Mankato Regional Airport

KMKT · Minnesota, United States

Climate Mankato Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Waseca Municipal/Maynard Richard Stensrud Field (KACQ) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 57.4 40 28 78 52
February 75.7 81 76 73 68 87
March 75.2 86 65 77 80 43
April 69.3 72 76 39 75 57
May 70.3 89 13 80 64
June 81.0 90 39 90 94
July 89.3 93 89 82 95
August 84.5 87 81 90 100
September 83.0 84 90 71 95
October 75.7 71 96 69 82
November 69.4 87 59 99 73
December 56.9 51 51 74 69
Average 74.9 70.5 78.6 68.1 76.4 77.3

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 71.7 63 36 90 67
February 86.3 92 84 87 80 96
March 87.7 95 84 89 88 69
April 85.1 90 90 73 94 63
May 82.9 97 14 94 83
June 86.1 96 42 94 98
July 95.2 97 95 90 99
August 92.6 93 92 96 100
September 90.9 94 96 77 98
October 88.5 87 99 84 91
November 87.5 98 79 100 87
December 77.1 74 69 84 83
Average 86.7 85.6 89.5 77.5 86.9 87.1

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 -5.7 -3 -4 -6 -2
February -2.1 5 -2 -4 -8 -3
March 5.1 9 2 5 9 10
April 11.8 15 12 3 14 13
May 20.7 23 23 21 18
June 26.1 28 27 29 24
July 26.8 27 27 27 28
August 25.1 27 25 27 24
September 23.1 25 23 24 22
October 13.7 15 16 17 10
November 5.5 9 6 12 8
December 0.1 5 -2 2 1
Average 12.4 6.2 14.6 12.8 14.5 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 -12.4 -10 -10 -16 -9
February -12.8 -5 -11 -15 -16 -13
March -3.0 -3 -5 -3 -1 1
April 1.3 3 2 -3 2 0
May 9.1 10 12 8 7
June 14.8 15 15 17 13
July 16.0 14 17 16 18
August 14.8 15 15 15 18
September 11.7 12 11 11 11
October 4.0 5 3 7 1
November -3.2 -3 -4 0 -1
December -8.7 -3 -9 -6 -8
Average 2.6 -4.2 4.0 2.5 3.9 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 10.2 9 22 8 10
February 8.8 3 13 11 10 6
March 8.6 6 14 6 10 15
April 8.7 10 10 1 5 5
May 7.1 7 1 8 9
June 3.4 3 2 5 2
July 2.5 1 2 5 0
August 4.2 4 3 2 0
September 3.7 3 4 1 1
October 7.9 9 2 6 12
November 7.9 3 14 0 5
December 12.1 5 20 19 6
Average 6.9 7.1 6.7 5.4 6.4 5.5

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 9.3 9 5 11 8
February 9.8 10 10 11 9 9
March 10.3 11 9 11 11 9
April 11.4 14 12 14 11 11
May 9.4 7 11 10 10
June 8.8 6 11 8 11
July 6.2 5 8 5 6
August 6.0 6 6 6 8
September 7.5 6 8 7 9
October 8.9 9 9 7 10
November 10.8 10 12 10 11
December 9.4 9 11 11 9
Average 9.2 11.1 7.9 9.7 8.3 9.5

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 271° 286° 257° 309°
February 244° 246° 282° 276° 279°
March 313° 303° 328° 160° 025°
April 293° 266° 284° 283° 304°
May 138° 205° 184° 011°
June 160° 221° 222° 153°
July 253° 227° 183° 177°
August 210° 197° 181° 176°
September 161° 195° 197° 216°
October 287° 238° 177° 267°
November 233° 243° 207° 226°
December 221° 156° 214° 256°

Prevailing wind direction

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