Airlake Airport

KLVN · Minnesota, United States

Climate Airlake Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Airlake Airport (KLVN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 63.7 46 41 88 59 59
February 78.6 83 79 80 81 93
March 77.5 87 66 77 80 66
April 76.3 76 72 65 78 86
May 85.0 90 87 86 84
June 90.4 90 94 96 97
July 92.2 97 91 89 92
August 89.0 92 82 92 95
September 84.6 78 90 92 91
October 81.0 75 96 80 88
November 75.3 86 66 90 77
December 63.5 50 56 79 81
Average 79.1 73.6 78.1 82.4 84.0 84.5

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 80.0 71 61 96 77 84
February 88.8 96 88 93 90 95
March 89.8 93 85 89 90 89
April 92.1 94 90 91 97 94
May 96.6 97 97 96 96
June 97.4 96 99 98 100
July 97.2 99 97 96 97
August 96.4 98 95 98 99
September 93.5 95 97 95 96
October 93.3 91 100 93 92
November 92.2 99 84 99 91
December 84.6 80 85 87 91
Average 91.8 88.9 91.0 93.9 93.3 94.1

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 -5.9 -4 -4 -7 -3 -3
February -3.7 6 -2 -4 -8 -1
March 5.1 8 2 4 9 7
April 12.0 15 12 9 14 14
May 21.5 23 21 21 20
June 27.3 29 28 30 28
July 28.4 28 28 29 30
August 27.1 28 26 28 28
September 23.7 25 24 25 22
October 13.9 15 17 17 10
November 5.5 8 6 7 8
December 0.2 4 -2 1 1
Average 11.8 6.2 14.2 13.0 14.1 13.5

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 -13.9 -10 -11 -18 -10 -10
February -13.5 -5 -12 -16 -16 -12
March -5.8 -3 -7 -4 -2 0
April 1.1 3 2 0 3 1
May 9.6 10 10 9 10
June 16.2 16 15 17 17
July 17.1 15 17 17 19
August 16.1 16 15 16 17
September 12.1 13 10 11 11
October 4.0 5 4 7 2
November -4.9 -2 -3 -3 -1
December -8.2 -4 -9 -10 -8
Average 2.1 -4.3 3.6 2.2 3.3 3.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.3 5 17 6 8 13
February 9.7 3 12 8 9 7
March 9.3 9 16 6 10 10
April 11.7 9 15 13 12 8
May 8.2 6 6 10 9
June 4.6 3 3 4 4
July 3.1 1 2 4 3
August 3.0 4 2 3 2
September 5.2 4 4 5 5
October 7.9 9 3 4 11
November 7.6 3 14 2 5
December 9.2 6 18 12 4
Average 6.9 6.9 7.6 6.3 6.8 6.6

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 6.3 6 5 7 5 7
February 7.1 7 6 9 7 7
March 7.7 9 7 8 8 7
April 9.1 10 10 11 8 8
May 7.1 7 8 6 8
June 6.4 5 7 6 8
July 4.8 4 6 4 5
August 4.8 5 5 5 5
September 5.5 5 6 5 6
October 6.7 7 7 5 7
November 7.8 7 8 9 8
December 6.3 6 7 7 6
Average 6.9 8.2 6.1 7.3 6.1 6.8

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° 306° 265° 313° 278°
February 267° 304° 290° 271° 274°
March 318° 344° 326° 210° 275°
April 306° 296° 256° 302° 306°
May 123° 177° 236° 022°
June 091° 245° 255° 160°
July 275° 264° 228° 229°
August 246° 211° 218° 221°
September 141° 247° 240° 259°
October 306° 260° 277° 283°
November 253° 261° 272° 250°
December 246° 146° 260° 276°

Prevailing wind direction

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