Windom Municipal Airport

KMWM · Minnesota, United States

Climate Windom Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Windom Municipal Airport (KMWM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 58.1 43 48 80 58 47
February 75.9 75 74 80 70 82
March 72.7 79 58 74 78 69
April 76.9 81 71 73 91
May 82.6 89 82 83 86
June 93.9 97 96 98 99
July 94.6 95 95 88 99
August 89.2 86 82 96 96
September 88.7 81 96 92 95
October 78.6 67 98 79 86
November 78.7 88 82 86 100
December 66.8 59 48 87 73
Average 78.7 65.9 78.0 83.6 82.8 85.9

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 66.7 56 55 86 66 57
February 83.7 88 78 90 79 87
March 82.5 89 73 85 82 80
April 85.1 90 87 87 95
May 90.9 93 93 92 91
June 95.9 97 97 99 99
July 96.9 99 96 92 99
August 92.8 92 89 98 98
September 93.8 90 98 96 96
October 86.6 83 100 83 88
November 88.6 97 92 93 100
December 74.6 74 58 91 80
Average 85.9 78.3 85.9 90.6 88.5 89.8

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 -4 -5 -5 -2 -5
February -3.6 6 -2 -3 -9 -3
March 4.5 8 0 4 10 6
April 11.6 12 9 13 13
May 20.8 23 21 20 18
June 27.4 28 27 29 28
July 27.9 27 29 28 28
August 26.4 28 27 27 27
September 23.6 26 24 24 22
October 14.2 15 17 17 11
November 6.5 9 6 8 22
December -1.6 5 -3 1 -4
Average 11.9 3.3 13.9 13.3 14.0 14.5

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 -13.6 -11 -12 -17 -9 -12
February -13.6 -5 -12 -15 -17 -12
March -5.6 -4 -8 -4 -1 -2
April 1.0 1 0 2 0
May 9.3 10 9 9 8
June 16.2 16 16 16 17
July 17.0 15 18 17 18
August 15.6 16 15 16 16
September 12.0 13 11 12 9
October 3.8 5 3 7 1
November -4.6 -3 -4 -2 10
December -9.1 -5 -10 -9 -11
Average 1.7 -8.9 3.0 2.2 3.4 4.2

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 13.2 10 24 10 9 16
February 12.0 5 14 14 12 10
March 10.0 9 15 7 11 6
April 11.3 12 14 6 3
May 7.9 5 5 9 11
June 3.9 4 4 4 2
July 2.8 2 3 4 2
August 3.8 7 3 2 1
September 4.7 3 3 6 5
October 8.0 11 2 6 12
November 7.7 7 9 5 0
December 12.8 11 26 10 25
Average 8.1 8.1 9.0 7.1 6.7 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 10.2 10 9 11 9 10
February 10.7 11 11 14 8 11
March 11.0 12 11 11 11 11
April 12.0 14 15 13 10
May 10.0 9 11 10 11
June 8.7 7 10 8 10
July 7.0 7 8 6 7
August 7.2 8 7 8 8
September 8.5 8 9 9 10
October 9.6 11 10 9 8
November 11.3 10 13 12 11
December 9.9 9 11 11 10
Average 9.7 11.1 9.4 10.7 9.4 9.6

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 283° 296° 272° 284° 286°
February 259° 274° 294° 274° 281°
March 323° 317° 321° 190° 287°
April 289° 260° 306° 306°
May 128° 229° 183° 332°
June 154° 218° 231° 159°
July 270° 249° 195° 188°
August 227° 203° 172° 184°
September 173° 196° 211° 244°
October 300° 252° 219° 258°
November 250° 262° 265° 190°
December 259° 242° 269° 227°

Prevailing wind direction

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