Grand Forks Air Force Base

KRDR · North Dakota, United States

Climate Grand Forks Air Force Base 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Grand Forks Air Force Base (KRDR) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 50.2 38 42 52 56 53
February 71.8 55 83 65 77 78
March 73.8 67 69 75 90 73
April 71.4 64 43 79 89
May 81.9 84 65 86 86
June 91.1 86 94 96 97
July 93.3 95 89 92 95
August 86.9 81 82 88 89
September 82.8 73 85 94 96
October 75.0 73 82 72 87
November 59.4 54 48 70 79
December 60.4 57 30 61 70
Average 75.3 54.5 73.2 69.5 82.4 84.6

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 71.8 58 65 76 80 73
February 83.9 74 91 80 91 94
March 89.3 88 79 95 98 89
April 86.1 84 67 91 95
May 92.1 92 84 91 98
June 96.3 93 97 99 99
July 97.3 98 97 95 98
August 93.5 87 95 93 95
September 92.3 88 90 96 99
October 91.1 91 98 86 94
November 85.0 89 75 86 92
December 75.2 68 48 74 89
Average 88.0 74.4 86.1 85.2 91.1 93.9

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 -8.5 -6 -8 -10 -3 -7
February -7.0 2 -6 -9 -10 -5
March 1.1 4 -5 1 9 1
April 8.2 5 5 13 9
May 20.3 24 19 20 18
June 26.9 28 26 30 27
July 28.1 27 28 31 28
August 26.5 27 27 28 27
September 21.9 24 23 25 21
October 12.0 13 15 16 9
November 2.0 3 1 4 7
December -4.4 1 -7 -6 0
Average 9.9 -1.7 11.3 10.6 13.2 11.2

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 -17.9 -14 -16 -21 -11 -15
February -18.8 -7 -17 -21 -19 -16
March -9.3 -7 -15 -8 -6 -8
April -3.5 -4 -3 -2 -2
May 6.7 9 7 4 6
June 13.1 15 12 13 14
July 14.8 12 16 16 17
August 13.4 14 14 15 14
September 9.1 11 9 11 8
October 1.4 2 2 5 -1
November -7.0 -6 -8 -5 -7
December -13.2 -7 -15 -15 -11
Average -2.9 -10.6 -1.8 -1.2 0.6 -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 21.3 24 27 26 19 18
February 17.0 16 11 28 17 7
March 12.0 23 19 8 3 7
April 16.9 26 35 11 10
May 6.9 5 13 3 6
June 4.2 4 4 4 4
July 2.5 3 4 1 3
August 4.2 8 4 4 3
September 5.2 5 5 6 1
October 9.1 14 6 9 6
November 16.5 10 28 10 6
December 18.5 21 45 18 6
Average 10.9 20.9 12.2 15.4 7.5 5.8

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 9.6 10 7 12 8 10
February 10.2 10 10 13 10 9
March 10.5 11 11 12 11 10
April 10.8 10 13 11 9
May 9.9 10 11 10 10
June 8.9 7 10 9 10
July 7.6 7 8 8 8
August 7.5 7 8 9 7
September 9.3 8 9 10 10
October 10.4 9 10 10 11
November 10.0 10 11 10 10
December 9.1 9 10 9 8
Average 9.5 10.2 8.7 10.6 9.5 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 287° 303° 314° 293° 265°
February 308° 312° 305° 270° 281°
March 349° 004° 317° 216° 297°
April 352° 360° 347° 317°
May 093° 285° 306° 055°
June 071° 267° 287° 194°
July 297° 307° 208° 248°
August 348° 337° 237° 258°
September 060° 334° 244° 295°
October 331° 317° 334° 308°
November 316° 306° 287° 247°
December 314° 353° 291° 288°

Prevailing wind direction

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