Denison Municipal Airport

KDNS · Iowa, United States

Climate Denison Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Denison Municipal Airport (KDNS) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.6 54 14 88 57 47
February 69.4 75 13 90 73 83
March 61.3 84 0 79 74 47
April 68.0 81 0 77 83 87
May 72.0 66 70 79 66
June 90.2 93 87 91 94
July 91.1 90 93 87 93
August 87.3 89 84 95 94
September 85.3 86 92 90 81
October 73.5 76 58 75 83
November 77.3 96 50 91 84
December 69.1 59 53 87 69
Average 75.3 74.3 58.6 78.2 82.3 78.1

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 72.0 67 20 96 79 72
February 80.4 91 17 97 85 94
March 74.7 95 0 94 86 64
April 79.5 93 0 92 93 96
May 87.0 68 91 93 89
June 95.5 98 93 95 99
July 96.0 96 96 94 97
August 94.4 97 92 98 98
September 93.9 92 97 98 88
October 84.8 92 59 89 92
November 89.5 98 65 99 94
December 86.1 79 74 92 87
Average 86.3 86.9 64.5 88.2 91.9 89.4

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 -1.3 -4 1 1 1 -1
February 1.9 10 1 4 -6 3
March 8.3 12 0 10 13 10
April 13.9 18 0 16 17 16
May 21.2 19 22 21 20
June 28.9 29 29 30 30
July 29.0 29 30 29 30
August 27.7 29 29 29 29
September 25.6 26 26 27 24
October 15.9 17 15 18 14
November 8.4 12 4 11 12
December 3.2 6 1 6 3
Average 14.5 8.9 14.0 15.9 16.4 15.8

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 -9.5 -11 -2 -13 -7 -9
February -9.9 -4 -1 -11 -14 -7
March -2.9 -1 0 -2 1 0
April 2.7 4 0 2 4 2
May 10.1 8 11 10 10
June 16.8 16 17 17 19
July 17.3 14 19 17 18
August 16.2 16 17 17 17
September 13.3 12 13 13 11
October 4.5 6 2 8 3
November -3.6 -2 -5 -1 0
December -6.0 -3 -7 -5 -8
Average 3.7 -3.3 5.3 3.9 5.1 4.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.1 13 4 3 8 9
February 6.3 2 0 4 13 4
March 4.7 4 0 4 4 5
April 3.2 4 0 5 2 3
May 3.0 1 5 2 5
June 1.9 2 3 2 1
July 1.4 2 0 1 1
August 1.7 2 2 0 1
September 2.1 2 1 1 4
October 3.4 1 0 4 3
November 2.9 2 7 1 3
December 6.2 7 14 1 8
Average 3.7 5.3 1.7 3.5 2.9 3.6

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 8.3 8 2 10 9 9
February 8.7 10 2 11 8 10
March 9.3 11 0 12 12 8
April 10.1 13 0 14 11 10
May 8.7 6 11 9 9
June 7.8 7 8 7 9
July 6.3 6 8 7 7
August 6.6 7 6 8 8
September 7.9 8 8 8 9
October 8.8 10 6 8 10
November 9.4 10 8 10 10
December 9.0 8 11 10 8
Average 8.6 10.8 5.4 9.4 8.9 8.8

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 287° 277° 258° 326° 271°
February 249° 276° 310° 325° 300°
March 360° 360° 338° 161° 275°
April 279° 360° 251° 294° 294°
May 155° 190° 171° 004°
June 144° 210° 204° 171°
July 267° 214° 171° 178°
August 189° 179° 171° 190°
September 185° 183° 183° 227°
October 289° 273° 217° 275°
November 219° 287° 251° 229°
December 271° 207° 229° 282°

Prevailing wind direction

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