Gwinner-Roger Melroe Field

KGWR · North Dakota, United States

Climate Gwinner-Roger Melroe Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Gwinner-Roger Melroe Field (KGWR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 60.8 52 53 67 46 53
February 72.7 64 76 65 68 73
March 76.4 74 60 79 85 71
April 76.8 72 77 51 68 91
May 85.5 84 74 88 81
June 90.7 86 97 95 93
July 91.9 97 91 87 96
August 86.1 83 87 87 90
September 84.2 81 91 92 90
October 81.8 78 94 76 84
November 76.5 77 63 80 86
December 70.4 64 45 72 68
Average 79.1 66.4 77.3 77.7 80.1 82.7

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 74.8 74 68 73 73 61
February 83.2 76 82 81 84 90
March 87.5 89 73 97 91 89
April 87.1 84 86 77 87 96
May 93.4 94 91 95 94
June 93.0 93 98 97 96
July 95.0 98 96 92 98
August 93.4 91 94 93 95
September 91.5 87 97 94 96
October 90.6 91 99 86 92
November 89.1 96 80 92 93
December 79.6 75 58 79 85
Average 88.1 81.4 87.0 89.0 89.4 91.2

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 -6.1 -6 -7 -7 -2 -7
February -5.7 4 -5 -4 -8 -3
March 2.6 5 -4 2 10 4
April 10.3 14 6 8 13 11
May 20.8 24 19 21 18
June 27.5 28 27 31 28
July 28.0 27 28 29 29
August 26.2 26 27 29 27
September 22.7 24 24 25 22
October 12.9 15 16 16 10
November 4.4 7 3 7 8
December -2.1 3 -5 -4 1
Average 11.0 4.2 12.0 12.0 13.9 12.2

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 -15.5 -13 -15 -20 -10 -14
February -15.4 -5 -16 -19 -17 -13
March -8.9 -6 -14 -7 -3 -5
April -1.7 2 -3 -1 0 0
May 8.3 11 9 7 7
June 15.0 16 16 15 16
July 16.1 14 17 17 17
August 14.7 15 15 16 15
September 10.5 12 11 11 9
October 2.1 4 3 6 -1
November -6.5 -4 -6 -3 -4
December -11.0 -6 -14 -13 -10
Average 0.3 -6.4 1.2 0.8 2.1 1.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
March 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
April 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
May 0.0 0 0 0 0
June 0.0 0 0 0 0
July 0.0 0 0 0 0
August 0.0 0 0 0 0
September 0.0 0 0 0 0
October 0.0 0 0 0 0
November 0.0 0 0 0 0
December 0.0 0 0 0 0
Average

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 11.2 11 10 13 11 12
February 11.9 11 14 15 10 12
March 11.1 13 13 13 13 12
April 11.3 15 13 16 12 11
May 9.6 13 12 12 12
June 9.9 9 12 9 12
July 7.6 8 9 8 9
August 7.7 9 9 10 8
September 9.2 8 10 10 10
October 10.8 12 12 12 12
November 10.1 12 12 11 12
December 10.7 11 13 11 12
Average 10.2 12.5 10.9 12.0 10.6 11.1

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 285° 292° 284° 292° 248°
February 288° 270° 298° 267° 278°
March 349° 357° 334° 183° 304°
April 002° 344° 001° 349° 321°
May 136° 261° 222° 043°
June 111° 256° 240° 174°
July 299° 280° 180° 214°
August 332° 260° 202° 069°
September 093° 242° 235° 284°
October 324° 280° 254° 286°
November 281° 283° 276° 249°
December 285° 341° 288° 294°

Prevailing wind direction

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