Duluth International Airport

KDLH · Minnesota, United States

Climate Duluth International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Duluth International Airport (KDLH) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 44.6 34 31 67 51 31
February 65.2 63 70 58 78 70
March 70.2 72 60 62 82 65
April 61.5 54 49 60 84
May 77.9 83 74 82 89
June 84.1 73 88 94 88
July 86.4 92 82 86 88
August 75.7 76 70 78 77
September 69.4 55 76 91 78
October 60.1 54 73 51 74
November 57.7 59 47 84 64
December 44.9 34 39 60 54
Average 66.3 57.1 62.7 66.9 75.5 72.5

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 63.4 58 41 85 66 56
February 80.2 86 81 75 88 91
March 81.4 80 71 81 89 81
April 74.1 70 63 73 87
May 86.4 89 85 89 95
June 89.1 79 92 95 94
July 91.4 96 89 88 91
August 83.0 82 83 82 87
September 79.1 68 84 95 85
October 81.4 79 93 73 88
November 78.6 81 68 93 87
December 63.1 58 54 73 73
Average 79.2 74.6 74.9 80.3 84.2 84.9

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 -6.0 -5 -5 -9 -3 -5
February -5.6 3 -3 -8 -9 -4
March 2.3 4 0 1 6 3
April 7.8 6 5 10 8
May 17.4 19 17 19 16
June 23.3 24 24 26 24
July 25.7 25 25 27 27
August 24.1 25 25 26 24
September 19.7 21 20 22 18
October 11.3 12 14 14 7
November 2.2 4 3 4 6
December -3.1 3 -3 -2 -3
Average 8.9 0.8 10.9 9.8 11.5 10.0

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 -14.4 -11 -10 -20 -11 -12
February -14.0 -7 -13 -19 -18 -14
March -7.3 -6 -9 -8 -3 -4
April -1.0 -1 -2 1 -2
May 6.3 7 7 7 6
June 11.5 12 9 14 13
July 14.9 14 14 15 16
August 14.4 14 15 16 15
September 10.6 13 10 11 7
October 3.8 5 3 7 1
November -5.1 -4 -4 -4 -3
December -10.1 -4 -10 -11 -10
Average -1.8 -9.9 1.8 0.1 1.9 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 31.0 39 38 24 17 38
February 24.0 12 24 35 13 26
March 19.2 21 31 24 9 23
April 24.2 32 37 18 11
May 9.9 6 15 2 4
June 7.0 8 6 5 4
July 4.3 3 5 3 7
August 9.0 8 4 6 8
September 11.4 14 9 5 9
October 17.9 15 11 13 20
November 26.2 19 35 16 14
December 32.3 29 47 29 18
Average 18.4 23.7 18.2 19.0 10.4 14.4

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 9.2 8 9 11 8 9
February 10.4 10 10 11 10 11
March 10.7 11 11 11 10 10
April 10.9 12 11 9 11
May 10.1 10 10 10 11
June 9.2 9 11 8 10
July 7.7 7 9 7 8
August 8.4 8 8 10 8
September 9.1 9 8 9 10
October 10.1 9 10 8 11
November 10.3 11 10 11 10
December 9.4 9 9 11 8
Average 9.7 9.8 9.3 9.9 9.1 9.9

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 285° 324° 279° 302° 295°
February 292° 292° 304° 274° 279°
March 330° 047° 322° 234° 303°
April 025° 040° 348° 319°
May 093° 146° 207° 019°
June 095° 260° 226° 334°
July 300° 267° 117° 262°
August 117° 202° 237° 251°
September 105° 222° 245° 267°
October 343° 280° 102° 275°
November 266° 298° 288° 263°
December 245° 106° 268° 285°

Prevailing wind direction

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