Cloquet/Carlton County Airport

KCOQ · Minnesota, United States

Climate Cloquet/Carlton County Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Cloquet/Carlton County Airport (KCOQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.3 40 40 93 33 72
February 72.4 66 75 75 78 80
March 78.7 79 70 84 81 71
April 71.4 74 63 72 61 86
May 84.1 87 91 80 90
June 88.0 79 97 92 92
July 84.8 92 54 87 90
August 81.2 83 79 83 81
September 75.9 59 82 90 86
October 66.2 64 80 52 81
November 62.1 71 54 84 65
December 46.2 37 53 43 51
Average 73.3 66.0 70.2 77.6 74.0 80.5

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 76.1 71 59 96 55 83
February 87.8 91 92 87 91 94
March 89.1 86 82 93 90 87
April 83.5 84 79 82 79 89
May 90.4 91 95 88 95
June 92.8 86 98 94 96
July 89.2 97 57 91 94
August 88.5 88 90 88 91
September 85.4 75 89 95 90
October 87.7 88 96 76 93
November 85.4 91 77 92 90
December 70.6 60 76 61 76
Average 85.9 82.9 83.0 86.5 84.6 90.4

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 -6.0 -5 -5 -10 -3 -5
February -5.7 2 -4 -8 -9 -3
March 2.7 4 0 1 6 4
April 8.5 10 7 5 9 9
May 17.2 19 18 18 17
June 23.4 24 24 25 24
July 25.8 25 25 27 28
August 23.8 24 24 25 24
September 19.7 21 20 21 18
October 10.9 12 13 14 7
November 2.4 4 3 5 6
December -3.1 2 -4 -3 -3
Average 9.2 2.8 10.9 9.4 11.8 10.7

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 -14.5 -11 -11 -21 -9 -11
February -15.5 -7 -14 -20 -19 -15
March -7.2 -6 -9 -8 -4 -4
April -2.5 0 -1 -2 -1 -2
May 4.9 5 5 4 5
June 10.7 11 10 12 12
July 13.8 13 13 13 15
August 13.6 13 14 14 14
September 10.0 12 9 10 8
October 3.0 4 3 7 0
November -5.3 -4 -4 -2 -3
December -10.1 -4 -11 -12 -10
Average -1.6 -6.0 1.3 -1.3 1.4 0.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.3 14 23 13 14 13
February 14.9 7 9 22 12 11
March 8.9 12 18 9 7 8
April 15.7 14 20 25 14 8
May 6.8 5 12 2 2
June 5.1 5 4 6 2
July 3.8 4 5 3 4
August 5.4 3 3 4 6
September 6.3 11 5 4 5
October 10.6 10 7 8 10
November 15.5 8 27 7 11
December 19.8 17 21 24 16
Average 10.2 12.2 10.4 11.8 8.1 7.1

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 6.7 6 6 8 5 6
February 7.8 8 7 8 7 8
March 7.8 8 8 8 8 7
April 8.4 9 9 9 8 9
May 7.2 8 7 7 7
June 6.7 6 8 6 7
July 5.7 6 7 6 5
August 6.0 6 6 8 6
September 6.2 6 6 7 7
October 7.3 7 8 6 7
November 7.3 8 8 8 7
December 6.4 6 6 7 6
Average 7.1 8.0 6.9 7.4 6.8 6.9

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 274° 299° 263° 270° 256°
February 280° 279° 292° 266° 267°
March 307° 019° 300° 211° 262°
April 034° 012° 031° 335° 306°
May 088° 170° 190° 010°
June 088° 255° 247° 150°
July 290° 255° 221° 250°
August 150° 238° 234° 244°
September 107° 232° 240° 254°
October 318° 260° 073° 259°
November 251° 273° 268° 250°
December 253° 187° 259° 282°

Prevailing wind direction

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