Park Rapids Municipal/Konshok Field

KPKD · Minnesota, United States

Climate Park Rapids Municipal/Konshok Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Park Rapids Municipal/Konshok Field (KPKD) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.9 39 44 69 55 39
February 69.8 69 73 52 69 79
March 71.5 72 64 64 86 70
April 69.2 68 64 44 62 93
May 80.8 82 76 85 80
June 85.8 74 84 98 91
July 88.9 90 84 83 95
August 81.4 87 70 83 87
September 73.6 65 82 94 82
October 66.3 62 77 65 77
November 60.7 64 51 71 75
December 53.1 38 39 68 51
Average 72.0 62.9 68.8 67.7 78.2 78.6

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 72.0 62 60 86 72 63
February 82.1 84 80 63 85 95
March 85.6 87 79 85 95 88
April 84.2 89 79 68 84 97
May 93.1 92 93 95 93
June 93.8 88 90 100 98
July 95.3 97 94 88 98
August 91.8 94 85 92 93
September 88.1 85 87 97 94
October 88.3 88 93 88 90
November 85.9 90 74 90 90
December 71.6 52 60 78 80
Average 86.5 81.2 83.2 82.9 89.4 90.9

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 -7.2 -6 -6 -10 -4 -7
February -6.8 3 -3 -10 -10 -4
March 2.7 4 0 1 8 4
April 9.6 13 8 5 11 10
May 19.9 23 19 20 18
June 25.9 27 26 29 26
July 27.3 27 27 29 28
August 25.3 27 25 27 26
September 21.2 23 22 23 19
October 11.4 13 14 16 7
November 2.2 4 2 3 6
December -4.6 2 -5 -4 -2
Average 9.9 3.2 12.1 10.4 12.5 10.9

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 -17.5 -13 -14 -23 -11 -16
February -17.2 -7 -16 -23 -21 -17
March -9.9 -7 -12 -9 -4 -6
April -2.7 1 -2 -2 0 -3
May 6.8 9 7 6 6
June 13.3 15 13 14 14
July 14.9 13 15 16 16
August 13.8 15 12 15 15
September 10.2 13 10 10 8
October 2.1 4 2 6 -1
November -7.6 -5 -6 -5 -5
December -13.8 -4 -13 -14 -12
Average -1.2 -7.4 1.2 -1.3 1.1 -1.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.7 14 14 10 7 12
February 13.5 7 14 34 4 6
March 10.6 16 23 10 4 3
April 14.9 18 20 31 14 6
May 8.4 5 7 13 5
June 4.4 7 2 5 6
July 3.4 3 2 2 5
August 4.0 1 3 5 3
September 6.0 8 4 5 7
October 8.9 9 7 10 11
November 10.5 6 25 8 5
December 16.5 20 31 18 9
Average 9.3 14.1 10.3 12.4 7.6 6.2

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 7.8 8 7 8 7 8
February 8.7 9 8 12 8 8
March 9.3 10 9 10 10 9
April 9.7 10 10 11 9 10
May 9.0 9 11 9 9
June 9.0 7 10 8 10
July 7.4 7 8 7 8
August 7.9 8 7 10 8
September 8.8 8 8 9 9
October 9.5 9 9 8 10
November 9.5 10 9 9 9
December 7.9 8 9 8 8
Average 8.8 9.4 8.2 9.4 8.5 8.8

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 270° 291° 283° 284° 249°
February 281° 264° 304° 265° 276°
March 323° 010° 315° 187° 252°
April 331° 346° 346° 328° 307°
May 148° 220° 215° 032°
June 124° 254° 263° 179°
July 301° 277° 219° 233°
August 099° 225° 222° 192°
September 130° 207° 230° 267°
October 303° 268° 159° 276°
November 273° 284° 265° 243°
December 264° 133° 261° 271°

Prevailing wind direction

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