Minden Airport

KMNE · Louisiana, United States

Climate Minden Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Minden Airport (KMNE) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 65.5 60 68 84 61 50
February 56.1 75 65 64 44 56
March 73.1 71 72 82 80 54
April 75.1 70 77 72 78 75
May 79.7 83 80 71 80
June 84.3 86 90 75 86
July 87.1 73 95 89 80
August 88.1 98 77 86 94
September 86.2 92 98 71
October 79.4 81 92 0 67
November 74.6 75 76 85
December 69.8 82 55 68
Average 76.0 69.3 80.3 81.9 72.7 73.0

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 84.4 79 84 98 83 71
February 79.2 92 86 82 76 76
March 89.8 86 93 94 91 78
April 91.1 88 90 91 92 89
May 93.3 94 94 90 93
June 94.5 94 98 88 96
July 94.3 76 98 95 94
August 93.9 99 87 94 98
September 93.8 96 99 85
October 89.4 94 94 0 82
November 88.3 90 90 91
December 83.3 92 80 83
Average 89.6 86.3 91.7 93.0 88.6 87.0

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 14.7 11 18 16 13 15
February 17.2 19 19 17 12 16
March 22.1 21 23 22 23 23
April 24.6 25 24 26 24 24
May 29.0 29 31 27 28
June 32.3 33 34 31 32
July 33.9 33 36 33 33
August 33.7 37 33 33 33
September 31.5 33 31 29
October 25.4 26 26 17 24
November 19.3 18 19 22
December 15.8 16 17 16
Average 24.2 18.8 24.9 26.1 23.5 24.5

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 3.5 -2 6 2 4 6
February 6.2 7 7 3 2 6
March 10.3 10 11 8 10 13
April 12.7 14 12 13 11 13
May 17.8 17 19 17 17
June 21.6 20 22 21 22
July 22.7 8 25 23 24
August 22.9 23 23 23 22
September 20.1 20 18 20
October 13.5 13 12 17 13
November 7.8 7 7 10
December 5.3 4 10 4
Average 12.9 7.4 12.3 13.7 12.9 14.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.8 13 7 2 6 12
February 10.4 7 10 13 9 12
March 5.3 7 4 5 7 10
April 3.7 2 8 4 3 4
May 2.9 1 2 5 4
June 2.6 1 1 5 5
July 2.4 3 3 3 4
August 3.1 0 8 3 2
September 3.8 3 2 7
October 4.9 4 1 0 7
November 3.4 5 2 2
December 7.9 3 11 10
Average 4.8 6.7 3.7 4.0 5.0 6.3

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 5.1 5 6 5 5 5
February 5.2 6 5 5 4 5
March 5.4 4 5 6 6 5
April 5.2 5 5 6 5 5
May 4.6 3 5 5 5
June 3.9 3 4 4 5
July 3.5 4 4 3 3
August 3.4 4 3 3 4
September 3.2 3 2 4
October 3.6 5 4 0 4
November 3.7 3 3 4
December 4.3 4 5 4
Average 4.4 5.1 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.3

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 294° 222° 302° 283° 161°
February 209° 211° 268° 084° 250°
March 155° 140° 221° 158° 160°
April 185° 101° 166° 150° 111°
May 087° 178° 133° 138°
June 202° 123° 183° 164°
July 237° 195° 207° 182°
August 354° 141° 177° 338°
September 078° 012° 021°
October 238° 179° 360° 082°
November 233° 052° 088°
December 232° 189° 219°

Prevailing wind direction

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