Worthington Municipal Airport

KOTG · Minnesota, United States

Climate Worthington Municipal Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Worthington Municipal Airport (KOTG) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 55.3 39 47 77 53 48
February 71.1 66 66 74 74 75
March 62.5 70 49 63 75 56
April 69.9 73 62 70 89
May 74.6 86 73 74 65
June 88.4 85 86 97 93
July 89.2 86 86 86 96
August 81.9 83 74 90 87
September 82.2 84 93 88 91
October 72.4 59 96 77 81
November 70.9 84 60 84 78
December 63.0 52 39 88 75
Average 72.4 58.0 70.9 75.0 80.0 78.5

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 50 55 88 66 62
February 81.0 81 73 88 81 84
March 78.5 83 68 81 80 74
April 83.3 89 82 86 96
May 87.1 90 91 86 83
June 94.3 95 92 99 97
July 95.2 93 92 92 99
August 91.4 91 88 95 95
September 90.9 89 97 95 96
October 85.0 74 100 85 89
November 86.7 95 88 90 87
December 74.7 69 50 95 83
Average 83.6 70.9 81.7 87.5 87.9 87.7

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 -4.4 -4 -4 -3 -1 -4
February -2.5 7 -1 -2 -6 -2
March 5.0 9 1 5 10 7
April 11.9 13 10 14 14
May 20.7 24 21 20 18
June 27.7 28 27 30 29
July 27.7 27 28 28 29
August 26.1 28 27 27 27
September 23.8 26 25 25 22
October 13.9 15 17 17 11
November 6.3 10 6 8 9
December 0.2 5 -3 2 2
Average 11.9 3.7 13.7 13.7 14.4 13.5

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 -12 -12 -16 -8 -12
February -12.3 -5 -12 -14 -16 -11
March -5.8 -4 -8 -4 -1 -2
April 1.0 1 0 2 0
May 9.3 11 9 9 9
June 16.2 16 16 16 17
July 17.0 15 18 17 18
August 15.8 16 16 17 17
September 12.5 16 11 12 10
October 3.5 5 4 7 1
November -4.4 -2 -4 -2 -1
December -9.6 -4 -10 -8 -9
Average 1.6 -8.8 2.9 2.5 3.8 3.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 18.4 21 25 15 15 24
February 17.0 14 22 18 14 9
March 13.8 11 27 11 8 10
April 13.5 17 20 5 8
May 8.4 5 5 6 11
June 3.9 4 5 2 2
July 3.0 3 4 5 2
August 4.3 9 5 1 1
September 4.7 0 3 3 6
October 10.2 15 1 7 8
November 10.0 7 21 8 7
December 14.3 12 29 10 8
Average 10.4 15.3 12.6 10.3 6.4 7.5

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 12.0 11 11 13 12 12
February 12.9 13 14 15 10 13
March 13.3 14 13 15 13 13
April 13.8 16 17 14 12
May 11.7 11 13 12 12
June 10.3 8 11 9 12
July 8.2 8 9 7 8
August 8.3 8 8 8 9
September 9.7 11 9 9 11
October 11.7 12 12 11 12
November 13.0 13 14 13 13
December 11.9 11 13 13 12
Average 11.4 12.8 11.2 12.4 10.8 11.5

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 287° 308° 276° 297° 280°
February 263° 300° 310° 272° 285°
March 338° 339° 341° 182° 295°
April 303° 278° 319° 309°
May 142° 216° 177° 359°
June 156° 226° 234° 179°
July 275° 242° 183° 184°
August 242° 198° 169° 199°
September 185° 197° 217° 245°
October 315° 259° 222° 281°
November 244° 270° 266° 241°
December 259° 231° 272° 276°

Prevailing wind direction

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