Bemidji Regional Airport

KBJI · Minnesota, United States

Climate Bemidji Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Bemidji Regional Airport (KBJI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.5 36 51 71 54 41
February 70.3 59 83 67 68 76
March 74.0 71 76 70 85 69
April 70.3 68 49 63 85
May 80.2 80 75 84 82
June 84.8 74 89 98 87
July 89.4 89 86 88 92
August 81.7 82 73 87 84
September 77.2 66 85 92 82
October 61.7 60 76 59 76
November 59.7 64 64 70 69
December 57.5 44 75 66 52
Average 70.3 57.0 71.3 73.8 77.6 76.6

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 71.6 69 62 83 69 65
February 83.4 77 88 77 83 96
March 89.7 89 86 91 92 88
April 86.3 82 75 83 94
May 90.7 87 90 93 91
June 93.0 82 96 100 97
July 96.4 97 96 93 98
August 92.1 92 90 94 90
September 89.5 85 92 96 94
October 85.1 85 96 82 90
November 82.8 86 83 85 87
December 74.4 57 78 79 76
Average 86.2 79.3 83.6 88.2 88.5 89.9

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 -8.6 -6 -6 -10 -4 -7
February -7.9 1 -3 -9 -10 -4
March 1.9 3 -1 0 8 3
April 7.6 8 4 10 9
May 19.2 23 18 19 17
June 25.0 26 25 28 25
July 26.4 25 26 29 27
August 24.6 25 25 27 25
September 19.9 22 21 22 18
October 10.2 12 13 15 6
November 1.5 4 2 2 5
December -4.0 1 -5 -5 -3
Average 8.0 -1.2 11.3 9.6 11.9 10.1

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 -17.1 -14 -14 -23 -13 -15
February -19.8 -9 -17 -24 -21 -17
March -9.1 -8 -13 -9 -5 -7
April -4.9 -3 -4 -1 -4
May 5.5 8 6 5 4
June 12.1 13 11 13 13
July 13.9 12 14 14 14
August 13.2 14 14 14 13
September 9.1 11 9 9 7
October 1.5 3 2 4 -2
November -7.3 -5 -6 -6 -5
December -13.5 -5 -13 -14 -12
Average -3.6 -11.7 0.4 -2.6 0.1 -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 15.6 12 20 17 14 19
February 14.2 9 7 23 11 6
March 8.4 13 14 5 5 6
April 15.2 15 30 17 9
May 6.0 5 6 2 5
June 3.8 6 2 4 3
July 2.8 3 2 2 4
August 2.6 2 2 4 3
September 4.9 3 3 7 2
October 10.3 10 6 8 9
November 14.7 8 20 11 7
December 18.1 14 31 19 14
Average 10.6 11.2 8.2 10.5 8.0 6.6

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 7.0 7 6 8 6 7
February 8.2 8 7 10 8 8
March 8.6 9 8 9 9 8
April 9.0 9 10 8 9
May 8.3 8 10 8 9
June 8.1 7 9 7 9
July 6.8 6 7 6 7
August 7.0 7 5 9 7
September 7.6 7 6 8 8
October 8.2 8 7 7 9
November 8.0 9 7 9 9
December 7.1 7 5 8 7
Average 7.9 8.3 7.5 7.8 7.8 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 264° 280° 277° 268° 236°
February 270° 261° 292° 257° 273°
March 314° 336° 301° 190° 266°
April 356° 022° 325° 303°
May 126° 207° 227° 342°
June 122° 258° 262° 183°
July 293° 262° 208° 229°
August 271° 217° 217° 199°
September 118° 263° 239° 262°
October 295° 258° 160° 265°
November 262° 266° 259° 244°
December 232° 146° 253° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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