Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field

KSUX · Iowa, United States

Climate Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sioux Gateway/Brig General Bud Day Field (KSUX) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 62.3 45 48 92 53 50
February 76.8 70 75 83 75 82
March 70.6 81 57 78 80 61
April 78.3 80 80 84 89
May 76.5 82 77 75 72
June 92.7 92 91 96 96
July 93.1 86 93 87 96
August 89.2 88 88 92 92
September 86.7 79 96 91 92
October 80.2 81 99 77 83
November 80.5 93 70 89 84
December 71.3 62 52 92 78
Average 78.9 65.5 77.4 84.4 83.0 82.1

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 78.2 57 70 97 75 69
February 88.0 85 89 94 83 94
March 87.8 91 83 93 89 81
April 92.7 94 95 95 95
May 93.7 90 97 96 92
June 97.3 98 98 99 100
July 96.8 90 98 95 99
August 95.4 95 93 94 98
September 95.1 90 99 99 96
October 90.2 92 100 92 90
November 92.7 98 89 95 91
December 85.9 75 77 98 88
Average 90.1 77.4 88.9 94.8 92.8 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 -1.7 -4 -1 3 1 0
February 2.0 10 3 5 -6 3
March 9.5 12 6 11 13 11
April 16.2 18 16 18 17
May 22.6 26 23 22 20
June 29.8 30 30 31 31
July 30.2 30 32 30 31
August 28.8 31 30 30 30
September 26.2 28 28 27 24
October 16.5 17 20 19 14
November 9.5 12 9 12 12
December 3.3 6 1 7 4
Average 15.0 6.0 17.0 17.8 17.0 16.4

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 -10.5 -11 -10 -12 -6 -8
February -10.7 -4 -8 -11 -15 -8
March -2.1 -2 -4 -3 0 0
April 2.4 3 2 3 2
May 10.4 12 11 10 10
June 16.4 15 17 17 18
July 18.0 17 19 18 19
August 16.4 18 17 16 17
September 13.0 13 12 13 11
October 4.0 6 3 6 2
November -3.2 -2 -4 -1 -2
December -7.1 -4 -8 -6 -8
Average 3.0 -6.6 4.6 3.8 4.7 4.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.6 20 16 2 10 13
February 7.8 3 13 7 10 3
March 9.8 10 13 8 10 11
April 7.1 7 7 5 5
May 6.3 3 4 5 12
June 3.5 4 5 2 1
July 2.9 6 4 3 2
August 3.0 4 6 1 0
September 3.7 9 1 2 5
October 6.7 6 2 7 6
November 5.6 3 12 3 7
December 8.1 8 16 2 7
Average 6.6 10.8 7.3 5.7 4.7 5.7

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 9.9 9 9 10 10 10
February 10.3 10 10 13 9 10
March 11.6 12 12 13 12 11
April 12.3 14 15 12 11
May 9.5 9 11 10 10
June 8.8 7 9 8 11
July 7.5 7 8 8 8
August 7.7 8 8 9 9
September 8.9 8 9 9 10
October 10.1 10 11 9 10
November 10.4 10 13 10 10
December 9.9 9 11 11 10
Average 9.8 10.6 9.3 10.8 9.5 9.9

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 321° 330° 304° 330° 318°
February 292° 331° 322° 323° 334°
March 348° 332° 343° 146° 228°
April 297° 290° 314° 318°
May 132° 185° 142° 351°
June 124° 208° 190° 166°
July 033° 201° 161° 167°
August 194° 163° 147° 169°
September 169° 157° 173° 270°
October 307° 282° 250° 310°
November 246° 303° 288° 259°
December 302° 299° 320° 316°

Prevailing wind direction

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