Devils Lake Regional Airport

KDVL · North Dakota, United States

Climate Devils Lake Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Devils Lake Regional Airport (KDVL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.0 54 43 58 51 55
February 71.5 55 82 61 70 79
March 71.6 68 73 74 79 71
April 73.0 73 68 49 76 88
May 83.1 85 74 81 77
June 90.5 88 95 95 95
July 92.9 94 86 94 93
August 86.9 79 84 86 90
September 80.9 74 86 95 94
October 72.0 66 83 73 80
November 60.6 65 53 72 77
December 65.9 75 32 72 72
Average 75.5 63.1 75.2 71.5 80.1 82.1

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 70.9 72 62 74 75 62
February 83.5 72 88 77 84 95
March 85.6 87 82 88 90 90
April 87.5 92 82 66 93 95
May 93.1 90 91 91 91
June 97.1 95 99 97 99
July 98.1 98 97 97 99
August 93.8 89 94 93 94
September 90.7 85 90 98 99
October 88.3 81 93 85 92
November 84.3 91 82 87 86
December 79.7 84 49 82 93
Average 87.9 81.4 86.0 85.0 90.1 91.9

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 -8.1 -7 -8 -9 -3 -8
February -8.6 1 -6 -8 -11 -5
March 0.2 2 -5 0 8 2
April 8.4 12 4 4 12 8
May 19.2 23 17 19 17
June 25.5 27 25 28 26
July 27.1 26 27 29 27
August 25.8 26 26 28 26
September 20.6 23 22 23 20
October 10.6 11 14 14 8
November 1.4 4 0 5 5
December -5.7 1 -9 -7 -1
Average 8.9 1.9 10.6 9.8 11.8 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 -17.6 -15 -17 -21 -11 -15
February -18.7 -8 -17 -21 -20 -15
March -10.7 -9 -15 -9 -5 -7
April -3.8 1 -4 -4 -2 -3
May 6.7 9 7 5 5
June 13.8 16 13 14 14
July 15.9 14 15 18 17
August 14.6 15 16 16 15
September 9.7 12 10 11 9
October 1.7 2 3 5 0
November -7.1 -5 -8 -4 -6
December -13.0 -8 -16 -16 -11
Average -2.8 -8.1 0.2 -1.3 0.7 0.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 24.1 27 26 32 25 21
February 19.1 19 13 25 14 12
March 14.3 19 26 13 2 12
April 14.2 14 23 30 11 13
May 7.7 7 13 4 10
June 5.0 5 5 4 2
July 2.1 3 3 1 1
August 4.2 7 3 4 3
September 6.2 9 5 3 3
October 11.1 14 5 14 7
November 19.7 5 37 17 7
December 21.9 9 54 25 12
Average 12.3 19.5 11.9 16.7 9.0 7.9

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 10.5 11 8 13 10 11
February 11.2 11 12 15 11 10
March 11.2 11 12 13 11 11
April 12.3 12 13 15 12 11
May 11.3 11 13 11 11
June 10.1 8 11 10 11
July 9.2 9 9 9 10
August 8.8 8 9 9 9
September 10.7 9 12 10 12
October 12.1 11 11 11 13
November 11.5 12 14 10 11
December 10.7 10 13 11 9
Average 10.8 11.3 10.0 12.2 10.5 10.8

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 281° 275° 294° 284° 242°
February 292° 283° 307° 265° 270°
March 335° 011° 302° 235° 268°
April 325° 002° 013° 346° 299°
May 102° 268° 244° 142°
June 077° 247° 289° 220°
July 274° 296° 154° 245°
August 311° 271° 224° 229°
September 111° 261° 252° 279°
October 328° 307° 311° 283°
November 280° 287° 268° 251°
December 293° 336° 275° 278°

Prevailing wind direction

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