Grand Forks International Airport

KGFK · North Dakota, United States

Climate Grand Forks International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grand Forks International Airport (KGFK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.8 41 40 52 54 46
February 71.1 58 81 55 73 77
March 75.5 79 72 74 91 68
April 74.2 72 65 47 77 89
May 83.7 81 73 83 88
June 91.1 83 95 97 96
July 91.5 90 93 81 95
August 86.1 81 86 79 89
September 82.3 73 87 94 95
October 75.1 78 89 73 84
November 62.2 63 56 70 76
December 60.0 50 31 65 65
Average 75.8 63.9 72.9 72.3 79.7 82.6

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 71.5 65 60 73 77 69
February 82.0 75 90 64 89 91
March 88.4 87 83 93 98 85
April 88.4 90 82 68 92 95
May 93.4 89 88 91 98
June 96.7 91 97 98 100
July 95.7 96 97 87 97
August 92.5 87 95 87 94
September 92.2 87 92 96 98
October 90.3 90 98 89 93
November 86.0 91 81 88 93
December 74.9 62 48 77 84
Average 87.9 80.3 84.9 85.0 89.7 92.3

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 -8.6 -7 -8 -11 -3 -7
February -7.3 2 -6 -10 -10 -6
March 1.0 3 -5 0 9 1
April 9.2 14 5 5 13 8
May 20.8 25 19 20 18
June 27.3 29 27 29 28
July 28.4 27 29 30 29
August 26.9 27 28 28 27
September 22.1 25 23 25 21
October 12.0 13 15 16 9
November 2.0 5 1 4 7
December -5.8 1 -6 -6 -1
Average 9.9 2.8 11.6 10.4 13.0 11.1

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 -13 -16 -23 -12 -16
February -18.9 -7 -18 -23 -19 -17
March -9.0 -7 -15 -9 -5 -9
April -2.2 0 -4 -3 -2 -3
May 6.4 9 8 4 5
June 13.7 16 13 13 14
July 15.3 13 16 16 17
August 13.9 14 15 15 14
September 9.6 11 9 11 8
October 1.7 3 2 5 -1
November -7.2 -5 -7 -5 -6
December -14.7 -6 -15 -16 -11
Average -2.8 -7.3 0.3 -1.0 0.4 -1.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 22.8 31 22 34 14 27
February 18.4 14 9 44 14 11
March 11.1 18 18 6 3 9
April 14.2 12 23 34 12 10
May 6.7 5 10 4 9
June 3.9 4 2 5 4
July 2.7 1 3 2 3
August 4.1 6 4 5 3
September 5.8 3 6 7 1
October 10.0 14 5 10 6
November 16.0 10 28 15 7
December 18.1 14 40 21 13
Average 11.1 18.2 10.2 15.8 8.2 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 10.6 11 9 13 10 11
February 11.3 11 11 15 10 11
March 11.4 12 12 12 11 12
April 11.7 12 12 14 12 10
May 10.7 11 12 11 10
June 9.7 8 10 9 12
July 8.2 7 9 8 9
August 8.4 8 9 9 8
September 10.2 9 10 10 11
October 11.1 11 11 10 12
November 10.8 11 12 11 11
December 10.3 10 11 10 10
Average 10.4 11.4 9.9 11.3 10.2 10.4

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 283° 264° 299° 296° 223°
February 310° 262° 309° 258° 276°
March 348° 348° 317° 209° 308°
April 357° 353° 002° 341° 319°
May 115° 252° 275° 329°
June 090° 267° 284° 188°
July 296° 300° 206° 228°
August 335° 250° 220° 199°
September 090° 229° 231° 272°
October 320° 296° 355° 287°
November 287° 283° 266° 234°
December 292° 353° 281° 278°

Prevailing wind direction

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