Joe Foss Field

KFSD · South Dakota, United States

Climate Joe Foss Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Joe Foss Field (KFSD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.7 48 47 85 56 52
February 76.2 70 78 82 75 82
March 68.0 76 52 75 79 62
April 74.7 78 70 80 87
May 76.1 84 76 79 69
June 92.0 94 90 99 93
July 91.8 89 90 83 98
August 85.0 85 82 92 90
September 83.4 82 93 87 94
October 77.9 71 98 81 86
November 76.6 91 67 84 85
December 69.6 65 51 91 77
Average 76.9 64.8 76.8 80.8 82.6 81.9

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 76.5 61 68 93 77 66
February 87.4 86 87 90 86 95
March 86.1 90 76 96 86 84
April 89.7 91 91 95 95
May 92.4 93 97 92 92
June 97.1 98 96 100 99
July 96.8 95 98 90 100
August 95.5 95 94 98 97
September 93.4 94 99 96 96
October 88.8 84 98 91 89
November 91.7 99 92 93 90
December 82.8 80 62 96 89
Average 89.2 79.2 88.6 93.4 91.8 91.5

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 -3.9 -3 -3 0 0 -2
February 0.0 8 0 1 -6 1
March 7.3 11 2 8 12 10
April 14.2 16 13 16 16
May 21.8 26 22 22 20
June 29.4 31 29 32 30
July 30.0 30 31 31 31
August 28.4 31 30 29 30
September 25.6 28 27 26 25
October 15.6 17 19 18 13
November 8.2 12 7 10 11
December 2.0 6 -2 4 3
Average 13.8 5.4 16.4 16.1 16.2 15.4

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 -11.0 -11 -12 -13 -6 -10
February -11.5 -3 -12 -12 -15 -9
March -3.1 -2 -6 -3 0 -1
April 2.0 3 1 3 1
May 10.1 12 10 10 10
June 17.1 18 17 17 18
July 18.7 17 20 19 20
August 17.4 19 18 19 18
September 13.7 15 13 14 12
October 4.4 6 5 7 2
November -3.2 -1 -4 -2 -1
December -8.7 -3 -10 -7 -7
Average 2.9 -6.4 4.7 3.8 5.0 4.4

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.8 25 22 13 14 15
February 13.6 6 14 13 15 3
March 13.5 13 19 6 15 13
April 13.6 16 16 8 7
May 8.8 5 4 10 12
June 4.2 3 5 2 3
July 2.9 4 4 6 1
August 4.2 4 6 1 1
September 4.9 3 3 5 5
October 9.8 9 3 9 10
November 9.1 4 15 7 6
December 14.4 11 35 9 9
Average 9.7 14.5 9.2 8.8 7.9 6.8

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 9.3 9 8 10 9 10
February 10.0 10 10 12 8 10
March 11.4 12 12 12 12 12
April 12.1 13 15 12 11
May 9.5 9 10 10 10
June 8.8 7 9 8 10
July 7.9 7 9 8 8
August 8.3 9 8 9 9
September 9.3 8 9 10 10
October 10.2 10 10 9 10
November 10.3 10 12 10 10
December 9.5 8 12 10 10
Average 9.8 10.2 9.3 10.6 9.5 9.9

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 303° 329° 290° 318° 293°
February 286° 352° 319° 291° 311°
March 002° 358° 353° 141° 071°
April 322° 302° 333° 313°
May 130° 210° 136° 011°
June 144° 215° 183° 168°
July 199° 235° 153° 168°
August 156° 163° 151° 182°
September 163° 171° 171° 244°
October 320° 260° 164° 301°
November 263° 286° 278° 235°
December 293° 306° 313° 290°

Prevailing wind direction

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