Robertson Field

D55 · North Dakota, United States

Climate Robertson Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Robertson Field (KD55) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 46.7 38 44 52 49 40
February 68.5 71 83 59 68 67
March 74.6 92 72 74 82 74
April 75.0 70 59 74 84
May 79.8 82 73 65 80
June 82.4 90 92 64 92
July 91.2 92 87 87 92
August 79.2 80 54 75 87
September 76.6 76 80 97 76
October 69.1 72 75 70 83
November 56.8 64 46 73 72
December 60.9 73 32 69 67
Average 73.1 69.2 75.8 68.4 73.3 77.9

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 56.0 50 52 60 60 47
February 74.8 77 84 65 74 79
March 84.9 94 80 86 93 89
April 86.7 80 70 90 93
May 89.6 91 87 74 93
June 88.2 95 96 67 98
July 96.0 96 94 94 97
August 85.4 91 60 83 91
September 83.1 87 87 98 79
October 85.2 83 89 80 91
November 74.1 80 72 79 80
December 70.7 78 43 73 78
Average 82.1 75.5 84.0 78.4 80.9 86.3

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 -9.3 -8 -8 -9 -5 -7
February -9.3 -1 -7 -10 -12 -6
March 0.4 1 -6 0 7 2
April 7.7 3 3 12 8
May 16.1 21 17 17 18
June 20.9 27 25 19 26
July 22.9 25 26 29 27
August 25.7 25 27 25 26
September 20.6 22 21 24 21
October 10.2 11 12 14 7
November 0.2 2 -1 3 4
December -6.8 0 -9 -8 -1
Average 7.1 -3.5 9.2 9.1 10.6 10.4

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 -18.2 -15 -17 -22 -13 -16
February -20.9 -8 -19 -23 -22 -16
March -10.0 -10 -16 -10 -6 -9
April -3.1 -4 -4 -3 -3
May 4.5 8 6 3 5
June 10.2 15 12 9 13
July 11.6 11 15 15 15
August 12.1 13 13 13 12
September 8.1 10 8 10 7
October 0.5 1 1 4 -2
November -9.5 -6 -9 -7 -7
December -15.9 -9 -17 -17 -12
Average -4.8 -12.8 -2.4 -2.0 -2.8 -2.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.4 11 10 10 6 10
February 6.9 7 4 11 6 5
March 4.6 8 6 4 4 4
April 8.3 15 19 6 9
May 2.3 0 5 2 2
June 1.4 1 1 1 1
July 0.5 0 2 0 1
August 1.4 1 0 3 2
September 1.7 3 1 0 1
October 6.0 9 3 5 3
November 11.6 8 17 9 5
December 8.5 5 29 5 7
Average 5.0 8.4 4.9 6.7 3.4 3.8

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 11.9 12 9 14 11 12
February 12.0 11 12 15 11 12
March 12.2 13 13 13 13 13
April 12.8 13 15 13 12
May 12.2 12 14 11 12
June 10.5 9 13 8 13
July 8.8 8 9 8 9
August 8.3 8 8 9 9
September 11.4 10 12 11 13
October 12.7 11 12 12 14
November 12.4 13 14 12 13
December 11.1 11 14 12 11
Average 11.4 12.2 10.6 12.6 10.9 11.7

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 276° 263° 285° 267° 235°
February 291° 255° 298° 266° 260°
March 333° 359° 281° 226° 247°
April 017° 016° 343° 293°
May 116° 252° 347° 162°
June 092° 265° 295° 202°
July 285° 292° 196° 242°
August 326° 273° 254° 259°
September 128° 250° 253° 270°
October 323° 304° 271° 276°
November 275° 266° 257° 234°
December 269° 335° 268° 282°

Prevailing wind direction

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