Range Regional Airport

KHIB · Minnesota, United States

Climate Range Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Range Regional Airport (KHIB) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 42.7 31 33 58 43 33
February 63.4 59 67 55 62 72
March 72.2 66 66 62 82 70
April 66.4 49 47 59 88
May 79.4 79 72 81 86
June 84.8 75 87 94 92
July 83.4 83 77 77 88
August 74.4 76 67 68 79
September 69.2 56 74 86 80
October 60.3 55 73 52 76
November 53.2 57 42 78 63
December 42.7 35 32 53 47
Average 66.7 52.6 62.5 63.9 71.1 75.3

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 65.0 60 54 78 57 56
February 80.1 85 76 67 86 85
March 84.8 79 72 78 93 88
April 81.1 70 68 77 93
May 90.8 88 91 91 94
June 91.8 87 91 95 97
July 90.9 91 87 85 92
August 86.3 86 85 83 90
September 85.4 77 84 94 93
October 86.0 83 93 77 92
November 78.9 86 66 94 86
December 63.5 54 59 73 66
Average 82.5 75.0 77.9 80.0 84.5 87.5

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 -8.6 -6 -6 -11 -5 -6
February -6.7 1 -3 -10 -10 -3
March 2.0 3 0 0 7 3
April 8.1 7 5 10 9
May 18.2 21 17 19 17
June 23.7 25 23 26 24
July 25.6 24 25 27 27
August 23.6 24 24 26 24
September 19.2 21 20 21 17
October 10.1 11 13 14 6
November 1.0 3 2 2 5
December -4.1 2 -5 -4 -3
Average 8.3 -1.4 10.8 9.1 11.3 9.9

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 -18.8 -13 -14 -24 -14 -15
February -19.8 -9 -17 -24 -21 -20
March -10.2 -8 -13 -11 -6 -8
April -4.5 -3 -4 -2 -5
May 3.1 4 5 3 3
June 8.8 10 8 10 10
July 11.0 10 12 11 12
August 10.4 10 12 12 11
September 7.2 10 6 6 5
October 0.9 3 1 4 -3
November -8.4 -7 -6 -7 -6
December -13.1 -6 -13 -15 -13
Average -4.7 -11.9 -1.0 -3.2 -2.5 -3.6

97th lowest temperature of United States

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 18 25 13 13 15
February 17.6 11 25 35 12 11
March 13.3 25 26 18 10 7
April 18.6 39 30 21 4
May 7.9 4 15 5 3
June 6.2 7 6 6 6
July 4.6 4 10 3 5
August 5.2 1 6 4 5
September 9.1 14 8 7 5
October 11.6 11 10 8 16
November 17.6 13 35 8 9
December 20.5 20 36 18 10
Average 12.1 18.8 14.7 17.4 9.0 7.2

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 6.4 6 6 7 6 6
February 7.6 8 8 9 7 7
March 8.0 9 8 9 8 7
April 8.2 9 9 7 9
May 7.2 7 8 7 8
June 6.6 6 7 6 8
July 5.5 6 6 5 6
August 5.8 6 5 7 6
September 6.2 6 6 7 6
October 7.1 7 7 6 7
November 7.5 7 8 8 7
December 6.4 6 7 7 6
Average 6.9 7.7 6.6 7.2 6.6 6.9

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 293° 330° 306° 314° 295°
February 294° 317° 314° 288° 293°
March 330° 009° 321° 253° 306°
April 004° 035° 336° 316°
May 094° 186° 300° 351°
June 081° 271° 300° 206°
July 315° 294° 324° 287°
August 341° 277° 237° 296°
September 108° 285° 261° 279°
October 332° 290° 101° 279°
November 287° 317° 296° 274°
December 334° 099° 275° 311°

Prevailing wind direction

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