Hector International Airport

KFAR · Minnesota, United States

Climate Hector International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hector International Airport (KFAR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 53.0 47 40 58 49 51
February 68.2 63 76 59 66 79
March 74.5 76 65 77 87 72
April 74.7 65 50 74 91
May 85.1 84 82 90 90
June 92.7 87 98 97 94
July 93.3 98 95 88 96
August 87.0 86 85 92 91
September 83.5 79 91 93 92
October 77.4 77 90 78 86
November 67.2 72 57 81 79
December 59.3 46 30 75 63
Average 76.4 63.1 74.4 74.8 82.3 83.7

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 74.5 73 64 79 72 77
February 80.0 76 82 72 86 93
March 88.6 88 82 95 95 86
April 88.4 82 78 88 96
May 95.2 94 95 96 98
June 97.7 93 100 98 99
July 97.2 99 99 93 99
August 94.4 94 93 97 97
September 93.1 90 97 95 96
October 92.9 91 99 96 91
November 89.3 95 82 93 93
December 72.5 58 43 82 79
Average 88.6 79.5 86.3 87.9 91.6 92.8

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 -7.4 -5 -8 -9 -3 -7
February -6.7 5 -5 -8 -10 -5
March 2.5 6 -3 2 10 3
April 9.8 8 6 13 10
May 21.5 26 19 22 19
June 28.0 30 28 30 29
July 28.6 28 28 30 29
August 26.9 28 27 29 27
September 22.9 26 23 25 21
October 12.7 15 15 16 9
November 3.4 7 1 5 7
December -3.3 3 -6 -4 0
Average 10.5 1.8 13.0 11.0 13.6 11.9

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 -15.4 -11 -15 -21 -10 -15
February -16.8 -5 -17 -20 -18 -15
March -8.9 -4 -13 -7 -3 -6
April -1.4 -2 -2 0 -1
May 8.1 12 8 7 7
June 15.0 18 14 15 16
July 16.7 15 17 18 18
August 15.1 17 15 16 16
September 11.0 14 10 12 9
October 2.7 5 3 6 0
November -6.8 -3 -6 -3 -4
December -12.9 -3 -14 -13 -10
Average 0.2 -7.2 2.4 0.2 2.3 1.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.5 11 15 17 15 14
February 13.6 10 8 29 9 10
March 8.4 15 18 5 2 2
April 12.9 19 30 11 7
May 6.1 8 6 2 8
June 3.5 6 1 5 3
July 2.9 2 3 2 1
August 3.5 3 2 4 4
September 5.7 3 2 8 6
October 8.7 9 2 8 8
November 8.8 8 18 4 2
December 14.1 16 40 13 8
Average 8.3 11.9 9.5 11.5 6.3 5.7

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 10.3 11 9 11 10 10
February 11.1 10 11 15 10 10
March 11.2 12 12 12 11 12
April 11.9 12 14 12 11
May 10.7 11 12 10 11
June 10.1 9 11 9 12
July 8.6 8 10 8 9
August 8.5 8 9 10 9
September 9.8 8 10 10 10
October 11.0 11 11 10 12
November 11.0 11 12 11 11
December 10.4 10 12 10 10
Average 10.4 11.0 9.9 11.4 10.0 10.6

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 282° 287° 305° 297° 215°
February 285° 274° 314° 240° 269°
March 341° 354° 328° 178° 280°
April 346° 348° 343° 316°
May 159° 226° 213° 036°
June 097° 250° 254° 167°
July 301° 278° 160° 199°
August 321° 206° 195° 157°
September 109° 188° 216° 266°
October 314° 242° 104° 272°
November 273° 284° 254° 216°
December 307° 343° 258° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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