Harry Stern Airport

KBWP · North Dakota, United States

Climate Harry Stern Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Harry Stern Airport (KBWP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.2 44 46 67 75
February 75.3 66 80 63 73 92
March 74.5 80 61 80 50 95
April 65.0 75 71 53 0 98
May 82.3 87 79 67 97
June 86.4 90 99 52 99
July 92.0 96 94 85 99
August 72.9 88 88 14
September 71.6 79 93 8
October 79.4 75 93 71
November 72.6 72 60 75
December 64.3 49 45 67
Average 75.3 67.6 76.0 78.7 49.8 93.8

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 78.2 72 64 84 82
February 83.6 81 85 72 76 93
March 86.4 91 77 96 55 97
April 77.4 91 87 82 0 98
May 93.3 97 95 74 98
June 88.8 95 100 52 99
July 95.9 98 98 89 100
August 80.3 94 95 19
September 78.1 90 99 8
October 91.7 89 99 88
November 89.1 92 87 88
December 76.5 62 60 83
Average 86.0 84.6 86.9 91.0 55.8 95.3

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 -7.0 -5 -7 -9 -6
February -5.5 4 -5 -8 -9 -4
March 2.4 6 -3 2 5 4
April 8.2 14 6 6 0 10
May 19.5 25 20 18 18
June 25.7 28 28 18 28
July 28.1 28 29 29 29
August 22.2 28 28 7
September 19.1 25 24 3
October 13.0 14 17 17
November 3.0 6 2 6
December -3.3 3 -5 -4
Average 8.4 4.7 12.4 11.7 8.8 9.3

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 -16.6 -12 -15 -22 -15
February -15.1 -6 -17 -20 -19 -15
March -7.9 -6 -14 -7 -2 -4
April 0.0 3 -3 -1 0 -1
May 7.6 11 9 7 7
June 13.6 17 16 7 15
July 16.1 14 17 17 19
August 12.4 16 15 3
September 9.2 12 10 2
October 2.9 4 2 6
November -6.8 -4 -6 -4
December -11.1 -4 -13 -13
Average -2.7 -6.5 1.4 0.6 1.0 -1.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.4 22 29 17 0
February 8.7 9 15 29 10 0
March 5.7 12 24 3 3 0
April 6.7 17 16 15 0 0
May 1.3 3 3 2 0
June 0.5 2 1 0 0
July 1.4 2 2 2 0
August 0.9 3 1 1
September 1.5 6 1 0
October 4.6 11 2 11
November 8.3 14 24 4
December 11.0 23 32 17
Average 4.8 14.9 11.5 8.5 3.9

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 9.9 10 9 11 10
February 10.2 10 11 13 7 9
March 10.1 12 12 11 5 11
April 9.7 13 11 15 0 9
May 10.2 11 11 9 11
June 8.5 8 11 5 11
July 7.5 8 9 7 7
August 7.0 9 9 1
September 7.5 9 10 1
October 10.3 10 11 10
November 10.3 10 12 10
December 9.9 10 12 9
Average 9.5 11.4 9.7 10.9 5.6 10.0

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 301° 319° 323° 198°
February 284° 009° 318° 225° 311°
March 337° 360° 340° 131° 323°
April 358° 347° 009° 360° 311°
May 138° 218° 185° 036°
June 122° 232° 225° 156°
July 315° 243° 153° 154°
August 325° 177° 230°
September 133° 184° 155°
October 319° 266° 148°
November 282° 295° 261°
December 303° 342° 276°

Prevailing wind direction

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