Sioux County Regional Airport

KSXK · Iowa, United States

Climate Sioux County Regional Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Sioux County Regional Airport (KSXK) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 56.3 47 48 92 49 46
February 78.5 77 73 85 72 88
March 70.0 83 57 79 72 60
April 78.5 80 75 72 88
May 71.6 86 76 63 67
June 85.0 88 93 64 91
July 87.5 89 89 81 84
August 87.0 84 87 90 90
September 84.9 86 95 89 92
October 80.8 73 98 78 84
November 79.8 95 67 84 83
December 69.4 63 54 90 74
Average 76.9 69.7 77.7 83.9 74.9 79.2

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 70.3 60 68 97 67 60
February 88.9 89 83 94 82 99
March 85.2 92 84 93 79 80
April 90.9 94 92 83 95
May 88.8 92 96 80 90
June 89.2 94 97 66 95
July 92.3 94 94 90 87
August 95.2 93 95 96 96
September 91.7 95 100 97 95
October 88.9 84 99 86 88
November 92.7 100 92 93 89
December 81.5 73 66 99 85
Average 87.5 81.2 88.3 94.0 84.4 88.4

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 -3.5 -5 -4 0 -1 -2
February 0.6 8 -1 2 -7 1
March 8.3 10 3 9 11 9
April 14.9 16 14 15 15
May 21.0 25 22 20 19
June 28.5 29 29 28 30
July 28.5 28 29 28 30
August 27.4 28 28 28 28
September 24.8 26 27 26 24
October 15.1 16 18 18 13
November 8.2 11 6 9 10
December 2.0 5 -2 4 3
Average 13.7 4.2 15.0 15.8 15.0 15.2

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 -11.2 -11 -11 -14 -7 -10
February -10.2 -4 -10 -13 -15 -8
March -3.6 -3 -6 -3 0 -1
April 1.6 3 1 2 1
May 9.1 12 10 5 10
June 14.2 17 17 7 15
July 16.0 16 18 17 11
August 16.5 17 16 17 17
September 12.4 14 12 13 11
October 3.9 6 4 7 2
November -3.5 -2 -4 -2 -1
December -7.1 -4 -10 -7 -8
Average 2.7 -6.0 4.3 3.3 3.3 3.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.1 18 13 3 7 9
February 6.0 5 7 6 10 2
March 7.7 7 12 5 8 6
April 5.1 9 5 3 4
May 4.0 2 1 4 6
June 3.0 3 2 3 3
July 3.2 5 3 4 2
August 1.7 2 3 1 1
September 2.2 4 1 3 3
October 3.6 4 2 5 3
November 6.1 5 15 3 5
December 7.4 8 19 1 6
Average 5.4 9.9 5.9 4.4 4.1 4.0

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 11.5 11 10 13 12 12
February 12.0 12 12 14 10 12
March 13.7 15 13 15 13 13
April 15.0 16 19 13 12
May 11.8 12 14 10 12
June 9.3 8 11 5 12
July 7.8 7 8 8 7
August 8.4 8 8 9 9
September 9.5 10 10 10 11
October 12.1 12 12 12 12
November 12.9 13 15 13 12
December 12.0 11 14 13 12
Average 11.3 12.8 10.9 12.5 10.4 11.2

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 282° 303° 267° 309° 284°
February 251° 191° 306° 265° 320°
March 349° 349° 334° 134° 226°
April 292° 263° 307° 305°
May 143° 201° 142° 001°
June 140° 223° 234° 166°
July 183° 196° 151° 160°
August 159° 167° 151° 173°
September 176° 171° 164° 221°
October 296° 249° 185° 276°
November 238° 274° 254° 227°
December 261° 205° 276° 283°

Prevailing wind direction

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