Buffalo Municipal Airport

KCFE · Minnesota, United States

Climate Buffalo Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Buffalo Municipal Airport (KCFE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 59.4 44 38 78 57 49
February 78.4 82 78 77 78 89
March 76.7 85 64 74 81 73
April 73.0 70 58 66 88
May 84.4 89 81 87 87
June 90.7 87 95 99 98
July 91.8 93 89 91 95
August 86.0 88 78 91 92
September 82.8 76 85 90 90
October 75.3 74 92 74 84
November 69.5 83 57 86 74
December 57.5 48 51 70 60
Average 77.3 71.1 75.3 77.9 81.7 82.9

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 78.7 66 57 93 77 82
February 88.7 94 88 93 87 96
March 88.6 90 78 87 92 88
April 88.7 86 87 90 95
May 95.4 94 96 96 96
June 96.9 91 99 99 99
July 96.6 97 94 95 99
August 95.0 96 92 98 97
September 91.4 92 90 94 97
October 91.7 89 98 90 92
November 91.4 99 83 98 94
December 80.8 74 77 83 84
Average 90.0 83.6 87.5 91.4 92.0 93.7

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 -5.5 -4 -4 -7 -3 -4
February -3.6 4 -2 -4 -8 -2
March 4.5 7 1 3 9 6
April 11.0 10 8 13 13
May 20.9 24 21 21 19
June 27.2 28 28 30 28
July 27.9 28 28 29 28
August 26.0 27 26 28 27
September 22.7 24 23 24 21
October 13.3 14 16 17 10
November 4.8 8 5 7 8
December -1.3 4 -2 0 0
Average 11.2 2.4 13.6 12.5 13.8 12.7

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 -13.8 -10 -11 -18 -10 -11
February -13.2 -5 -13 -17 -17 -12
March -5.6 -3 -8 -5 -1 -2
April 1.1 1 0 3 1
May 9.4 10 9 8 9
June 15.9 15 15 18 16
July 17.0 14 17 17 18
August 15.8 15 15 17 16
September 11.9 13 11 10 10
October 4.3 5 4 7 2
November -4.7 -2 -4 -3 -1
December -9.5 -3 -9 -10 -9
Average 1.7 -7.9 3.1 1.8 3.3 3.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.9 8 19 8 10 14
February 9.3 5 13 6 9 4
March 10.2 12 19 4 13 8
April 11.5 18 12 11 6
May 6.5 3 6 7 8
June 4.2 2 3 3 3
July 3.8 2 3 3 3
August 2.6 2 2 2 3
September 4.9 4 3 2 6
October 7.8 8 4 6 8
November 7.1 1 19 2 6
December 11.7 12 24 13 6
Average 7.5 8.2 8.0 6.9 6.5 5.9

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 4.8 7 7 8 0 0
February 4.9 8 8 10 0 0
March 5.2 10 9 9 0 0
April 5.1 10 12 0 0
May 4.2 8 9 0 0
June 4.3 6 9 0 0
July 3.6 6 7 0 0
August 3.7 6 6 3 0
September 4.7 6 7 7 0
October 5.3 8 8 7 0
November 5.8 8 9 9 0
December 4.7 7 8 8 0
Average 4.9 8.4 7.3 8.5 2.5

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 281° 306° 275° 360° 360°
February 263° 293° 298° 360° 360°
March 335° 008° 336° 360° 360°
April 316° 257° 360° 360°
May 113° 186° 360° 360°
June 081° 231° 360° 360°
July 273° 272° 360° 360°
August 242° 208° 303° 360°
September 142° 216° 249° 360°
October 309° 251° 116° 360°
November 249° 261° 280° 360°
December 238° 123° 263° 360°

Prevailing wind direction

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