Fairmont Municipal Airport

KFRM · Minnesota, United States

Climate Fairmont Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fairmont Municipal Airport (KFRM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.6 42 49 81 49 40
February 74.5 76 77 73 73 80
March 69.3 84 54 74 75 58
April 71.4 72 71 62 75 87
May 79.0 84 83 81 74
June 89.7 86 86 97 96
July 90.8 92 93 87 94
August 85.2 82 76 94 98
September 84.5 77 90 89 91
October 76.3 76 97 75 82
November 72.1 91 62 89 78
December 62.1 47 26 86 71
Average 75.9 68.6 74.7 77.4 81.4 79.5

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 69.4 60 59 89 66 60
February 83.9 91 82 85 80 91
March 83.3 91 74 86 83 83
April 88.6 92 87 88 91 95
May 92.2 93 96 95 90
June 95.7 94 93 99 98
July 95.4 97 96 92 96
August 93.1 89 91 97 99
September 91.6 87 95 95 94
October 89.7 88 100 89 93
November 90.4 100 93 97 89
December 78.0 69 50 90 86
Average 87.7 83.8 85.7 90.3 90.0 89.9

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 -4.4 -3 -4 -6 -1 -4
February -2.3 7 -3 -2 -7 -2
March 5.4 10 2 6 9 7
April 12.8 16 14 10 14 14
May 21.3 23 22 21 19
June 27.7 28 27 30 29
July 27.9 27 28 28 29
August 26.3 28 27 28 27
September 23.9 25 24 25 22
October 14.5 16 18 17 12
November 6.6 13 6 8 9
December 0.3 5 -3 2 2
Average 12.8 7.4 15.5 13.5 14.8 13.4

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 -13.8 -11 -13 -17 -9 -11
February -12.3 -5 -12 -15 -16 -11
March -4.5 -3 -7 -3 -1 -1
April 2.2 4 3 1 3 1
May 10.0 11 10 10 9
June 16.8 16 18 17 18
July 17.1 16 18 17 17
August 15.8 17 16 16 16
September 12.6 14 11 12 11
October 4.2 6 3 8 2
November -3.3 2 -3 -2 -1
December -8.2 -3 -9 -8 -8
Average 2.6 -4.3 5.0 2.8 4.2 3.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 17.8 17 26 14 16 21
February 15.0 6 17 18 15 11
March 12.6 14 23 11 11 8
April 11.6 10 17 16 4 7
May 8.3 9 5 8 10
June 4.4 7 6 2 2
July 3.4 2 4 4 2
August 3.9 7 3 2 1
September 5.4 5 5 4 9
October 9.9 12 2 10 9
November 10.3 4 21 5 5
December 14.0 11 42 6 7
Average 9.6 11.6 11.4 10.1 6.7 7.4

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 11.5 11 11 12 11 12
February 12.0 13 11 14 11 12
March 12.4 14 12 13 13 12
April 13.8 16 15 17 14 13
May 11.3 12 13 12 11
June 9.8 8 11 9 13
July 7.2 7 9 6 7
August 7.6 7 8 9 8
September 9.3 7 9 10 10
October 11.3 10 12 10 12
November 12.9 12 15 14 13
December 11.2 11 14 11 11
Average 11.0 13.3 10.0 12.0 10.5 10.9

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 297° 303° 279° 303° 286°
February 277° 277° 308° 288° 290°
March 328° 333° 333° 248° 294°
April 306° 292° 246° 310° 316°
May 131° 198° 166° 353°
June 159° 187° 250° 175°
July 284° 256° 195° 192°
August 211° 213° 175° 192°
September 196° 201° 228° 238°
October 328° 263° 192° 290°
November 227° 264° 271° 251°
December 254° 251° 262° 276°

Prevailing wind direction

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