Statistics Hector International Airport 2019-2023

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Hector International Airport (KFAR) between 2019 and 2023.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	54.0	40	58	49	51	61
February	69.0	76	59	66	79	47
March	74.2	65	77	87	72	71
April	74.7	65	50	74	91	76
May	85.1	84	82	90	90	79
June	92.7	87	98	97	94	90
July	93.3	98	95	88	96	91
August	87.0	86	85	92	91	87
September	84.4		91	93	92	76
October	77.5		90	78	86	61
November	66.4		57	81	79	60
December	62.0		30	75	63	63
Average	78.6	76.3	74.8	82.3	83.7	73.5

2,060th best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 5 mi or more
• Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	74.8	64	79	72	77	72
February	80.7	82	72	86	93	58
March	88.7	82	95	95	86	82
April	88.4	82	78	88	96	91
May	95.2	94	95	96	98	94
June	97.7	93	100	98	99	98
July	97.2	99	99	93	99	96
August	94.4	94	93	97	97	95
September	93.8		97	95	96	93
October	93.2		99	96	91	90
November	88.3		82	93	93	93
December	75.5		43	82	79	80
Average	90.1	87.1	87.9	91.6	92.8	87.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

• Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
• Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-7.1	-8	-9	-3	-7	-10
February	-7.2	-5	-8	-10	-5	-12
March	2.1	-3	2	10	3	-2
April	9.8	8	6	13	10	11
May	21.5	26	19	22	19	18
June	28.0	30	28	30	29	26
July	28.6	28	28	30	29	28
August	26.9	28	27	29	27	25
September	22.4		23	25	21	21
October	12.4		15	16	9	9
November	2.8		1	5	7	2
December	-4.3		-6	-4	0	-5
Average	11.8	13.1	11.0	13.6	11.9	9.3

2,275th highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-16.9	-15	-21	-10	-15	-18
February	-17.3	-17	-20	-18	-15	-21
March	-8.5	-13	-7	-3	-6	-11
April	-1.4	-2	-2	0	-1	2
May	8.1	12	8	7	7	6
June	15.0	18	14	15	16	14
July	16.7	15	17	18	18	17
August	15.1	17	15	16	16	14
September	10.6		10	12	9	11
October	2.4		3	6	0	2
November	-6.4		-6	-3	-4	-5
December	-13.5		-14	-13	-10	-14
Average	1.1	2.1	0.2	2.3	1.2	-1.9

284th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	12.7	15	17	15	14	9
February	14.3	8	29	9	10	25
March	7.5	18	5	2	2	10
April	12.9	19	30	11	7	8
May	6.1	8	6	2	8	9
June	3.5	6	1	5	3	5
July	2.9	2	3	2	1	6
August	3.5	3	2	4	4	4
September	6.1		2	8	6	10
October	8.6		2	8	8	14
November	8.9		18	4	2	12
December	13.8		40	13	8	10
Average	7.9	9.9	11.5	6.3	5.7	9.6

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	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	10.2	9	11	10	10	10
February	11.3	11	15	10	10	10
March	11.1	12	12	11	12	10
April	11.9	12	14	12	11	11
May	10.7	11	12	10	11	10
June	10.1	9	11	9	12	10
July	8.6	8	10	8	9	8
August	8.5	8	9	10	9	8
September	10.1		10	10	10	10
October	11.0		11	10	12	12
November	11.0		12	11	11	10
December	10.4		12	10	10	10
Average	10.3	10.0	11.4	10.0	10.6	9.9

2,275th highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	287°	305°	297°	215°	313°
February	274°	314°	240°	269°	328°
March	354°	328°	178°	280°	296°
April	346°	348°	343°	316°	014°
May	159°	226°	213°	036°	034°
June	097°	250°	254°	167°	182°
July	301°	278°	160°	199°	232°
August	321°	206°	195°	157°	242°
September		188°	216°	266°	207°
October		242°	104°	272°	277°
November		284°	254°	216°	312°
December		343°	258°	288°	315°

Prevailing wind direction

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