Winner Regional Airport

KICR · South Dakota, United States

Climate Winner Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Winner Regional Airport (KICR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 68.9 56 45 83 65 77
February 77.2 58 82 81 88 84
March 65.4 73 29 82 78 69
April 73.0 26 87 76 80 90
May 83.1 82 88 81 83
June 91.6 85 87 99 97
July 90.7 87 89 83 96
August 89.1 89 88 98 92
September 84.2 72 97 90 96
October 77.0 81 61 72 82
November 71.7 76 63 36 97
December 72.5 70 47 84 76
Average 76.9 52.8 73.4 80.0 80.5 87.0

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 78.9 69 52 93 80 86
February 87.1 70 88 92 93 95
March 78.8 85 40 91 89 90
April 83.5 32 94 88 94 97
May 92.0 88 97 94 94
June 96.3 97 93 100 100
July 94.5 92 94 88 99
August 95.1 94 96 98 96
September 91.6 85 98 96 99
October 84.8 87 63 83 89
November 80.7 79 75 37 100
December 81.8 74 57 89 90
Average 85.4 62.9 80.6 87.8 87.8 94.8

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 1.0 -3 -1 4 4 1
February 2.5 9 2 6 -3 5
March 9.3 11 4 10 14 12
April 15.4 16 16 15 16 16
May 21.8 25 22 22 20
June 29.3 29 28 32 30
July 32.3 31 34 33 32
August 30.6 32 33 33 31
September 26.8 29 30 28 26
October 16.3 16 20 19 15
November 11.0 13 8 13 14
December 4.2 7 0 5 7
Average 15.7 8.0 16.9 18.0 18.0 17.4

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 -9.7 -11 -8 -9 -4 -8
February -9.4 -2 -8 -10 -13 -6
March -3.5 -3 -6 -4 1 0
April 1.8 4 2 1 2 1
May 9.4 11 9 9 8
June 16.2 16 16 16 18
July 18.5 17 19 19 19
August 17.2 18 18 18 18
September 13.1 14 13 14 11
October 4.3 4 6 7 3
November -2.6 -1 -4 0 1
December -6.0 -3 -10 -6 -5
Average 3.6 -3.0 4.7 4.1 5.3 5.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 11.5 18 23 9 10 6
February 9.0 9 8 10 8 2
March 9.2 6 16 8 12 5
April 10.7 17 7 22 8 7
May 8.0 5 4 7 10
June 2.4 2 3 1 2
July 2.0 3 2 5 1
August 2.1 4 1 1 1
September 5.5 5 3 7 10
October 9.2 13 9 3 8
November 5.9 4 10 7 1
December 10.8 14 25 7 5
Average 7.5 12.4 8.1 8.2 5.9 4.8

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 10.5 11 9 12 11 10
February 10.9 10 12 13 10 10
March 12.1 12 12 14 13 13
April 12.8 10 14 17 13 13
May 10.4 9 11 10 11
June 9.8 8 10 10 11
July 9.2 8 10 10 10
August 9.2 10 10 10 9
September 9.9 9 11 10 11
October 11.9 12 12 12 12
November 10.9 10 12 11 11
December 11.4 11 16 11 11
Average 10.7 10.5 10.2 11.9 10.9 10.9

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 283° 294° 289° 282° 243°
February 301° 252° 301° 277° 286°
March 326° 328° 318° 294° 280°
April 338° 310° 305° 311° 296°
May 148° 260° 133° 173°
June 191° 179° 186° 169°
July 166° 166° 153° 167°
August 220° 170° 170° 165°
September 179° 215° 213° 283°
October 315° 289° 275° 285°
November 284° 293° 288° 245°
December 289° 299° 270° 290°

Prevailing wind direction

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