Baudette International Airport

KBDE · Minnesota, United States

Climate Baudette International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Baudette International Airport (KBDE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.4 43 35 59 50 43
February 69.1 57 80 59 72 73
March 78.1 64 72 71 92 80
April 74.3 69 52 65 85
May 79.7 82 67 83 85
June 88.1 86 86 95 87
July 89.5 93 82 89 94
August 81.6 75 82 61 89
September 65.0 69 81 12 88
October 63.6 57 74 60 78
November 50.7 43 47 61 61
December 53.8 41 43 60 46
Average 70.8 55.5 68.8 68.7 67.8 78.5

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 75.0 70 61 82 73 80
February 84.0 78 93 69 92 91
March 89.7 78 82 89 97 95
April 87.6 82 74 84 92
May 91.8 92 88 92 96
June 95.7 94 90 99 96
July 95.4 97 92 95 98
August 91.0 89 91 72 97
September 79.4 91 88 12 97
October 87.7 83 93 80 95
November 78.9 70 70 73 88
December 73.7 57 62 78 71
Average 85.9 75.4 84.0 83.9 79.5 92.6

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 -8.3 -5 -6 -11 -5 -7
February -7.9 2 -3 -10 -10 -5
March 2.1 3 0 1 8 3
April 8.4 8 6 11 8
May 18.8 24 18 19 17
June 24.7 27 24 27 24
July 26.5 25 26 28 27
August 24.5 25 26 22 26
September 17.2 23 21 3 18
October 10.8 13 14 14 7
November 1.2 5 3 3 4
December -5.9 3 -5 -4 -3
Average 8.5 0.0 12.0 9.9 9.8 9.8

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 -17.4 -12 -13 -23 -14 -15
February -18.4 -7 -16 -23 -22 -18
March -9.1 -6 -12 -9 -5 -9
April -2.1 -2 -2 -1 -3
May 6.0 10 7 6 5
June 12.4 15 11 13 13
July 14.0 13 14 14 15
August 12.7 15 15 11 13
September 8.2 13 10 1 7
October 2.4 5 4 4 -1
November -7.8 -2 -5 -5 -6
December -13.8 -3 -13 -14 -12
Average -2.3 -9.4 2.0 -1.2 -1.1 -1.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.0 15 12 17 10 16
February 13.9 12 6 32 4 7
March 9.2 22 18 9 4 4
April 11.4 16 31 12 3
May 5.8 5 12 3 5
June 4.7 6 5 2 6
July 3.3 3 6 1 1
August 3.1 3 6 0 3
September 6.6 8 9 0 6
October 10.9 14 9 5 10
November 16.1 14 32 9 6
December 15.8 14 33 18 13
Average 9.5 16.5 9.5 15.3 5.0 5.8

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 7.2 7 6 8 7 7
February 8.1 9 8 10 7 7
March 8.8 11 9 9 9 8
April 9.3 10 11 9 9
May 8.8 9 10 9 9
June 7.7 7 6 7 10
July 7.1 7 7 7 7
August 7.2 7 7 7 8
September 7.4 7 8 1 9
October 8.6 8 9 7 9
November 8.2 7 9 7 9
December 7.3 7 8 7 7
Average 8.1 8.7 7.6 8.4 7.0 8.3

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 259° 278° 275° 263° 244°
February 298° 274° 299° 265° 276°
March 329° 349° 314° 200° 264°
April 013° 033° 345° 318°
May 104° 209° 274° 308°
June 093° 280° 274° 199°
July 299° 287° 265° 245°
August 325° 254° 222° 242°
September 106° 262° 157° 273°
October 307° 263° 181° 265°
November 263° 286° 250° 249°
December 267° 104° 256° 270°

Prevailing wind direction

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