Oskaloosa Municipal Airport

KOOA · Iowa, United States

Climate Oskaloosa Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ottumwa Regional Airport (KOTM) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.6 42 41 81 54 42
February 75.1 90 71 79 69 85
March 70.8 79 62 72 77 59
April 78.4 77 86 75 82 80
May 78.8 86 79 76 74
June 89.7 85 94 90 92
July 89.6 89 83 82 91
August 89.9 83 87 96 96
September 85.0 81 84 93 79
October 78.5 76 94 72 83
November 78.4 92 70 88 83
December 64.0 48 50 82 67
Average 77.7 72.0 75.7 80.4 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 74.3 60 73 90 79 66
February 86.7 94 85 94 83 96
March 86.5 92 86 89 89 76
April 91.7 88 97 91 97 92
May 91.7 92 92 92 92
June 94.6 90 96 96 96
July 95.7 93 94 94 96
August 96.0 94 95 100 98
September 91.6 91 92 98 84
October 92.5 95 98 88 96
November 91.8 97 91 98 89
December 82.9 75 72 90 85
Average 89.4 83.5 89.2 92.0 92.3 89.4

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 0.2 -2 2 -1 0 1
February 4.0 11 6 4 -5 3
March 10.5 13 9 11 13 12
April 16.8 18 18 15 17 16
May 22.8 25 24 21 20
June 28.6 29 29 29 28
July 29.7 29 30 28 30
August 28.8 29 30 29 29
September 26.2 27 26 27 24
October 17.5 19 19 19 16
November 9.8 12 10 12 14
December 5.3 7 4 9 4
Average 15.8 10.0 17.6 16.9 16.6 16.3

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 -8.0 -9 -5 -13 -6 -7
February -7.2 -2 -6 -9 -13 -6
March -1.9 2 -3 -1 3 2
April 4.6 6 4 3 6 4
May 11.8 11 13 11 11
June 17.3 16 17 18 18
July 18.9 17 19 19 20
August 17.4 18 18 19 17
September 14.2 14 13 14 12
October 6.5 8 5 10 4
November -1.2 0 0 0 2
December -4.0 0 -4 -3 -6
Average 5.1 -1.2 6.1 5.4 6.5 5.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 7.8 10 3 7 8 13
February 8.3 2 15 7 14 5
March 9.1 6 11 12 8 10
April 7.7 11 4 12 5 6
May 5.3 1 7 10 5
June 3.6 3 3 4 6
July 2.4 1 5 5 5
August 3.0 5 4 2 2
September 5.2 2 5 1 13
October 9.0 13 4 12 5
November 8.9 4 14 7 9
December 7.3 16 12 1 6
Average 6.4 7.5 6.1 7.3 6.3 6.7

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 10.1 9 10 11 9 10
February 10.6 10 11 12 10 10
March 11.4 12 11 12 12 10
April 11.9 13 12 13 11 12
May 9.5 9 11 10 9
June 8.2 8 8 7 9
July 7.0 6 8 6 7
August 7.1 7 7 7 7
September 8.0 7 8 8 9
October 9.9 10 10 10 10
November 10.4 9 12 11 12
December 9.6 9 11 11 9
Average 9.6 11.2 9.1 10.0 9.2 9.4

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 293° 290° 289° 324° 284°
February 267° 266° 294° 328° 321°
March 303° 315° 311° 153° 246°
April 259° 243° 244° 257° 280°
May 119° 160° 165° 006°
June 088° 209° 212° 180°
July 311° 234° 049° 175°
August 319° 263° 169° 189°
September 177° 251° 210° 221°
October 287° 254° 340° 283°
November 239° 250° 245° 221°
December 240° 198° 227° 285°

Prevailing wind direction

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