Dane County Regional/Truax Field

KMSN · Wisconsin, United States

Climate Dane County Regional/Truax Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Dane County Regional/Truax Field (KMSN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 49.7 36 25 76 45 43
February 73.6 77 67 72 82 86
March 73.1 78 64 67 78 54
April 76.3 75 72 85 77
May 78.3 89 80 84 77
June 83.8 75 81 86 94
July 87.7 87 87 86 89
August 85.4 88 79 90 92
September 79.5 75 76 87 79
October 75.4 70 90 68 83
November 71.8 87 64 88 81
December 59.7 52 34 69 65
Average 74.5 64.6 72.4 74.8 80.0 77.7

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 76.1 65 60 95 69 85
February 85.2 89 81 91 90 92
March 88.9 94 86 80 96 82
April 91.0 91 93 96 90
May 90.6 95 94 96 86
June 93.7 86 91 96 98
July 96.5 94 97 97 96
August 95.4 96 95 97 99
September 92.0 95 89 98 89
October 92.2 92 97 88 95
November 90.4 92 84 98 91
December 83.4 77 66 88 93
Average 89.4 83.3 87.7 90.1 92.9 91.4

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 -2.0 -2 0 -5 -2 1
February 1.0 8 2 0 -6 0
March 7.0 10 6 7 10 8
April 13.4 15 11 15 13
May 21.0 23 23 20 20
June 26.8 28 27 28 27
July 28.3 28 28 28 29
August 26.7 28 27 29 27
September 23.3 24 22 25 21
October 15.2 16 16 18 13
November 7.1 9 10 8 11
December 2.3 5 1 4 1
Average 13.0 4.9 15.3 14.4 14.8 14.2

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 -9.3 -7 -5 -14 -8 -6
February -9.5 -4 -7 -10 -15 -9
March -3.7 -1 -3 -3 -1 0
April 2.7 4 2 5 2
May 9.7 9 12 9 9
June 15.4 14 15 17 15
July 17.7 17 18 17 19
August 16.0 15 17 17 16
September 13.0 15 13 12 11
October 6.0 7 4 9 3
November -2.7 -1 0 -1 2
December -5.2 -1 -4 -4 -6
Average 3.5 -4.1 5.3 4.5 5.0 4.7

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.4 20 31 16 17 16
February 13.7 3 22 16 10 10
March 13.5 16 14 27 10 14
April 13.9 19 19 5 9
May 10.2 9 9 10 14
June 6.2 3 10 8 5
July 2.7 5 4 3 1
August 4.2 4 7 4 1
September 7.5 7 7 4 13
October 11.2 16 8 12 10
November 12.8 8 29 11 9
December 15.4 17 40 8 7
Average 10.8 13.3 12.1 14.5 7.9 8.7

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 6.9 7 6 8 7 7
February 7.6 7 8 9 7 8
March 8.5 9 8 8 9 8
April 8.7 9 10 8 9
May 7.3 7 8 7 8
June 6.5 6 7 6 6
July 5.7 5 6 6 6
August 5.7 6 6 6 6
September 6.6 7 7 6 7
October 7.4 7 7 7 8
November 7.6 7 8 8 8
December 6.9 7 7 7 6
Average 7.2 7.8 6.8 7.5 6.8 7.1

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 318° 300° 273° 014° 276°
February 231° 320° 299° 292° 307°
March 335° 055° 338° 168° 212°
April 246° 190° 271° 309°
May 083° 147° 160° 063°
June 048° 223° 232° 158°
July 317° 269° 017° 209°
August 042° 226° 193° 223°
September 142° 293° 296° 236°
October 296° 232° 047° 279°
November 244° 222° 240° 226°
December 149° 155° 198° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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