Grinnell Regional Airport

KGGI · Iowa, United States

Climate Grinnell Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grinnell Regional Airport (KGGI) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.5 48 47 87 55 42
February 77.5 90 77 83 61 83
March 71.8 81 64 74 76 59
April 78.2 81 85 79 83 62
May 77.8 88 80 71 98
June 89.8 87 93 91 89
July 92.1 96 88 87 95
August 90.0 87 88 97 98
September 85.8 85 90 92 81
October 77.2 75 96 75 82
November 76.9 94 62 87 84
December 65.9 50 45 82 68
Average 78.8 75.6 79.0 82.5 80.9 78.9

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 73.7 63 66 93 73 64
February 87.8 93 90 97 76 94
March 86.3 93 87 93 86 79
April 91.4 92 96 94 97 82
May 89.3 94 91 87 100
June 95.8 94 97 96 96
July 97.0 98 95 96 96
August 94.9 94 95 99 99
September 93.4 94 95 97 89
October 91.1 94 100 89 91
November 90.4 98 88 99 88
December 83.5 77 66 89 84
Average 89.6 86.0 90.5 93.4 91.4 88.8

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 -1.2 -2 1 -1 1 -1
February 3.6 11 5 2 2 2
March 9.6 14 9 10 13 11
April 16.5 19 19 15 18 15
May 23.2 26 24 22 23
June 28.6 29 30 30 28
July 29.4 29 30 29 31
August 28.3 29 30 30 31
September 26.2 28 27 28 26
October 17.3 19 19 20 17
November 9.4 11 10 11 15
December 4.7 7 4 8 5
Average 15.6 10.5 17.7 17.1 18.2 16.5

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 -9.6 -8 -6 -13 -5 -8
February -7.4 -2 -5 -10 -5 -7
March -1.7 2 -1 0 3 1
April 4.5 7 5 3 6 4
May 12.0 13 13 12 13
June 17.4 18 18 19 18
July 19.1 18 20 20 20
August 17.6 19 19 19 19
September 14.6 15 14 15 14
October 6.9 9 6 10 6
November -1.5 1 0 1 4
December -4.1 1 -3 -2 -4
Average 5.3 -1.9 7.1 6.0 8.2 6.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.4 15 8 6 9 19
February 8.7 1 11 7 8 6
March 9.4 6 9 12 10 10
April 8.6 11 4 13 5 9
May 6.8 2 6 11 4
June 4.9 5 4 5 8
July 2.2 3 2 2 4
August 3.4 4 4 1 1
September 6.6 4 5 2 12
October 7.3 5 1 11 5
November 6.6 2 17 3 8
December 9.7 13 20 3 8
Average 7.0 8.0 5.4 7.0 5.6 7.7

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 9.6 9 8 10 9 9
February 9.7 10 9 12 8 10
March 10.8 12 9 12 11 10
April 12.0 13 13 14 11 10
May 9.4 8 11 10 9
June 8.0 7 8 7 9
July 6.1 6 6 6 6
August 6.0 6 5 7 7
September 7.2 7 7 8 8
October 9.3 10 8 9 10
November 10.5 9 12 11 12
December 9.3 9 10 10 8
Average 9.1 11.3 8.3 9.4 8.8 8.7

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 288° 291° 275° 336° 280°
February 257° 272° 293° 223° 316°
March 330° 288° 313° 146° 262°
April 274° 254° 242° 259° 137°
May 116° 163° 167° 351°
June 065° 207° 211° 167°
July 289° 215° 141° 170°
August 189° 204° 162° 189°
September 171° 215° 178° 216°
October 288° 254° 350° 274°
November 240° 247° 246° 220°
December 262° 205° 216° 277°

Prevailing wind direction

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