Barnes County Municipal Airport

KBAC · North Dakota, United States

Climate Barnes County Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Barnes County Municipal Airport (KBAC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 51.8 52 51 65 48 51
February 61.7 61 79 66 64 73
March 65.9 72 65 77 82 68
April 72.9 70 74 48 72 87
May 82.4 91 77 85 69
June 90.8 86 94 94 95
July 93.5 96 91 95 96
August 86.1 85 86 89 86
September 81.8 76 88 92 92
October 75.1 76 91 75 83
November 66.8 70 70 90 84
December 61.9 67 38 63 67
Average 74.8 64.5 77.6 76.7 80.3 80.5

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 67.8 72 67 71 77 60
February 74.4 74 85 85 83 94
March 80.7 90 78 95 94 87
April 87.0 86 85 75 92 95
May 91.7 97 90 92 83
June 96.2 93 98 97 97
July 98.0 97 97 98 98
August 93.9 92 96 95 94
September 91.7 86 95 95 96
October 89.6 91 99 84 92
November 86.6 96 83 96 90
December 75.7 75 47 76 87
Average 86.6 81.4 87.7 88.7 90.7 90.0

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 -7.6 -5 -8 -9 -3 -8
February -5.7 3 -5 -7 -10 -5
March 1.6 3 -5 1 9 2
April 8.8 13 5 6 12 9
May 19.7 23 18 20 17
June 26.5 27 26 29 27
July 27.7 26 28 30 28
August 25.9 26 27 28 26
September 21.5 23 23 24 20
October 11.4 13 15 15 8
November 2.7 5 1 6 7
December -4.5 2 -7 -6 0
Average 10.0 3.6 11.0 10.7 13.1 11.0

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 -15.6 -14 -15 -21 -10 -15
February -13.1 -7 -16 -20 -19 -13
March -7.0 -7 -15 -8 -4 -6
April -2.5 1 -4 -3 -1 -2
May 7.1 10 7 6 6
June 14.0 16 14 14 15
July 15.6 14 16 17 17
August 14.3 15 15 15 15
September 10.0 11 10 11 9
October 1.7 2 2 5 0
November -7.5 -5 -8 -4 -6
December -12.2 -7 -15 -15 -10
Average -1.8 -7.3 0.6 -1.6 1.4 0.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 32.5 36 36 43 24 39
February 28.0 26 42 53 24 30
March 22.7 32 43 25 11 23
April 20.3 23 30 35 18 17
May 6.6 6 8 4 8
June 4.3 7 0 3 7
July 2.5 3 1 1 1
August 3.2 4 2 4 3
September 5.8 5 3 6 4
October 14.5 14 5 13 15
November 23.0 18 39 14 13
December 28.3 22 50 35 26
Average 16.0 28.7 17.8 18.6 11.6 13.9

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 10.4 10 10 13 10 12
February 10.0 11 12 15 10 11
March 10.4 12 12 13 12 12
April 12.0 13 12 14 12 11
May 10.4 11 11 11 9
June 9.7 8 10 9 11
July 8.4 8 9 8 9
August 8.7 9 9 10 8
September 10.0 8 10 10 11
October 11.5 11 11 11 12
November 10.9 12 12 9 12
December 11.0 10 12 11 11
Average 10.3 11.5 10.1 11.5 10.2 10.6

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 283° 286° 289° 296° 254°
February 288° 274° 297° 273° 273°
March 333° 347° 308° 217° 287°
April 339° 349° 358° 340° 313°
May 151° 261° 238° 062°
June 093° 265° 279° 186°
July 294° 281° 200° 241°
August 314° 233° 216° 200°
September 085° 280° 234° 281°
October 315° 294° 326° 285°
November 283° 278° 278° 252°
December 302° 318° 296° 292°

Prevailing wind direction

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