Benson Municipal Airport

KBBB · Minnesota, United States

Climate Benson Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Benson Municipal Airport (KBBB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.5 49 41 73 62 55
February 72.5 77 79 72 67 78
March 75.3 82 59 82 81 85
April 72.4 77 74 59 69 100
May 85.8 92 81 91 69
June 93.4 95 99 98 94
July 93.3 96 97 86 94
August 88.9 92 88 95 90
September 87.9 85 93 96 95
October 77.0 75 97 71 83
November 69.8 82 61 86 83
December 60.3 50 48 75 67
Average 77.9 72.0 78.3 81.4 81.5 83.2

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 73.7 66 57 87 79 73
February 84.3 90 85 85 83 92
March 89.3 89 81 98 91 99
April 89.5 95 88 89 90 100
May 95.6 96 95 98 85
June 97.8 97 100 99 99
July 96.8 98 99 92 98
August 94.5 95 94 97 94
September 94.7 94 97 99 98
October 92.0 91 99 93 94
November 91.2 99 87 94 96
December 78.2 74 61 89 87
Average 90.4 86.1 88.9 92.7 91.9 92.9

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 -6.2 -5 -5 -8 -3 -6
February -5.4 4 -3 -5 -9 -3
March 3.6 7 -1 3 9 9
April 10.7 15 10 8 13 13
May 21.6 25 20 21 16
June 27.7 28 28 30 28
July 28.2 28 29 29 29
August 26.8 29 27 27 27
September 23.2 25 25 23 21
October 12.6 15 16 14 10
November 4.2 8 4 4 8
December -2.5 4 -4 -5 0
Average 9.1 5.1 13.3 12.4 13.3 12.5

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 -16.9 -13 -15 -22 -11 -14
February -16.6 -7 -16 -19 -18 -13
March -7.4 -6 -13 -6 -2 0
April -1.5 2 -2 -1 1 13
May 8.6 9 9 7 11
June 15.4 16 15 15 16
July 16.1 14 16 17 17
August 15.2 14 15 16 17
September 11.2 12 10 13 9
October 2.3 3 2 7 0
November -6.8 -5 -6 -2 -4
December -10.2 -5 -12 -11 -11
Average -1.0 -7.9 1.0 0.6 2.8 1.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.9 10 27 11 9 13
February 10.8 3 12 13 8 7
March 10.5 12 16 4 11 18
April 14.5 14 14 16 15 0
May 6.7 4 5 6 13
June 4.6 4 3 3 5
July 4.0 2 4 4 3
August 2.7 2 4 1 1
September 4.4 4 3 5 4
October 7.9 7 5 3 8
November 9.4 6 14 8 3
December 11.6 17 24 18 8
Average 7.7 10.0 8.9 7.5 7.5 6.0

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 8.5 8 7 9 8 9
February 9.5 9 9 12 8 10
March 9.6 10 10 10 10 7
April 11.0 12 11 14 10 16
May 8.5 9 9 9 8
June 7.6 6 9 7 9
July 6.2 6 7 5 6
August 6.5 7 7 7 6
September 7.4 7 7 8 7
October 9.1 9 9 8 9
November 9.7 10 11 7 10
December 8.6 8 10 9 9
Average 8.8 10.1 8.1 9.5 8.0 8.2

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 297° 352° 343° 357° 344°
February 288° 005° 339° 318° 325°
March 333° 022° 005° 210° 028°
April 329° 009° 345° 007° 352°
May 158° 262° 248° 280°
June 144° 273° 273° 178°
July 329° 293° 198° 221°
August 134° 192° 202° 215°
September 146° 214° 218° 306°
October 302° 297° 285° 322°
November 278° 324° 199° 290°
December 280° 106° 297° 344°

Prevailing wind direction

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