Monticello Regional Airport

KMXO · Iowa, United States

Climate Monticello Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Monticello Regional Airport (KMXO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 49.3 38 76 56 44
February 80.4 93 76 82 76 83
March 70.5 79 69 73 74 57
April 75.7 71 86 79
May 70.9 50 76 75
June 73.5 0 89 92
July 73.9 0 84 92
August 79.8 91 96
September 81.9 92 82
October 75.3 72 82
November 72.4 89 83
December 68.7 77 67
Average 71.6 83.7 64.4 47.8 80.7 78.2

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 71.0 72 92 78 81
February 90.1 98 90 95 85 90
March 87.9 92 91 91 92 84
April 89.1 91 97 93
May 86.9 60 93 94
June 79.4 0 96 96
July 80.7 0 94 96
August 85.3 95 99
September 89.6 96 92
October 90.4 90 93
November 90.4 99 89
December 86.7 88 89
Average 84.8 94.4 85.0 58.6 92.3 91.6

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 -2.4 -3 -5 -2 0
February 1.8 10 3 0 -7 1
March 8.9 13 7 8 10 10
April 14.3 12 16 15
May 20.5 15 21 20
June 23.2 0 29 28
July 24.1 0 28 30
August 24.6 28 28
September 24.5 27 23
October 16.2 19 15
November 7.5 10 12
December 3.1 6 2
Average 11.6 11.4 1.8 4.5 15.5 15.0

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 -9.4 -8 -16 -9 -7
February -9.3 -4 -7 -11 -16 -8
March -1.0 -1 -2 -2 0 1
April 2.9 2 4 2
May 9.8 7 10 9
June 13.6 0 16 16
July 14.8 0 17 18
August 14.0 17 16
September 12.1 12 10
October 5.6 9 3
November -3.9 -1 1
December -6.0 -4 -7
Average 1.6 -2.0 -7.2 -3.2 4.7 4.4

98th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.3 35 6 5 7
February 7.8 1 22 4 12 3
March 6.4 8 3 10 5 6
April 5.7 6 3 4
May 3.4 2 3 6
June 1.8 0 1 5
July 1.2 0 1 2
August 2.2 3 0
September 3.9 1 6
October 4.7 8 3
November 2.7 2 5
December 5.1 3 5
Average 6.4 5.6 23.1 3.8 3.7 4.3

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 7.5 8 9 7 8
February 9.1 10 9 10 8 8
March 9.6 11 6 10 10 9
April 10.4 12 10 10
May 8.0 6 9 9
June 6.2 0 7 8
July 4.6 0 5 6
August 4.8 5 6
September 6.4 7 8
October 8.6 8 9
November 9.2 10 10
December 8.1 9 7
Average 7.9 10.2 8.3 6.4 7.8 8.1

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 297° 268° 330° 266°
February 263° 253° 283° 308° 301°
March 294° 056° 310° 159° 233°
April 249° 258° 289°
May 153° 175° 024°
June 360° 212° 172°
July 360° 204° 198°
August 184° 199°
September 217° 233°
October 009° 275°
November 253° 221°
December 228° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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