Minot International Airport

KMOT · North Dakota, United States

Climate Minot International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Minot International Airport (KMOT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.4 52 51 63 60 66
February 77.1 53 79 77 80 84
March 73.7 65 67 73 82 81
April 77.4 84 71 65 73 90
May 86.8 86 76 84 88
June 91.7 82 93 94 95
July 93.6 90 89 91 97
August 85.8 82 83 74 95
September 84.7 72 90 98 98
October 75.5 61 85 74 87
November 65.9 70 63 80 78
December 75.4 90 42 78 84
Average 78.8 64.4 75.4 76.7 81.3 87.8

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 81.3 73 73 80 81 80
February 88.1 73 85 93 89 98
March 86.0 77 76 89 96 94
April 88.8 94 87 75 91 95
May 94.5 91 93 92 96
June 96.1 91 96 96 98
July 97.7 97 96 96 99
August 93.8 91 93 88 98
September 92.2 83 96 100 99
October 89.8 75 95 87 94
November 83.6 86 80 94 86
December 84.2 93 52 86 92
Average 89.4 79.8 85.8 88.1 91.8 94.6

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 -5.2 -6 -4 -5 0 -5
February -5.5 2 -3 -4 -8 1
March 2.8 2 -4 4 11 6
April 11.1 14 8 6 14 11
May 21.3 24 20 20 20
June 27.1 28 26 30 27
July 29.5 28 29 32 28
August 28.5 28 30 29 29
September 22.7 24 26 27 22
October 12.5 12 15 17 9
November 3.9 6 1 8 8
December -2.4 3 -8 -4 2
Average 11.2 2.9 12.5 12.2 14.7 13.2

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 -14.5 -14 -13 -17 -9 -13
February -15.7 -7 -13 -17 -18 -10
March -8.6 -9 -14 -7 -3 -5
April -1.0 1 -2 -3 0 -2
May 7.3 9 7 6 6
June 13.3 14 12 15 13
July 15.9 14 17 17 16
August 14.0 15 15 15 14
September 9.8 11 10 11 8
October 1.9 2 3 5 0
November -6.3 -4 -8 -3 -5
December -11.5 -6 -16 -14 -8
Average -1.9 -8.9 1.0 0.3 2.1 1.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 12.7 24 8 21 12 5
February 9.5 8 14 8 8 4
March 10.7 22 19 9 0 5
April 10.5 12 16 23 9 7
May 4.9 11 10 2 4
June 3.0 1 3 3 1
July 1.7 3 2 0 3
August 3.0 6 2 4 1
September 5.3 6 1 2 3
October 7.0 16 3 8 4
November 13.0 11 21 10 5
December 11.7 8 35 11 5
Average 8.1 16.2 9.6 10.1 5.0 3.6

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 11.0 11 9 13 10 10
February 11.0 10 12 13 11 10
March 11.4 11 11 13 11 11
April 12.2 13 13 15 12 12
May 10.9 9 12 11 11
June 9.8 7 10 10 11
July 8.9 9 9 9 9
August 8.4 8 8 9 8
September 10.1 8 10 10 12
October 11.8 11 11 11 13
November 10.8 10 14 11 11
December 10.4 10 11 11 10
Average 10.6 11.1 9.7 11.7 10.5 10.7

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 266° 258° 273° 261° 258°
February 282° 268° 282° 272° 255°
March 301° 305° 280° 250° 255°
April 284° 336° 331° 297° 286°
May 019° 262° 252° 138°
June 346° 255° 281° 247°
July 270° 286° 154° 242°
August 286° 265° 264° 229°
September 232° 282° 257° 262°
October 304° 289° 286° 269°
November 262° 269° 261° 243°
December 259° 302° 258° 256°

Prevailing wind direction

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