Chandler Field

KAXN · Minnesota, United States

Climate Chandler Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chandler Field (KAXN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 53.7 39 40 71 59 44
February 71.2 63 76 61 71 83
March 69.6 69 53 65 82 69
April 68.8 66 63 41 64 91
May 81.6 83 75 86 83
June 89.8 86 94 97 94
July 90.2 92 86 87 95
August 83.6 88 80 85 86
September 79.0 69 85 93 89
October 71.2 65 86 72 81
November 62.8 73 50 75 73
December 54.4 36 41 68 60
Average 73.2 59.9 69.7 71.0 79.5 80.6

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 68.6 53 52 81 71 63
February 81.1 78 80 71 80 95
March 84.9 82 71 87 93 86
April 83.0 84 73 67 80 97
May 92.7 90 91 95 95
June 95.6 90 97 98 98
July 95.6 96 92 91 99
August 93.0 95 92 94 96
September 90.3 89 90 96 97
October 86.8 82 97 83 90
November 84.9 94 74 94 90
December 70.9 53 56 78 78
Average 85.6 74.7 81.1 84.4 88.6 91.2

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 -6.0 -6 -6 -9 -3 -6
February -5.8 4 -4 -7 -10 -4
March 3.0 6 -2 1 8 4
April 10.5 14 8 6 12 11
May 20.7 24 19 21 18
June 27.1 28 27 29 27
July 27.8 27 27 29 28
August 26.1 27 26 28 26
September 22.4 24 23 24 20
October 12.5 14 15 16 9
November 3.4 6 2 5 7
December -2.1 3 -4 -3 -1
Average 10.8 4.1 12.5 11.2 13.0 11.5

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 -15.9 -12 -13 -20 -10 -14
February -15.9 -6 -14 -19 -18 -14
March -6.2 -5 -10 -7 -2 -4
April 0.7 3 -1 -1 2 -1
May 9.1 10 9 8 8
June 15.8 16 16 17 16
July 17.3 16 17 18 18
August 16.2 16 16 17 16
September 12.0 14 12 12 10
October 3.7 5 4 7 1
November -5.6 -3 -5 -3 -3
December -10.1 -4 -11 -12 -10
Average 1.3 -6.9 2.7 1.4 2.9 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 7.8 10 12 9 8 8
February 8.5 4 12 19 5 2
March 9.3 18 24 4 7 3
April 12.5 14 20 27 11 4
May 3.6 2 3 2 4
June 1.8 3 1 3 2
July 2.9 2 3 2 2
August 2.3 1 2 2 1
September 3.6 3 2 6 2
October 5.6 6 2 5 8
November 5.9 2 16 2 2
December 11.3 20 19 12 8
Average 6.5 11.7 8.7 8.2 5.0 3.5

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 9.2 9 8 10 9 9
February 10.1 10 10 13 9 10
March 10.7 12 11 11 11 10
April 11.4 12 12 14 11 10
May 10.1 10 11 10 10
June 9.5 8 11 9 11
July 8.0 8 9 8 8
August 8.4 9 9 10 8
September 9.2 8 9 10 9
October 10.3 10 10 9 10
November 10.5 11 10 10 11
December 9.3 9 11 9 9
Average 9.8 10.8 9.5 10.7 9.5 9.7

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 281° 313° 284° 304° 278°
February 274° 273° 301° 262° 277°
March 346° 038° 328° 161° 277°
April 007° 322° 288° 338° 304°
May 127° 205° 193° 042°
June 115° 235° 251° 151°
July 292° 247° 170° 220°
August 183° 166° 192° 174°
September 135° 188° 216° 263°
October 308° 259° 151° 273°
November 259° 289° 266° 240°
December 256° 100° 257° 282°

Prevailing wind direction

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