 11
November 12.0 12 14 13 12
December 10.9 11 12 12 10
Average 10.6 12.9 10.1 11.2 10.0 10.4

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 289° 315° 259° 321° 271°
February 260° 225° 314° 305° 280°
March 338° 341° 345° 148° 273°
April 300° 268° 239° 304° 308°
May 143° 191° 180° 020°
June 148° 215° 226° 168°
July 272° 215° 190° 164°
August 192° 188° 168° 185°
September 182° 176° 179° 241°
October 304° 242° 227° 290°
November 237° 255° 258° 226°
December 244° 194° 252° 270°

Prevailing wind direction

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