Willmar Municipal/John L Rice Field

KBDH · Minnesota, United States

Climate Willmar Municipal/John L Rice Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Willmar Municipal/John L Rice Field (KBDH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.0 40 43 86 72 43
February 76.4 70 83 75 77 80
March 75.5 75 64 78 87 70
April 74.7 72 75 56 84 90
May 86.0 91 82 97 84
June 93.1 92 98 99 97
July 92.8 94 94 89 96
August 88.8 93 84 94 95
September 87.5 82 93 95 95
October 79.4 73 96 87 87
November 75.5 85 65 93 87
December 59.8 45 38 78 74
Average 78.5 65.5 78.3 81.0 88.6 84.7

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 74.7 54 57 90 82 64
February 86.6 87 89 87 85 91
March 88.1 87 80 92 92 86
April 88.9 89 90 84 90 96
May 95.4 96 97 99 95
June 97.6 96 100 99 99
July 96.7 96 98 93 99
August 95.0 97 96 97 97
September 94.6 94 98 96 97
October 92.2 89 100 94 93
November 91.3 97 87 98 94
December 75.2 64 57 84 87
Average 89.4 80.3 88.1 92.5 92.9 92.3

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 -5.2 -5 -5 -7 -2 -4
February -3.1 4 -3 -4 -8 -3
March 4.3 7 0 4 10 6
April 11.5 14 10 8 14 13
May 21.6 25 21 22 20
June 28.2 29 29 31 29
July 28.3 28 29 30 29
August 26.4 28 27 28 27
September 23.4 25 24 25 22
October 13.9 15 17 18 11
November 5.3 8 5 7 9
December -1.7 4 -2 -1 1
Average 11.9 5.0 13.8 13.0 14.6 13.3

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 -13.1 -11 -13 -18 -9 -13
February -14.9 -6 -14 -16 -15 -13
March -5.3 -5 -9 -4 -1 -2
April 1.0 3 1 1 2 1
May 9.4 11 10 9 9
June 15.9 16 17 17 16
July 16.6 12 18 18 18
August 16.0 17 17 16 17
September 12.3 13 12 12 10
October 3.6 4 4 6 2
November -4.1 -4 -3 -3 -2
December -9.4 -4 -8 -10 -8
Average 1.7 -5.2 2.6 2.6 3.6 2.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.3 13 18 6 8 16
February 5.2 6 7 9 8 8
March 6.5 15 15 2 11 6
April 8.0 12 15 13 11 4
May 5.4 3 3 6 8
June 2.9 4 3 4 3
July 2.5 2 3 4 3
August 2.3 3 2 2 1
September 2.6 2 3 5 3
October 5.3 5 4 6 10
November 4.5 4 13 3 3
December 9.5 17 22 16 8
Average 5.7 11.5 7.3 5.9 6.6 5.6

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 8.7 9 7 9 9 9
February 9.2 11 9 12 9 8
March 10.1 12 10 10 10 9
April 11.3 14 11 15 11 10
May 9.2 9 10 8 10
June 8.2 7 9 7 9
July 6.0 6 8 5 6
August 6.3 7 7 7 6
September 7.3 7 7 8 7
October 9.2 10 9 8 10
November 9.9 11 11 10 9
December 9.1 9 11 9 9
Average 9.0 11.7 8.5 9.7 8.2 8.4

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 285° 322° 303° 324° 304°
February 274° 350° 304° 286° 294°
March 343° 007° 335° 105° 325°
April 345° 330° 298° 336° 319°
May 112° 235° 211° 010°
June 097° 253° 282° 113°
July 301° 279° 137° 236°
August 036° 120° 177° 149°
September 123° 173° 243° 277°
October 291° 273° 133° 286°
November 264° 283° 282° 266°
December 242° 156° 288° 299°

Prevailing wind direction

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